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Gambia: Did Jammeh order the killing of migrants?: This is the largest massacre committed during the 22 years of Yahya Jammeh’s reign in the Gambia. More than fifty migrants were executed in July…
Justice for Liberia is on the map at last: It has been a very long wait for Liberians to begin to see some accountability on the many crimes committed during their two civil wars…
Germany: Lessons from the first conviction of an agent of the Syrian regime: On February 24 Eyad al-Gharib was the first Syrian regime official to be convicted by a German court for aiding and abetting the torture and…
Georgia: Focus on Bensouda’s flagship probe five years on (2/2): Five years ago, the International Criminal Court opened its first investigation outside the African continent, in Georgia. This is a highly symbolic investigation for Prosecutor…
Georgia: Focus on Bensouda’s flagship probe five years on (1/2): Five years ago, the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened its first investigation outside the African continent, in Georgia. This investigation is eminently symbolic for Prosecutor…
Massaquoi trial: Finnish court goes to deepest Liberia: Arriving in Liberia on February 15, Finnish judges, prosecutors, and lawyers spent their first week visiting sites where Gibril Massaquoi, a former rebel commander from…
Iraqi tribal justice put to the test as Islamic State families return: The upcoming closure of the last camp for internally displaced persons in Iraq, Jeddah 5 in the province of Mosul, raises the issue of the…
Fictitious Tunisair jobs: how Ben Ali’s niece filled her pockets: Nepotism, favouritism and abuse of social assets characterize the case of the fictitious Tunisair jobs, which had its third hearing last week before the specialized…
Seoul court decision reignites Japan-Korea war of memory: A South Korean court has ordered Japan to compensate 12 sex slaves of the Japanese army during occupation of the country, just as the new…
Election of Karim Khan – what battles await the third prosecutor of the International Criminal Court?: IN CAMERA | Episode 2 > British lawyer Karim Khan, on Friday 12 February, has finally won the hotly contested seat of third prosecutor of…
Sweden on the frontline with Syria cases: From the first war crimes trial to the first conviction of a government soldier, Sweden has been a pioneer in Europe in the prosecution of…
Gambia Truth Commission: Darboe, the faithful silent agent of the NIA: With lot of expectations, a notorious member of a ‘Special Operations Unit’ involved in allegations of torture under Yahya Jammeh’s rule, appeared before the Gambian…
Last men standing for the ICC prosecutor election: If no consensus is found today there will be a vote. This Monday, the States Parties to the International Criminal Court meet again virtually to…
ICC: How to interpret Ongwen’s conviction?: Fully responsible and guilty. Yesterday, on February 4th, seventeen years after the Ugandan authorities asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the northern Ugandan conflict,…
Syrian and Yazidi trials: why victims’ lawyers want sexual violence considered: Two landmark trials in Germany have been dealing with crimes against humanity and genocide allegedly committed in Syria and Iraq. So far, they have not…
ICC trial of Dominic Ongwen: Are the spirits there?: The International Criminal Court is to hand down its judgment today February 4 in the case of Ugandan rebel Dominic Ongwen, a former member of…
Victims and the ICC Alphabet Soup: Can victim’s participation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) remain a « nice feature » and could victims envisage in the future to see clarity in « the…
A first in Colombia: eight FARCs charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity: Last Thursday, Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace announced its first major decision, accusing eight top leaders of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia of…
Universal jurisdiction: the Finnish revolution: The trial of Gibril Massaquoi opens today in Finland, hardly two years after the opening of an investigation into this former Sierra Leonean warlord. It…