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Nazis and perpetrators of mass crimes: how does one go about it? Photo: A group of men from the 101st reserve battalion of the German police, in uniform, drink and enjoy themselves.

“The unconditional belief that you are good is dangerous”

Anyone can potentially become a perpetrator of mass atrocities says Alette Smeulers, professor at the University of Groningen, in The Netherlands. After a thirty years’ research, she developed a typology in which she distinguishes 14 different types of perpetrators of mass crimes.

By Tjitske Lingsma (in The Hague, Netherlands)

Prisoners detained in Rwanda for genocide (known as

Rwanda: 2,200 “génocidaires” being released in 2024, who are they?

Victims of the Israel / Palestine war in Rafah (Gaza Strip)

The ICJ calls on Israel to prevent "genocide" in Gaza

Israel on trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa accuses Israel of committing genocide against the people of Palestine.

Israel on Trial

Israel / Palestine conflict - Inhabitants of Gaza amid the ruins.

Israel-Palestine: the legal battle has started

Portrait of Vincent Lurquin: lawyer specialising in international justice (practising in Belgium), with a particular focus on the crimes committed in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.

Vincent Lurquin: "having the humanity to defend someone accused of the worst crimes"

At a trial in France, a Rwandan doctor (Sosthene Munyemana) is convicted of taking part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Munyemana: a Rwandan doctor sentenced to 24 years in prison in France

Rwandan Séraphin Twahirwa and his two lawyers, Vincent Lurquin and Juliette Lurquin, at his trial in Belgium. He is on trial for his alleged involvement in the genocide in Rwanda.

"What judicial truth without material evidence?"

Séraphin Twahirwa at his trial in Belgium for genocide in Rwanda.

"They were founders of a ruthless militia in Kigali"

Séraphin Twahirwa goes on trial in Belgium for his alleged role in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994.

"There was no roadblock, there wasn’t the space"

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

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

A stroll into Germany’s conflicted postcolonial memory

Félicien Kabuga and justice

Kabuga and The Ghost of Justice Yet to Come

Genocost - A victim of the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo is still waiting to be

When will Congolese “Genocost” victims receive reparations?

End of the Kabuga trial - The final curtain has fallen on the trial of Félicien Kabuga.

Final curtain falls on Kabuga trial

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

Genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda - A man is judged in the midst of the population in a

Genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda: causes, what happened, and justice

The credibility of witnesses was at the heart of the Hategekimana trial. Accused of genocide in Rwanda, he was on trial in France. Verdict: life imprisonment.

Hategekimana proves classic Rwandan case

Venant Rutunga, extradited to Rwanda from the Netherlands to stand trial for genocide.

Rwanda: Venant Rutunga, a genocide suspect who can defend himself