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Ndélé 1 trial before the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic: the 4 defendants line up at the bar in orange prison garb.

Central African Republic: the end of the trial of the four rebels who “did nothing’

The second trial of the Special Criminal Court in Bangui came to an end on Thursday 14 November 2024, after the parties' closing arguments. The verdict will be announced for 13 December 2024 in the so-called “Ndélé 1” case, in which four men are accused of crimes that caused the deaths of more than 80 […]

By Rodrigue le Roi Benga (our correspondent in Bangui, Central African Republic)

Trial in France of Eugène Rwamucyo for complicity in genocide in Rwanda - Photo: Eugène Rwamucyo at the opening of his trial in Paris

Rwamucyo sentenced for complicity in genocide

“IS saw the Yazidis as objects, not people”

Crimes against migrants in Tunisia: will the ICC act? Photo: Tunisian President Kaïes Saïed shakes hands with Italian President Giorgia Meloni.

Crimes against migrants: Tunisia is radicalising, will the ICC act?

Belarus before the ICC for two complaints - Photo: Riot police arrest a man in a street of Minsk (Belarus).

Suddenly, Belarus wakes up with two complaints before the ICC

Eugène Rwamucyo, a Rwandan doctor accused in France of participating in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda.

Rwamucyo: the eighth Rwandan universal jurisdiction trial opens in France

Persecution of LGBTQ people: a crime against humanity? Photo: in Uganda, a gay activist wears a mask on which he has stuck a rainbow flag.

Persecution of LGBTQ, a crime against humanity?

Interview with Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and lawyer in Iran. Photo: portrait of Ebadi.

Shirin Ebadi: “Gender apartheid means you are discriminating against half of society”

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

Gender apartheid in Afghanistan - Photo: in Kabul, women demonstrate for their rights in front of a beauty salon threatened with closure.

The Taliban’s rule is gender apartheid

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

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When a people’s tribunal tries the People’s Republic of China

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

Arrest warrant issued by the French courts against Bashar Al-Assad (Syrian President), in connection with the 2013 chemical attacks in Syria. Photo: Poster in a Syrian street showing Al-Assad with a gas mask over his face.

Setback for Bashar al-Assad before the French courts

Arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against senior Russian military officers for crimes committed in Ukraine. Photo: Valery Gerasimov and Sergei Shoigu in military uniforms (Russia)

ICC: Arrest warrants for the heads of the Russian army

Gender apartheid for women in Iran and women in Afghanistan - Photo: a woman wearing a hijab walks down a street, closely followed by a Taliban patrol.

Crimes against Afghan women drive push to recognize “gender apartheid”

Syrian trial in Paris (France) - Obeida Dabbagh speaks to the press following the verdict of three high-ranking Syrian security officials found guilty, in their absence, of crimes against humanity (torture) committed against his brother and nephew.

Syrian trial: what to learn from this first default judgment

Ndélé 1 trial before the Special Criminal Court (CPS) - Photo: Azor Kalite, Charfadine Moussa, Antar Hamat and Oscar Wordjonodroba stand behind their lawyers in their orange prison uniforms.

At Ndélé’s first trial, in the Central African Republic

Syrian trial in France. Photo: Bashar al-Assad poster on a street in Damascus, Syria.

In France, a first Syrian trial “by default”