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Democratic Republic of Congo versus Rwanda: the conflict is now also being played out in African courts. Photo: An M23 soldier patrols near a coltan mine, a highly prized mineral that is believed to be one of Rwanda's motivations for its incursion into the DRC.
Kinshasa and Kigali face off in African courts
17 March 2025 by Caleb Kazadi (our correspondent in Kinshasa, DRC)
The conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda is now also being played out in the courts. That of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
In Bangladesh, following the demonstrations in the summer of 2024 that led to mass crimes, the International Crimes Tribunal is back in action to try those responsible. But there are reports of concern about the operation of the local justice system and its politicisation. Photo: Demonstrators, seen against the light, stand on a high structure, one of them waving a Bangladeshi flag. The second life of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal
20 February 2025 by David Bergman (for Justice Info)
Six months after the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, fled the country, the new interim government has started the process of seeking accountability against politicians and security force officials accused of crimes ag [...]
A poster of Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on a street in Kabul in August 2023. © Wakil Kohsar / AFP ICC: Prosecutor targets Taliban leaders
23 January 2025 by AFP
After the most senior Russian, Israeli, Palestinian and Burmese leaders, it's now the turn of Afghan leaders to be targeted by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Karim Khan is asking the court to issue arres [...]
Supporters and opponents of Donald Trump scuffle as they wait for a verdict in Trump's hush money criminal trial outside Manhattan Criminal Court on May 29, 2024 in New York City. Pursuing universal jurisdiction on the eve of Trump’s era
16 January 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
If there is a strong sense that there will be a before Trump II and an after – for the United States as well as for the world – this podcast will stand as how America was right before. It was recorded by our partners at Asymmetric [...]
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Political treaty on the future of the Chagos Islands between the United Kingdom and Mauritius. Photo: The island of Diego Garcia seen from a satellite.
22 November 2024 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
Will the Chagos treaty address the wrongs of the past? In October 2024, the United Kingdom and Mauritius suddenly announced that they had “reached a political agreement on the future” of the Chagos islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean from which around 2,000 Chagossians were fo [...]
Guantánamo: the American prison (in Cuba) where torture is still practised along with various other violations of human rights (or of the Law in general). Photo: a prisoner in an orange uniform is photographed from a distance, behind barbed wire, surrounded by soldiers.
18 October 2024 by Julia Crawford (Justice Info)
Guantánamo: legacy of torture and abuse still haunts America Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, candidates for the US presidential elections on November 5, have been silent so far on what they would do about Guantánamo. Many have called for the closing down of this US military prison on Cuba, [...]
Crimes against migrants in Tunisia: will the ICC act? Photo: Tunisian President Kaïes Saïed shakes hands with Italian President Giorgia Meloni.
4 October 2024 by Amin Taieb (reporting from Tunisia)
Crimes against migrants: Tunisia is radicalising, will the ICC act? A few days before October 6 elections, in which Tunisian President Kaïes Saïed is running for a second term, a complaint has been lodged against him at the International Criminal Court. It highlights the clampdown in Tunisia on su [...]
Russia: persecution of LGBT people - Photo: artistic creation by Inna Mosina showing an almost naked woman lying in the middle of a pile of old televisions that have been turned off or whose images are blurred.
30 September 2024 by Maria Koroleva (for Justice Info)
LGBT people in Russia: searching for an internal enemy On September 12, a Moscow court sentenced two young men, Timur A. and Daniil R., to prison for standing near the window of their apartment without clothes. The case is one of hundreds in Russia, launched under the law to protect “ [...]
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.
17 September 2024 by Julia Crawford (Justice Info)
Persecution of LGBTQ, a crime against humanity? More than 60 countries, notably in Africa and the Middle East, criminalize LGBT people. These laws are used to harass, arrest, imprison and attack people. Some countries have de-penalized in recent times, but some have seen a back [...]
Interview with Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and lawyer in Iran. Photo: portrait of Ebadi.
16 September 2024 by Anahita Davari (for Justice Info)
Shirin Ebadi: “Gender apartheid means you are discriminating against half of society” Two years ago, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian student, died after she was arrested by morality police for allegedly not wearing hijab properly. Her death triggered large-scale protests in Iran which were met with brutal repres [...]
Chiquita trial - Photo: a promotional stand featuring only Chiquita bananas. At the very top, the brand's mascot. At the front of the booth, a large button and a sign reading “Push to start the show”.
13 September 2024 by Tatiana Devia + Daniel Marin Lopez
Lessons from the Chiquita Trial (2): The Battle of Experts Analysing the trial of Chiquita, a multinational banana company that was ordered by a U.S. court to pay 38 million dollars in compensation for victims of the paramilitary in Colombia, lawyers Tatiana Devia and Daniel Marín López h [...]
Chiquita trial in Florida - Photo: an employee of banana multinational Chiquita works in a factory in Colombia (Uruba).
12 September 2024 by Tatiana Devia + Daniel Marin Lopez
Insights from the Chiquita trial (1): 25 years of struggle A Florida jury delivered a ruling in the Chiquita trial, holding the multinational banana company liable for 38 million dollars in compensation for victims of the paramilitary in Colombia. After more than 25 years of struggle and [...]
Gender apartheid in Afghanistan - Photo: in Kabul, women demonstrate for their rights in front of a beauty salon threatened with closure.
26 August 2024 by Nilofar Ayoubi (for Justice Info)
The Taliban’s rule is gender apartheid “In Afghanistan, half the population is deprived of fundamental human rights just because they are women,” says Afghan entrepreneur and activist Nilofar Ayoubi, who was forced to flee her country when the Taliban took it over a se [...]
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.
20 June 2024 by Julia Crawford (Justice Info)
Crimes against Afghan women drive push to recognize “gender apartheid” Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan, told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday that violations against women and girls in that country were “so severe and extensive” that “they may amount to crimes against huma [...]
In Guatemala, family members who were victims of enforced disappearances celebrate the verdict in a trial in Belgium.
30 January 2024 by Marlies Stappers + Sanne Weber
A Belgian court provides hope for justice in Guatemala In December 2023, a historical trial took place in Leuven, Belgium. Five high-level officials from Guatemala’s military and political apparatus stood trial for murder, enforced disappearance and torture of Belgian missionaries in [...]
8 September 2023 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Venezuela/ICC: what’s up with the fool’s game? For several years, the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the government of Venezuela have sort of played a cat and mouse game. And meanwhile, almost ten years after Nicolas Maduro became president, serious human rights violat [...]
Human rights and transitional justice in the Maldives - Photo of a paradise beach with an image of a demonstration against the enforced disappearance of Ahmed Rilwan.
8 September 2023 by Julia Crawford
Justice in paradise The Maldives, an Indian Ocean tourist paradise with a history of political violence and human rights abuses, are to hold presidential elections on September 9. The outcome could determine the future of the archipelago’s difficult [...]