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The invaders return
7 March 2025
by Thierry Cruvellier
More and more countries – Russia, Israel, the United States, China, Azerbaijan, Venezuela – are publicly declaring their intent to conquer territories by force, or like Rwanda are doing it without admitting. The world order established in 1945 is obsolete, and international law is being violated without a second thought. Here is a world map of the new annexations under way and those that are openly threatened.

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, 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.
Palestine
ICC: Shall we talk about the West Bank?
10 June 2025
International justice news, according to AFP
27 July 2025
Food airdropped into Gaza as Israel says opening aid routes
27 July 2025
Israel says opening routes into Gaza to increase food aid
25 July 2025
France's top court annuls arrest warrant against Syria's Assad
25 July 2025
MSF says quarter of children in its Gaza clinics malnourished
25 July 2025
French court to rule on Assad immunity in chemical attack case
24 July 2025
ICC convicts pair over Central Africa war crimes
23 July 2025
Brazil to join South Africa's 'genocide' case against Israel
23 July 2025
Amnesty accuses Iran of firing cluster munitions at Israel
23 July 2025
Stigma haunts Gambians accused in state witch purge: study
23 July 2025
Tunisia leader shows Trump adviser images of starving Gaza children
All AFP dispatches