Nations Unies

High Military Court of Kinshasa in the Yumbi trial

Transitional Justice in the DRC: How the UN has put it in a drawer

14 January 2022 by Luc Henkinbrant

On December 20, the United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of its mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for one more year. But the resolution adopted makes no mention of any task actively involving it in [...]

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Sri Lanka

Bachelet denounces continued inaction on Sri Lanka war crimes

26 March 2021 by Julia Crawford

On Tuesday March 23, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a new resolution on Sri Lanka, including a new mandate and budget to collect evidence of war crimes. This followed a damning report to the Council by the High Co [...]

Procès du général Amadou Haya Sanogo (au centre)

Mali

Mali: these crimes that can never be tried

16 February 2021 by Boubacar Haidara

Since the outbreak of the Malian crisis in 2012, many serious human rights violations remain and are likely to remain unpunished. This is the bitter conclusion of the International Commission of Inquiry on Mali, whose report was f [...]