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Truth tents: “Talking about what Syrians need right now” 
By Hannah El-Hitami
In post-Assad Syria, the “truth tents” offer a space for victims’ families to discuss truth and justice. Jad al-Hamada, one of the truth tents’ initiators, speaks to Justice Info about the demand for transitional justice in Syria.
Truth tents in Syria - Photo: in Eastern Ghouta (south-east of Damascus), a tent houses portraits of the disappeared while Syrians (often mothers accompanied by their children) speak out and seek the truth about the enforced disappearance and torture suffered by their loved ones.
Bombing hospitals and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) - Photo : Hospital staff walk in the corridor of a hospital destroyed by an Israeli missile shell, in the Gaza Strip (Palestine). Bombing hospitals: an increasing violation of IHL
By Asymmetrical Haircuts
Never before have hospitals and healthcare workers been so targeted in conflicts. In this new podcast, our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts asked Cordula Droege, Chief Legal Officer at the ICRC, to explain why and how IHL provides hospitals with the highest level of protection.
Aggression by Israel and the United States in Iran - Photo: portrait of a victim of an Israeli attack in a street in Tehran (Iranian flag and veiled woman walking while looking at her smartphone). How the aggression against Iran has been normalised
By Alannah Travers
To understand the justifications given for Israeli and American strikes against Iran, one must look at Iraq and Syria, where a permissive environment for the crime of aggression we are witnessing today was modeled, explains Alannah Travers.
Enforced disappearances in Syria: a commission is set up - Photo: a man and a child in front of a billboard displaying portraits of missing persons. Syria’s Missing Persons Commission and the Risk of Marginalization (Part 2)
By Mustafa Haid
The new Syrian authorities have established two commissions tasked with addressing past violence. What are the challenges faced by the Missing Persons Commission?
Transitional justice in Syria - Photo: Abdul Basit Abdul Latif, Head of the Syrian National Commission for Transitional Justice Syria's Transitional Justice Commission and the Peril of Partiality (Part 1)
By Mustafa Haid
The new Syrian authorities have established two commissions tasked with addressing past violence. What are the challenges facing the transitional justice commission?
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Lundin: Wesselink and the dilemma of proof The trial against Lundin reveals not just the brutality of war, but also the fragility of justice mechanisms built on activism. The role of Egbert Wesselink, the director of the NGO PAX, is emblematic of this broader dilemma.
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Fighting gender-based crimes - Illustration: a crime scene (police banner and numbered exhibits) where the silhouette of a character marked on the ground is filled in with the colors of the LGBTQ+ community's rainbow flag. The Fight Against Gender Crimes
7 publications
What justice for enforced disappearances around the world? © Marina Margarina / Justice Info The disappeared who will never be forgotten
24 publications
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42 publications
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The invaders return - Poster for the redesigned ‘’The Invaders‘’ series. A map of the world is inlaid in the starry sky.
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.
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 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
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.
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16 June 2025
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10 June 2025
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25 March 2025
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20 June 2025
DRC victims’ fund hit by scandal
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14 March 2025
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19 June 2025
The ‘Ndélé 2’ trial: awaiting the verdict

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1 July 2025 Bangladesh: uprising, unrest and elections 30 June 2025 Palestine Action to challenge UK ban 30 June 2025 'Targeted, sophisticated' cyberattack hits ICC 30 June 2025 Bangladesh opens murder trial of key student protester 28 June 2025 Accusations of chemical weapons in Sudan: what we know 27 June 2025 Trump hopeful for Gaza ceasefire, possibly 'next week' 27 June 2025 UN officials say new Gaza aid system leads to mass killings 27 June 2025 Doctors' aid group slams US-backed Gaza relief scheme over deadly roll-out 27 June 2025 Netanyahu rejects report Israeli troops ordered to fire on Gaza aid-seekers 27 June 2025 MSF slams US-backed Gaza aid scheme as 'slaughter masquerading' as aid
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