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A Syrian rebel on trial in France
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The war crimes trial of Syrian Majdi Nema, former spokesman and an alleged top leader of the armed rebel group Jaysh al-Islam, opens this Tuesday, April 29, before the Paris Assize Court.
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Defence lawyers Jennifer Naouri and Dov Jacobs. The incredible disappearing defence of Said
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On March 17 the defence of Central African Mahamat Said Adel Kani presented one witness in support of their client at the International Criminal Court. The trial, which has gone on for several years, may be coming to a precipitate close.
The Disciplinary board of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is hearing a case of psychological harassment involving lawyer Jennifer Naouri. Image: 2 people (represented only by shadows) argue in a court of law. Harassment at the ICC: a defence lawyer heavily sanctioned
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The Disciplinary board for counsels of the ICC has pronounced its heaviest sanction ever: an 18-month suspension for Jen-nifer Naouri, the head of the defence team in the ICC’s last ongoing trial.
Searching for the missing in Syria. Photo: portrait of Karla Quintana wearing the official IIMP waistcoat in the field. Looking for the missing in Syria: “It’s titanic, but we are moving”
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Mexican human rights lawyer Karla Quintana was appointed in December to head the UN’s Institution on Missing Persons in Syria. In an exclusive interview, she talked with Justice about how this body had to reshape its priorities after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
In Bangladesh, lawyers close to the government were allegedly involved in violence during student protests in the summer of 2024. Photo: Men are locked in a blue police van. Their faces are visible through the grilles in front of the windows. Justice vs justice
By David Bergman
Dozens of justice professionals, lawyers as well as prosecutors, have been arrested in Bangladesh. They are accused of taking part in the violent repression of demonstrations last summer that led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. But there’s a thin line between political retaliation and criminal accountability.
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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.
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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
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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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