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Séraphin Twahirwa at his trial in Belgium for genocide in Rwanda.

"They were founders of a ruthless militia in Kigali"

Pierre Basabosé and Séraphin Twahirwa were behind a group of murderous Interahamwe in the Gikondo sector of Kigali in 1994. This was the Belgian prosecutor’s conclusion presented on Monday December…
By Gaëlle Ponselet (our correspondent in Belgium)
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Ansoumane Camara, known as Baffoé, is a witness in the 28 September trial in Guinea.

Guinea: Baffoé, one witness with two versions

Klaus Hoffman (a German senior prosecutor of the Advisory Group for the Investigation of the Most Serious International Crimes in Ukraine) explains:

Klaus Hoffmann: “The problem of collaborators is not only legal, but also political”

At the end of his trial in Germany, Gambian Bai Lowe was found guilty of crimes against humanity committed in The Gambia.

German court sentences Gambian death squad member to life in prison

At the Kosovo Tribunal (based in The Hague in the Netherlands), Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli and Rexhep Selimi are on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Kosovo: tension in the prison over witness protection

Justice in Ukraine

Interactive map (Ukraine)
Map of Ukraine with Ukrainian flag inside and 2 icons : a tank symbolizing war and a scale symbolizing justice

Map of war crimes trials in Ukraine

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The portraits of Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin are embedded in a map of Ukraine and the national flag

Ukraine responds to warfare with “lawfare”

JusticeInfo Comment and Debate

Opinions
Can Joseph Boakai, Liberia's new president, be seen as a hope for justice for past war crimes? Photo: Boakai stands on a platform in front of a crowd of supporters during his election campaign.

Liberia has a new president: is there renewed hope for justice?

In-depth interviews
Frédéric Mégret

Frédéric Mégret: "Justice for Ukraine depends on the outcome of the fighting”

Pointers

Transitional justice
POINTER
Genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda - A man is judged in the midst of the population in a

Genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda: causes, what happened, and justice

Focus

Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers surrender to the Russian army in Mariupol (Ukraine) in April 2022.

In Donetsk, over 100 Ukrainian soldiers sentenced in four months

Colombia
Eduardo Andrés Celis, an investigator for Colombia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is under pressure and forced into exile.

Colombia: when seeking the truth leads to forced exile

Syria
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his brother Maher are being prosecuted in France for complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Assad brothers charged with complicity in crimes against humanity

Gambia
Trial of Bai Lowe in Germany for crimes committed in the Gambia (universal jurisdiction)

“Someone had to sacrifice themselves”

Central African Republic
Mokom case at the ICC: a fiasco - Photo: Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka, from the Central African Republic, on trial for crimes committed in the Central African Republic, talks to his lawyers in a courtroom at the International Criminal Court in The Hague (Netherlands).

The Mokom fiasco at the ICC

Democratic Rep. of Congo
Genocost - A victim of the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo is still waiting to be

When will Congolese “Genocost” victims receive reparations?

Special Focus

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
What justice for enforced disappearances around the world? © Marina Margarina / Justice Info

The disappeared who will never be forgotten

Videos

Debate in The Hague
On the stage of the Grand Café Utopie in The Hague (Netherlands), Thierry Cruvellier, Iryna Salli, Anna Mykytenko, Janet H. Anderson and a translator are debating about

"Ukraine: Justice in times of war": the full video of our debate in The Hague

Understanding Transitional justice - Episode 4

How is transitional justice carried out?

International justice news feed

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