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Genocide in Gaza: What the UN Commission Says about Facts and Law and Why it Matters
By Sharon Weill + Olivier de Frouville
Israel’s Prime Minister is expected to address the UN General Assembly on September 26. A week after a UN independent inquiry established that his government was committing genocide in Gaza.
A UN investigation has established that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Photo: Navanethem Pillay (Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Palestine) speaks at the publication of the report. In the background, the logo of the United Nations.
Rodrigo Duterte, former president of the Philippines, is on trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Photo : Duterte delivers a speech while he's displayed on a large screen behind him. Duterte, the ICC and the art of disinformation
By Asymmetrical Haircuts
In this podcast, Benjie Aquino tells how the postponement of the Duterte trial at the ICC and the uncertainty on the whole process have increased the space for disinformation, rumors and wild speculations.
In Greenland, Denmark has implemented a forced contraception campaign (using IUDs). Photo: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen stand side by side in front of the press. They are preparing to issue a formal public apology to Greenlandic women. Denmark’s apology to Greenlandic women
By Martine Lind Krebs + Astrid Nonbo Andersen
On September 24, Denmark will officially apologize to Greenland for the so-called “IUD campaign,” which claimed thousands of victims among Greenlandic women. Against the backdrop of the threat of American annexation.
The Sahel (Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso) leaves the ICC, under Russia's influence. Photo: Three Sahelian foreign ministers attend a press conference organised by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on 3 April 2025. The Sahel leaves the ICC
By AFP
On September 22, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. All three countries are ruled by military juntas supported by Russia.
In Colombia, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has handed down its judgement on 19 individuals (former FARC members and former military personnel). Photo: two JEP magistrates face each other. Colombia: Two historical judgements and the questions they leave
By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
After seven years of work and four years since its pioneering indictments, Colombia's transitional justice tribunal – known as the JEP – finally handed down its first convictions
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Is the death of the ICC imminent? And what does the future hold for international law? Two renowned experts, Mark Freeman and Mark Drumbl, examine these two topical issues. Illustration: Drumbl and Freeman by Benoît Peyrucq.
Thinking about the death of the ICC and what comes next
7 February 2025 by Thierry Cruvellier
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
6 March 2025 by Joseph Mbuyi
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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27 September 2025 Protesters demand answers 11 years after Mexican students vanished 26 September 2025 Netanyahu says Palestinian state would be 'national suicide' for Israel 26 September 2025 Serbian war criminal general to be freed early: president 26 September 2025 UN identifies 158 firms linked to Israeli settlements 26 September 2025 Jennifer Lawrence condemns Gaza 'genocide' at Spain film fest 26 September 2025 UN rights chief warns S.Sudan on brink of new war 26 September 2025 Rival Hollywood open letter denounces Israel boycott call 26 September 2025 Netanyahu set for defiant UN speech as Trump warns on annexation 25 September 2025 Mexico City military barracks targeted in protest over student disappearances 25 September 2025 Russia 'arbitrarily' executes Ukrainian prisoners of war: OSCE
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