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Indigenous peoples have been victims of FARC violence in Colombia

Colombia: new FARC indictment puts spotlight on indigenous and Afro victims

Two weeks ago, Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace indicted 10 former regional commanders of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This second indictment against FARC and the first against its mid-level commanders accuses the rebels of having created a "regime of terror" against ethnic minorities.

By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano

Universal jurisdiction in France - World map of countries where France conducts investigations

Crucial hearing for universal jurisdiction in France

Gibril Massaquoi: Finnish trial on appeal in Liberia

Massaquoi case: Finnish court of appeal arrives in Liberia

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

Félicien Kabuga, the last judgment

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

War Crimes in Bosnia - A woman walks among the graves of the Potocari cemetery in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Time is running out for war crimes prosecution in Bosnia

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?

Drawing of Kunti Kamara during his conviction for crimes against humanity in France

Liberian Kunti Kamara convicted in France for crimes against humanity

Two detainees in orange suits stand before judges of the Special Criminal Court (SCC) during their trial in Bangui, Central African Republic. They are accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Central African Republic: Special Criminal Court hands down first judgment

In the foreground: members of the riot police, armed and in military uniforms. In the background: people gathered in the street. Kisume (Kenya) in 2017.

First prosecutions for crimes against humanity in Kenya

Pencil drawing of a courtroom in Paris, in the trial of Kunti Kamara, for crimes committed in Liberia. Another Liberian (living in Switzerland), Alieu Kosiah, was called to testify.

Liberian case in France: "too complicated to be tried by whites"

Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, accused of torture as a Seleka rebel commander in the Central African Republic, appears before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

Central African Republic: Trial of Séléka commander opens before the ICC

Khieu Samphan (the last Khmer Rouge on trial), close-up during his trial in Cambodia.

Khieu Samphan, the last Khmer rouge

A group of people gather in the street, in Libya, in front of a poster showing 4 civilian victims of militias.

Justice in Libya: A road to hope or a road to nowhere?

A priest and musicians celebrate a mass in memory of 3 victims of enforced disappearances in Guatemala in the 1980s.

Universal jurisdiction: what can Belgian justice bring for Guatemalan victims?

3D image illustrating the construction project of the Paris court (office buildings). In the foreground, the logos of several companies (Lafarge, BNP Paribas, Uniqlo, Amesys and Castel group) are embedded in bubbles.

Lafarge and the judicial twists and turns of corporate liability in France

Rodrigo Londoño, Julián Gallo and Pastor Alape at a hearing of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in Colombia.

Colombia: the day FARC leaders faced victims of kidnappings

A man in military clothing stands outside (Yumbi area). His face is not visible.

Yumbi massacres: Justice in slow motion

Bai Lowe (a

Gambian trial in Germany: the thin line between witness and suspect