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Gacaca courts in Rwanda. Photo: Denis Bikesha, former director of training, mobilisation and sensibilisation for the gacaca courts in Rwanda after 1994.

“You cannot transplant the gacaca court system”

July 17th, 2024 will mark the 30th anniversary of the official end of the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda. Denis Bikesha is a former director of training, mobilisation and sensibilisation for the gacaca courts in Rwanda after 1994. The associate professor of transitional justice at the University of Rwanda, author of “Dispensing Criminal Justice […]

By Thierry Cruvellier + Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro

Universal jurisdiction in Germany and international law. Photo: Trial of Iraqi Taha Al-Jumailly in Frankfurt.

Trial and error: Germany reforms its law on international crimes

Palestine vs Israel: the legal battles. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

States vs ICC: the legal battles ahead on Palestine/Israel

Al-Hassan trial at the ICC - Photo: 3 judges of the International Criminal Court (Tomoko Akane, Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua and Kimberly Prost) sit in The Hague.

Is the ICC Al Hassan judgement a mess or the future?

Will the Drummond case be referred to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP) in Colombia? Photo: Construction machinery at work in a coal mine.

The Drummond case, a corporate litmus test for Colombia’s transitional justice

Illegal war - Photo: in Kiev (Ukraine), civilians watch the fire created by a Russian missile strike.

When war becomes illegal

Sexual violence in Ukraine - Photo: Women stand at the door of their apartment building in the city of Lysychansk, a city without electricity and water, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.

Prosecuting sexual violence in Ukraine’s war

Acquitted twice in Finland on charges of war crimes in Liberia, Gibril Massaquoi is claiming more than 800,000 euros in financial compensation. Photo: Massaquoi, wearing a dark suit, laughs during an interview with Justice Info.

Gibril Massaquoi tries for the jackpot

ICC / Mali - Photo: Abdoulaziz Al Hassan on the day of his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

ICC/Mali: Al Hassan verdict leaves bitter taste

Arrest warrant issued by the French courts against Bashar Al-Assad (Syrian President), in connection with the 2013 chemical attacks in Syria. Photo: Poster in a Syrian street showing Al-Assad with a gas mask over his face.

Setback for Bashar al-Assad before the French courts

Trial of the massacre at Conakry stadium (known as the

In Guinea, time for defence arguments in massacre trial

Arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against senior Russian military officers for crimes committed in Ukraine. Photo: Valery Gerasimov and Sergei Shoigu in military uniforms (Russia)

ICC: Arrest warrants for the heads of the Russian army

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.

Crimes against Afghan women drive push to recognize “gender apartheid”

Justice in Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Photo: people displaced by the conflict between the local Kamwina Nsapu militia and government forces wait to receive food rations.

Kasai: how three senior officials escaped justice

Sudan: in response to the crimes committed in El-Fasher, and more generally in the Darfur region, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is launching an appeal for testimony. Photo: A cattle market burns down in El-Fasher after a bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Suliman Baldo: El-Fasher, a siege “comparable to Gaza”

Oleksandr Kostornyi, a former KGB officer, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Ukraine for high treason. Photo: Kostornyi is pressed up against the glass of the dock, his hand resting on it, facing his reflection.

Kostornyi, the former KGB officer found guilty of high treason

Rwandan Emmanuel Nkunduwimye sentenced to 25 years in prison in Belgium for his part in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. Photo: Nkunduwimye during his trial.

Belgium: Nkunduwimye sentenced to 25 years in prison for genocide

Justice for Syria and the International court of Justice (ICJ) - Photo: a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the streets of Damascus.

Why isn’t the ICJ bolder on Syria?

International justice: why is South Africa defending Palestine? - Photo: in 1998, Nelson Mandela (President of South Africa) prepares to embrace Yasser Arafat (President of the Palestinian Authority).

Why South Africa is fighting for Palestine in The Hague