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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 The world order established in 1945 is obsolete, and international law is being violated without a second thought.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
31 July 2025
Sweden verdict due over Jordan pilot burned alive
30 July 2025
'Ours forever': would-be Israeli settlers march on Gaza
30 July 2025
Belgium asks ICC to look at war crimes claims against two Israelis
29 July 2025
Russia strikes kill 25 in Ukraine as Trump shortens Moscow deadline
29 July 2025
I.Coast President Ouattara, 83, to seek fourth term
29 July 2025
UN court denies 'Butcher of Bosnia' Mladic early release
29 July 2025
I.Coast President Ouattara, 83, says will seek fourth term
29 July 2025
Russia strikes kill 25 in Ukraine as Kremlin notes new Trump deadline
29 July 2025
Russia kills 25 in Ukraine, as Kremlin says 'committed' to peace
29 July 2025
Philippines to 'seek help' securing release of Huthi-held sailors
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