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Justice for Syria: who is doing what?
By Hannah El-Hitami
One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, on 7 December 2024, the map of transitional justice for grave violations of international law has been transformed, both in Syria and in other countries where crimes of his regime are being tried.
The courtroom during the Lafarge trial Lafarge on Trial - Part 4: re-humanising the hearings
By Sharon Weill and students of the Capstone Course (Sciences Po Paris)
In partnership with Justice Info, international law professor Sharon Weill and 11 students at Sciences Po Paris are providing weekly coverage of the Lafarge trial taking place in the French capital.
Lafarge trial in France for crimes committed in Syria, including possible ‘crimes against humanity’ which may be the subject of a second trial. Photo: a former Lafarge subcontractor in Syria shows (from a distance) the Jalabiya factory where he worked. Lafarge: Will there be a trial for complicity in crimes against humanity?
By Chloé Dubois
While Lafarge is on trial in Paris for funding terrorism, the complicity in crimes against humanity aspect of this case remains under investigation. Former Syrian employees fear they will never see justice.
Was the announcement of the withdrawal of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the three Sahel states just an illusion? Photo: demonstration in support of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Burkina Faso. Sahel withdrawal from the ICC: just an illusion?
By Sètondji Roland Adjovi
More than two months ago, the three members of the Sahel Alliance (AES) announced their withdrawal from the ICC. According to the author of this Opinion, this was merely a publicity stunt.
Sanna Manjang (a former Gambian jungler) was handed over by Senegal to Gambia. Photo: Manjang is handcuffed and escorted by men in military uniforms. Sanna Manjang handed over by Senegal to Gambia
By AFP
Sanna Manjang, one of the leaders of the ‘Junglers’, the commandos responsible for the dirty work of Yahya Jammeh’s regime, was arrested in Senegal and handed over to Gambia, which charged him with several murders on Wednesday 3 December.
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Lafarge: Will there be a trial for complicity in crimes against humanity? While Lafarge is on trial in Paris for funding terrorism, the complicity in crimes against humanity aspect of this case remains under investigation. Former Syrian employees fear they will never see justice.
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At the Lundin trial in Sweden, two former executives of the oil company are on trial for alleged complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan. Illustration: Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter are drowned in a pool of oil. Conflict rages in the background. War and oil: Lundin in the dock
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Justice for Gaza: what are the various initiatives for justice for Gaza around the world, at the national and international levels (via the ICC, the ICJ, and the UN)? Image: world map with a photo of a completely destroyed street in Gaza, seen from the sky, superimposed on it.
Justice for Gaza: who is doing what?
4 November 2025 by Golnouche K. Barzegar
It’s a battle outside the battlefield, and it is worrying the State of Israel: in January 2025, the Israeli army warned its soldiers about possible arrests when they travel abroad. Since the start of the offensive in Gaza launched after the attack on October 7, 2023, two international courts have been seized: the International Criminal Court, which has issued arrest warrants, and the International Court of Justice, whose decisions have been supported by resolutions of the UN General Assembly. At the same time, the Human Rights Council has set up a commission, which has concluded that a “genocide” is taking place. Finally, complaints have been filed in dozens of national courts, and universal jurisdiction proceedings have been opened around the world.
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 the footsteps of Roger Lumbala, on trial in France for crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Photo: Path under the trees in the heart of the equatorial forest in Ituri. People walk or ride motorcycles in a mystical, luminous atmosphere.
“Wiping the slate meant erasing everything: our property, our people”
14 November 2025 by Claude Sengenya
In Mambasa, deep in Democratic Republic of Congo equatorial forest, we trace crimes that are being tried 6,000 kilometres away in Paris, in Roger Lumbala’s trial that opened on November 12.
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9 December 2025 Three to face German court on Russia spying charges 7 December 2025 Netanyahu expects to move to Gaza truce second phase soon 7 December 2025 Bangladesh begins exhuming mass grave from 2024 uprising 7 December 2025 In Jerusalem, Merz reaffirms Germany's support for Israel 6 December 2025 Pentagon chief non-committal on releasing video of second drug-boat strike 6 December 2025 Germany's Merz makes first visit to Israel as chancellor 6 December 2025 Sharaa says Israeli push for buffer zone would endanger Syria 5 December 2025 US sanctions equate us with drug traffickers: ICC dep. prosecutor 5 December 2025 'Only a miracle can end this nightmare': Eritreans fear new Ethiopia war 4 December 2025 New US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four
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