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Osama Almasri Najim was warmly welcomed on his arrival in Libya on an Italian government plane. He had been arrested in Italy following an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Rome defies the ICC

Italian head of the government Giorgia Meloni announced, on Tuesday January 28, that she was under investigation following the expulsion of a Libyan man wanted by the International Criminal Court. The man, Osama Najim, is known as head of prison facilities in Tripoli, notorious for violence against migrants. But this political blow to the Court […]

By Margherita Capacci (our correspondent in The Hague)

Official portrait of Major General Jeff Sengelman who led the Australian military operations in Afghanistan.

Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan: “I am one of them”

The ICC investigation in the Philippines is stalling. It is targeting crimes attributed to former president Rodrigo Duterte's bloodthirsty anti-drug war. But a political battle is raging between current president Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his vice-president Sara Duterte, the former president's daughter. Photo: In a Manila street, two effigies of Duterte and Marcos fight during a demonstration.

The ICC caught in clan rivalry in Philippines

A poster of Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on a street in Kabul in August 2023. © Wakil Kohsar / AFP

ICC: Prosecutor targets Taliban leaders

Trial of Russian soldier Voislav Torden in Finland for possible war crimes committed in Ukraine. Torden sits on a television screen during his trial, surrounded by his lawyers.

Finland on the frontline for trying Russians for war crimes

Donald Trump became President of the United States again on 20 January 2025. What danger does this represent for the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Photo: Donald Trump (back) raises his fist.

Can the ICC survive the U.S. sanctions? (Part 2)

Donald Trump becomes President of the United States again on 20 January 2025. What danger does this represent for the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Photo: Donald Trump (front) raises his fist.

Can the ICC survive the U.S. sanctions? (Part 1)

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

Central African Republic - Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Rhombot Yekatom before the International Criminal Court (ICC): what sentences could they face?

Last words in the Yekatom and Ngaïssona trial

Ian Lundin, former chairman of the Swedish oil company Lundin Oil, speaks to the press during his trial in Sweden for alleged complicity in war crimes commited in Sudan.

Ian Lundin finally speaks

Climate justice - Arnold Kiel Loughman (Attorney General of the Republic of Vanuatu) pleads before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for polluting states to be held responsible for the effects of climate change.

Climate justice: who argued what at the ICJ

Trial of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (Ali Kushayb) at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sudan (Darfur).

The first Darfur trial ended at the ICC

In Ukraine, a military prisoner, sitting on a chair, is guarded by a soldier in the background, in what looks like an interrogation room.

Ukraine: a two-time deserter convicted of high treason

In Gambia, Yahya Jammeh near the presidential car, escorted by ‘junglers’ (his bodyguards).

Gambia: ECOWAS revises its position

International justice for Bashar al-Assad's crimes in Syria. Photo: Broken portrait of Bashar al-Assad next to documents.

“We will follow them wherever they will go”

Sexual violence in Ukraine - As a result of the war with Russia, sexual crimes perpetrated by Russian soldiers are on the increase. photo: a woman hides her face with her hands.

“We need an example and people will speak up”

Yezidi women demonstrate in Syria to commemorate the fifth anniversary of attacks by the Islamic State (EI) group.

Netherlands: 10 years in prison for enslaving a Yezidi woman

ICC & Syria - An aerial photo shows people gathering around Saydnaya prison in Syria.

Syria opens its prisons, ICC’s ASP closes its doors

In villages in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), survivors of attacks by Ugandan soldiers are waiting to receive reparations. Photo: Three survivors of massacres (seen from behind) in front of a mass grave (not shown) where their relatives are buried.

DRC: with the forgotten people of North Kivu