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British soldiers from the Royal Air Force conduct a patrol outside Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan.

Podcast

Afghanistan: investigations, a bit of truth but no justice

17 April 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts

Investigations on war crimes in Afghanistan initiated in the UK, Australia, Netherlands, are producing limited results. To try and find out why, our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts have invited in this new podcast Iain Overton, Thijs Bouwknegt, Ben Saul, and Rachel Reid.

Colonial crimes committed by France in Cameroon: a report seeks to establish the truth. Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron receives a copy of the report.

What will be the legacy of the France-Cameroon commission?

8 April 2025 by Julia Crawford

After more than two years of work, a joint commission into French colonial crimes in Cameroon submitted its findings in January 2025. Some 1,000 pages eventually hailed by academics. Now the follow-up begins.

Threats and intimidation at the Lundin trial in Sweden. Photo: George Tai, a witness, tells his story in Juba (Southern Sudan).

Threats and intimidation in the Lundin trial

3 April 2025 by Martin Schibbye

Witnesses in the trial of former Lundin Oil executives are alleged to have been the victims of a campaign of threats, intimidation and bribes. New revelations have reopened an investigation into obstruction of justice.

Netanyahu on a visit to Hungary, despite the international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Viktor Orban and Benjamin Netanyahu review a military guard of honour in Budapest, Hungary.

AFP

Hungary dumps the ICC

3 April 2025 by AFP

On April 3, Viktor Orban's Hungary received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes. In the process, it announced that it was leaving the ICC.

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During the battle of Kursk, in Russia, Ukrainian soldiers were captured. Their trials, mainly for acts of ‘terrorism’, are taking place in Moscow. Photo: A Ukrainian soldier with his back to a wall, head down, is held by a hooded Russian soldier.

1 April 2025 by Maria Koroleva

Kursk’s battle goes to court in Moscow Moscow's retaking of the Kursk region in March could deprive Ukraine of a bargaining chip in the peace talks. And according to the Justice Info tally, 67 Ukrainian soldiers captured in Kursk have been tried.

At the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, obstruction of justice and pressure on witnesses are on the increase. Photo: montage of 3 portraits of Haxhi Shala, Sabit Januzi and Ismet Bahtijari before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.

28 March 2025 by Margherita Capacci

Kosovo: the masters of obstruction Several new cases for obstruction of justice put the spotlight on the Kosovo Chambers. Last November, former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi was indicted. In February, three former fighters of the UCK were sentenced.

Alexandre Schneiter, former CEO of Lundin Oil, gives his side of the story at his trial in Sweden on charges of complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan. Photo: Schneiter in a video interview for Bloomberg.

24 March 2025 by Martin Schibbye

“I was responsible for what was beneath the surface – not above” At the trial in Sweden of the former executives of Lundin Oil on charges of complicity in war crimes, ex-CEO Alexandre Schneiter explained that he was responsible for drilling, not for security or operational activities.

Voislav Torden (Yan Petrovsky), leader of a group close to Russia, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Finland for war crimes committed in Ukraine. Photo: Torden in military uniform.

AFP

14 March 2025 by AFP

War crimes in Ukraine: a Russian sentenced to life in Finland Voislav Torden is the first Russian citizen to be sentenced outside Ukraine for war crimes committed in that country. On Friday March 14, the leader of the Russian-affiliated paramilitary unit “Rusich Group” was sentenced to life [...]

The invaders return - Poster for the redesigned ‘’The Invaders‘’ series. A map of the world is inlaid in the starry sky.

Infographic

7 March 2025 by Thierry Cruvellier

The invaders return More and more countries – Russia, Israel, the United States, China, Azerbaijan, Venezuela – are publicly declaring their intent to conquer territories by force, or like Rwanda are doing it without admitting. The world order establ [...]

How does justice work in Italy for crimes committed against migrants? Photo: Migrants from Africa, most of whom pass through Libya, are rounded up and watched over by Italian police officers.

3 March 2025 by Margherita Capacci

Italy: is accountability for crimes against migrants possible? Although trials against migrant smugglers have multiplied over the past decade in Italy, the suspects often face the only charge of smuggling while charges of kidnapping, killings, extortion or sexual violence hardly ever apply. T [...]

In Switzerland, crimes committed against nomadic peoples (Yenish, Sinti and Manouche) have been recognised by the government as ‘crimes against humanity’. Photo: Yenish children play the schwyzerörgeli, a small accordion, in front of a vehicle parked in an encampment.

28 February 2025 by Julia Crawford

This was a “dark chapter in Swiss history” On February 19, Switzerland admitted it committed a “crime against humanity” in removing thousands of Traveller children from their families over a period of 50 years. Adult Yenish and Sinti people were also victimized. This is th [...]

Reparations for victims of sexual violence in the French Church: what assessment can be made of the Commission for Recognition and Reparation? Photo: Gargoyles at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (France)

13 February 2025 by Clémentine Méténier

Repairing violence within the Church: “It’s going to take time” France’s Recognition and Reparation Commission (CRR) for alleged sexual violence committed by members of religious institutions, created in October 2021, is taking stock of three years of work. While the number of cases handled re [...]

Antoine Garapon, French magistrate and head of the Commission for Recognition and Reparation for sexual crimes committed in the Church, advocates restorative justice. illustration: portrait of Garapon.

In-Depth Interview

11 February 2025 by Clémentine Méténier

“Restorative justice is the very soul of justice” Are restorative processes, like those in France dealing with Church abuse, the future in dealing with crimes that courts cannot judge? This is the plea made by French magistrate Antoine Garapon, who heads the Recognition and Repar [...]

Opinion

10 February 2025 by Lise Foisneau

80 years on, remembrance starts for France’s “Nomads” Eighty years after the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, we still do not know how many so-called “Nomads” were placed under house arrest, interned on French territory or murdered. However, lists drawn up by French au [...]

A Swedish documentary film shows Ian Lundin in Sudan surrounded by armed child soldiers. The footage was used in the trial of Swedish company Lundin Oil in Sweden.

6 February 2025 by Martin Schibbye

How Lundin’s filmed trip in Sudan backfired in court This Tuesday February 4, Alexandre Schneiter’s interrogation has started in Stockholm, where two former directors of the Swedish oil company Lundin are tried for complicity in war crimes in Sudan. Before him, until last week, his [...]

Osama Almasri Najim was warmly welcomed on his arrival in Libya on an Italian government plane. He had been arrested in Italy following an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

31 January 2025 by Margherita Capacci

Rome defies the ICC Italian head of the government Giorgia Meloni announced, on Tuesday January 28, that she was under investigation following the expulsion of a Libyan man wanted by the International Criminal Court. The man, Osama Najim, is known as [...]

A Holocaust survivor shows the tattoo she received when she arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1943.

AFP

27 January 2025 by AFP

'Tell what happened to us': the last death camp survivors This 27 January 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. In this story, 40 Holocaust survivors, from all parts of the world, speak out and pass on their memories.

Trial of Russian soldier Voislav Torden in Finland for possible war crimes committed in Ukraine. Torden sits on a television screen during his trial, surrounded by his lawyers.

23 January 2025 by Jeanette Björkqvist

Finland on the frontline for trying Russians for war crimes Finland is the stage for an unusual trial, where a 37-year-old Russian citizen is charged with war crimes committed in Ukraine. Voislav Torden is accused of leading an ambush attack in which 22 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, incl [...]

Ian Lundin, former chairman of the Swedish oil company Lundin Oil, speaks to the press during his trial in Sweden for alleged complicity in war crimes commited in Sudan.

10 January 2025 by Olivier Truc

Ian Lundin finally speaks In a Stockholm trial that started in September 2023, two directors of Swedish oil company Lundin Oil are charged with complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan between 1997 and 2003. Answering questions, company chairman Ian Lun [...]