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Gibril Massaquoi: Finnish trial on appeal in Liberia

Massaquoi case: Finnish court of appeal arrives in Liberia

Finnish judges, prosecutors and lawyers are expected to arrive in the Liberian capital on 31 January. They are to stay for two months for the appeal trial of the former Sierra Leonean rebel commander, Gibril Massaquoi. Massaquoi was acquitted of all charges in the first instance trial in April 2022. This new trial is likely […]

By Thierry Cruvellier

Transitional justice - Tunisia Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) files

Tunisia: Will hope for transitional justice come from Kef?

The accused Moussa Dadis Camara faces (from behind) the judges during the September 28 trial in Guinea (Conakry).

Guinea massacre trial: the "Dadis Show" fails to happen

Belgian Colonial Past - Black and white photo in which King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium are sitting on armchairs carried by Congolese in traditional dress.

Belgian colonial past: Commission fails on apology to victims

Michel Landry Luanga, President of the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic, delivers a speech during the inauguration of its premises in Bangui in 2020.

Central African Republic: Special Court "in the starting block" (2/2)

On the desk of the president of the Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic, two piles of multicolored files.

Central African Republic: Special Court "in the starting block" (1/2)

Toussaint Muntazini poses at his office at the Special Criminal Court (SPC) in the Central African Republic.

Toussaint Muntazini: "If they extend the Special Court mandate, they expect added value"

Drawing of David Van Reybrouck

David Van Reybrouck: "The fight for decolonization can’t be detached from the fight against global warming"

Reed Brody (human rights lawyer) sits among a group of women in Chad, victims of Hissène Habré's dictatorship.

When victims became heroes

Moussa Dadis Camara exposes his version of events (for the Conkary stadium massacre in 2009) during the September 28 trial in Guinea.

Dadis Camara before a Guinean court: "What forgiveness will I ask for?”

Reparations on a mausoleum in Timbuktu, Mali, by Malian workers.

In Timbuktu, ICC reparations bring mixed feelings

At the court in Conakry (which is judging those responsible for the massacre at the September 28, 2009 stadium in Guinea), defendants face the judge and president Ibrahima Sory II Tounkara. The latter is seated on a podium with the colors of the Guinean flag.

At Conakry massacre trial, court reprimands "ethnic talk”

Félicien Kabuga, in a wheelchair, seems to be running away from a huge blood-red

Félicien Kabuga, the last judgment

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Kabuga: Last major trial of the Rwandan genocide behind closed doors

Mahamat Said, former member of the Seleka in Central Africa, smiles during his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) - The Hague, Netherlands

First Seleka trial at the ICC, behind closed doors

Crimes against humanity - Clashes between police and protesters in Kisumu (Kenya)

Why Kenya is trying now its first crimes against humanity case

Guineans watch a television broadcast of the September 28 trial in Conakry.

September 28 trial in Conakry: “It has become like a TV series”

Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru was scheduled to be tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC) but died suddenly in September 2022.

Gicheru dead, the mysteries of ICC's Kenya case fall in a black hole

Crimes agains humanity in Kenya - Police violence during a protest in Kisumu (Kenya). Military policeman seems to shoot in front of him.

What can Kenya's first case for crimes against humanity achieve?