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Looking for the missing in Ukraine - Ukrainian rescuers after the destruction of a residential building in Dnipro (Ukraine) by a missile strike.

Looking for the missing in Ukraine

Between 20,000 and 30,000 Ukrainians, soldiers and civilians, are considered missing since the start of Russia’s full scale invasion. Some were killed and their bodies never identified, or never returned. Others were abducted. Since May, Ukraine has opened a Unified Register of Missing Persons. But NGOs and victims’ families find several gaps in the system.

By Margherita Capacci

Belarusian Yuri Harauski acquitted after Swiss trial

In surprise move, Swiss court acquits Belarusian of enforced disappearances

A window into the trial of the Ukrainian “Aidar” battalion in Russia

A day of defence for the “Azov” in Rostov-on-Don military court

Ukraine vs Russia hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) - The two countries argued over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention, with the support for Ukraine of 32 allied countries.

Ukraine sees historic support at UN’s top court

Lundin - The trial in Sweden is scheduled to last until 2026.

Lundin: serious, intimate, Sweden's longest trial sets up for the long haul

Yuri Harauski on trial in Switzerland for enforced disappearances in Belarus

Belarus “hit squad” member on trial in Switzerland for enforced disappearances

Herero genocide in Namibia - Propaganda painting showing German soldiers confronting Herero fighters.

A stroll into Germany’s conflicted postcolonial memory

Russian soldiers on trial in Ukraine for war crimes committed in Bucha - Bucha memorial dedicated to the victims.

Bucha: nine Russian soldiers sentenced and more trials to come

The Lundin trial could worry multinationals - Bubbles in an oil puddle in Sudan.

Lundin trial: "a strong signal to business"

Lundin trial in Sweden: when oil and war crimes mix in Sudan.

Oil and war crimes in Sudan: Lundin trial opens in Sweden

Oil pump

The Lundin moment

Truth Commission in Norway - A woman poses in traditional Sami clothing.

Will Norway’s truth and reconciliation process bring change?

Prigozhin is dead, will Wagner’s crimes remain unpunished?

Enforced disappearances: Germany seeks its place in international law - A relative of Syrian victims demonstrates outside the Koblenz court.

Enforced disappearances and the German contradiction

Pierre Basabosé - His trial for genocide (in Rwanda) is taking place in Belgium at the Brussels Assize Court.

Pierre Basabosé is "mentally absent” but will be tried

Trials of Ukrainian fighters in Russia - A bus leaves Lefortovo prison loaded with Ukrainian prisoners of war in preparation for an exchange.

One year on, how Russia is starting to try Ukrainians

France-Cameroon commission - Can a commission of historians help the two countries on the road to reconciliation? Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Paul Biya speak at a press conference in Cameroon.

Colonial past: can a historians’ commission help reconcile Cameroon?

Trial of alleged members of the Azov Battalion in Russia, at Rostov-on-Don.

Ukraine: in Russia, alleged members of the “Azov” Battalion plead not guilty