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Al Hassan trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: ICC judges enter the courtroom where Al Hassan is charged with crimes committed in Mali.

Sentencing Al Hassan, and his judges

The controversial and confusing judgement convicting the former head of Timbuktu’s Islamic police Al Hassan was at the heart of the debates over sentencing before the International Criminal Court on September 4. Whatever the sentence, the ICC verdict is bound to be an intense playground for lawyers and academics.

By Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)

The parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opposed support for a special court for Gambia under Yahya Jammeh. Photo: bird's-eye view of the parliament's main chamber.

Why Gambia suffered a setback at Ecowas Parliament for Special Tribunal

Ngaïssona testifies at the ICC on his alleged role in crimes committed in the Central African Republic. Photo: Ngaïsonna speaks at the International Criminal Court on August 28, 2024.

At the ICC, Ngaïssona in his own words

Kasai Truth Commission (Democratic Republic of Congo) - Children play on ruins in this region affected by the Kamwina Nsapu conflict.

Kasai-Central Truth Commission renewed despite meagre record

Thomas Kwoyelo finally convicted after 15 years in prison. The Judgment was pronounced on August 13, 2024 in Uganda.

Kwoyelo’s conviction, at long last

The verdict is in: Moussa Dadis Camara is sentenced to 20 years in prison, at the September 28 trial in Guinea. Photo: Dadis arrives in the courtroom on the day of his sentencing.

Guinea: Dadis Camara convicted, trial closes leaving questions

UN Residual Mechanism (IRMCT) - Photo: Félicien Kabuga, in a wheelchair, is accompanied by two police officers during his trial, handled by the Mechanism, for his involvement in the Rwandan genocide.

Rwanda: the residual debacles of the Residual Mechanism

Julia Sebutinde, from Uganda, is a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: official portrait of Sebutinde at the ICJ.

Who is Julia Sebutinde, the ICJ judge who says “no”?

Gacaca courts in Rwanda. Photo: Denis Bikesha, former director of training, mobilisation and sensibilisation for the gacaca courts in Rwanda after 1994.

“You cannot transplant the gacaca court system”

Al-Hassan trial at the ICC - Photo: 3 judges of the International Criminal Court (Tomoko Akane, Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua and Kimberly Prost) sit in The Hague.

Is the ICC Al Hassan judgement a mess or the future?

Acquitted twice in Finland on charges of war crimes in Liberia, Gibril Massaquoi is claiming more than 800,000 euros in financial compensation. Photo: Massaquoi, wearing a dark suit, laughs during an interview with Justice Info.

Gibril Massaquoi tries for the jackpot

ICC / Mali - Photo: Abdoulaziz Al Hassan on the day of his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

ICC/Mali: Al Hassan verdict leaves bitter taste

Trial of the massacre at Conakry stadium (known as the

In Guinea, time for defence arguments in massacre trial

In the Central African Republic, the eleven commissioners of the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (CVJRR) were dismissed in May 2024. Photo: The commissioners of the CVJRR pose outdoors.

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Justice in Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Photo: people displaced by the conflict between the local Kamwina Nsapu militia and government forces wait to receive food rations.

Kasai: how three senior officials escaped justice

Sudan: in response to the crimes committed in El-Fasher, and more generally in the Darfur region, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is launching an appeal for testimony. Photo: A cattle market burns down in El-Fasher after a bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Suliman Baldo: El-Fasher, a siege “comparable to Gaza”

Rwandan Emmanuel Nkunduwimye sentenced to 25 years in prison in Belgium for his part in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. Photo: Nkunduwimye during his trial.

Belgium: Nkunduwimye sentenced to 25 years in prison for genocide

Reintegration and reconciliation of a former ‘genocidaire’ in Rwanda - Photo: Hamenyimana poses in his field in the village of Remera.

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International justice: why is South Africa defending Palestine? - Photo: in 1998, Nelson Mandela (President of South Africa) prepares to embrace Yasser Arafat (President of the Palestinian Authority).

Why South Africa is fighting for Palestine in The Hague