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Why Hungary quits the ICC
By Alannah Travers
On May 20, Hungary officially announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. But the Israel/Palestine issue is only part of the picture. The European Union is also a target, warns Alannah Travers.
Why Hungary quits the International Criminal Court (ICC) Photo: The Shoes by the Danube is a memorial dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust in Budapest on the banks of the Danube in Hungary.
Why is the International Criminal Court (ICC) struggling to deal globally with the multiple international crimes perpetrated by Israel in Palestine (Gaza and the West Bank)? Photo: Armed Israeli settlers talk to Palestinians in Hebron. ICC: Shall we talk about the West Bank?
By Janet H. Anderson
One year after the request for arrest warrants against Hamas and Israeli leaders, the war in Gaza and the colonisation of the West Bank have only intensified. Why is the International Criminal Court not taking more action?
Ocean and marine law. Photo: A whale jumps in the open sea. What if the ocean had rights?
By Marine Calmet
The ocean, which covers 70% of the Earth's surface, remains a legal ‘no man's land’ where marine creatures have no rights of their own. The United Nations Ocean Conference, which opens on 9 June, could help change the law.
Reparations for the victims of the Church of France. Photo: A painter uses a tool to renovate a mural depicting several Catholic crosses. Victims of Church abuse speak (Part 3): is money the Church’s “magic fix”?
By Clémentine Méténier
In 2021, France discovered the extent of sexual abuse in its Church. A commission reported 330,000 victims. Two reparation bodies were quickly set up. Three and a half years on, victims spoke to Justice Info about their experiences with these commissions.
Reparations for the victims of the Church of France. Photo: A painter uses a tool to renovate a mural depicting several Catholic crosses. Victims of Church abuse speak (Part 2): the painful path of going to the commissions
By Clémentine Méténier
In 2021, France discovered the extent of sexual abuse in its Church. A commission reported 330,000 victims. Two reparation bodies were quickly set up. Three and a half years on, victims spoke to Justice Info about their experiences with these commissions.
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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...
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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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