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Eyes from Space in Lundin’s Trial
By Martin Schibbye
When few international journalists could witness the violence in Sudan, satellites orbiting hundreds of kilometres above did. Early in the summer, their grainy images were projected on courtroom screens in Stockholm.
In the Lundin trial in Sweden, satellite images could be used as evidence to prosecute oil company executives accused of involvement in war crimes committed in Sudan. Photo: a Landsat satellite (NASA) observing Earth, seen from space.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the verdict has been handed down in the trial of Constant Mutamba (former Minister of Justice). The court found him guilty of embezzlement of public funds and sentenced him to three years of hard labour. Photo: Mutamba sits among his lawyers wearing a gym suit and a face mask. DRC: the justice minister caught by the law
By Caleb Kazadi
The trial of DRC’s former justice minister Constant Mutamba ended on Tuesday, 2 September, with his sentencing to three years of hard labor for embezzling public funds – 19.9 million US dollars – paid by Uganda to compensate war victims.
Justice in Ukraine: Ihor Huryakov, former director of the Kherson pre-trial detention centre, is on trial for high treason before a court in Odessa. Kidnapped, tortured by Russians, and tried for treason
By Yulia Khymeryk
In Odessa, a man who symbolises the grey areas of war is on trial. Former director of the Kherson pre-trial detention centre and victim of the Russians, Ihor Huryakov is being tried for high treason.
In Ukraine, the mayor of Balakliya, Ivan Stolbovyi, is accused of high treason. Photo: Stolbovyi distributes bread to the residents of Balakliya. Awaiting the judgment of the mayor of Balakliya
By Tetiana Fedorkova
More than a year after the opening of the in absentia case of former Balakliya mayor Ivan Stolbovyi, accused of high treason, it has made little progress. Shortly after the occupation, the former head of the city fled to Russia with his family. But what Balakliya resident remember about the former mayor?
Artem Piskarev, lawyer for victims of war crimes in Ukraine. Photo (from a video interview): Piskarev wears a black jacket with a logo featuring a fish around a Ukrainian flag in the shape of a heart, above the inscription ‘Beluga UA’. The victims’ lawyer
By Anastasia Zubova
Who defends victims of war crimes in Ukraine and how? What challenges they face? What motivates them when a verdict does not guarantee that victims feel justice has been served?
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Beyond the US sanctions, what led to the possible demise of the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Was the model and the supremacy of criminal law just misled from the start? And if the ICC falls off the cliff, what’s next? What’s the place and future of international law? Two-long time...
In Kasai (Democratic Republic of Congo), some trials are held in mobile courts, in the heart of the villages, as close as possible to the crimes and the victims. Photo: Protected witnesses are covered from head to toe during a trial for war crimes committed by members of the Kamwina Nsapu militia.
In Kasai, justice on the ground and under protection
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After several postponements, the appeal trial of two men sentenced to death for war crimes committed in the Congolese region of Kasai opened in the town of Masuika on March 3. The entire court traveled to the crime site. To hear the often protected witnesses, near the very place where was committed the murder of a traditional chief and the devastation caused by the Kamwina Nsapu conflict between 2016 and 2019.
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5 September 2025 AP questions Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital that killed journalists 5 September 2025 WHO chief urges Israel to stop Gaza starvation 'catastrophe' 5 September 2025 US sanctions Palestinian rights groups over ICC probe 5 September 2025 Sudan's RSF commits 'myriad crimes against humanity': UN probe 5 September 2025 RSF commits 'myriad crimes against humanity' in Sudan: UN probe 5 September 2025 UN probe suggests war crimes by all sides in DR Congo conflict 4 September 2025 Gaza 'genocide' exposes Europe's failure to act: top EU official 4 September 2025 Decorated Australian soldier loses defamation court challenge 3 September 2025 Press Release from Business Wire: Dubai Chambers 2 September 2025 France issues arrest warrant for Syria's Assad over 2012 journalist killings: lawyers
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