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Colombia: Tensions rise ahead of the Truth Commission’s report: Two political crises in two weeks have shaken Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, while its final report is now due to be published just over…
Colombia: The day 10 army officials accused of false positives faced their victims: It was an unprecedented scene in Colombia. On April 27 and 28, in the heart of the mountainous region of Catatumbo, 10 members of the…
A Nuremberg for Russia’s crime of aggression?: As the debates continue on the international legal response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, our correspondent Janet Anderson has taken some soundings from a…
Ukraine: “The momentum is there for a tribunal on aggression”: Mykola Gnatovsky, professor of international law at the University of Kyiv, is currently a special advisor to the foreign ministry of Ukraine, and one of…
The unresolved responsibility of Big Oil companies in Nigeria: On March 23 a Dutch court ruled that it was impossible to hold the oil company Shell liable for the 1995 trial and execution of…
Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s “second best justice”: On March 10 judges of the Appeals Chamber at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon reversed the earlier acquittal of two defendants. Hassan Habib Merhi and…
First rift between Colombia’s Peace tribunal and the victims: Colombia’s special peace tribunal is about to open three new – and perhaps final – cases. However, its decision to focus on armed actors and…
Indonesia: the Dutch no longer can see colonisation in rosy terms: Last week researchers in the Netherlands and Indonesia finally laid out the ways in which the Dutch state both condoned and concealed its systematic use…
The ups and downs of a historic ruling on reparations: Last week the International Court of Justice ruled that Uganda should pay 325 million dollars to the Democratic Republic of Congo for the occupation and…
Colombia wagers on political participation as a form of redress: With the general and presidential election campaign in full swing in Colombia, victims of its 52-year-long armed conflict are playing a more visible role than…
Colombia: 21 Army officials own up to war crimes and crimes against humanity: This is another major result for Colombia’s transitional justice: at the end of 2021, 21 former Army officials acknowledged their responsibility over the murder of…
The ICC in times of budget crunch: International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan has been joined by two new deputy prosecutors, elected last week during this year’s annual meeting of the…
Karim Khan meets the states at the ICC: Karim Khan, the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is making substantial changes to how his office works. As he attends his first Assembly…
Venezuela and the ICC: who’s fooling who?: On November 5, the new Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan announced that he will launch an investigation into crimes against humanity in Venezuela, and…
The ICC backs Colombia’s transitional justice model: On October 28, Prosecutor Karim Khan decided to close the International Criminal Court’s preliminary examination on Colombia, opened 17 years ago. His decision came with…
How Gender Stereotypes Distort IS Trials in Germany: On October 25, a Munich Court sentenced a German national to 10 years in prison for the enslavement and killing of a five-year-old Yazidi girl…
Rodrigo Granda: the diplomatic storm that shook Colombia: The detention in Mexico of Rodrigo Granda, a former head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and signatory of Colombia’s peace agreement, sparked a…
Afghanistan: a war of positions at the ICC: Shortly after his arrival, Karim Khan throws a spanner in the works. A recent statement by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that…
Colombia’s TRC gets an extension to jump over the elections: Just as the clock was winding down for Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, its three-year mandate has been extended by an additional nine months. This…