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JusticeInfo.net gets a makeover: interview with Thierry Cruvellier: Thierry Cruvellier, the new editor-in-chief of JusticeInfo.net, presents the remodeled website: a fluid navigation, relevant content and understandable for all. He also introduces our new…
22.06.15 - NOTICE TO READERS - HIRONDELLE NEWS AGENCY HANDS OVER TO JUSTICEINFO.NET: This website will no longer be updated. After 20 years of covering international criminal justice, Hirondelle News Agency is pleased to hand over to Justiceinfo.net,…
JusticeInfo.net takes up the challenge: JusticeInfo.net is launched, as you can see! We will talk about justice, law, remembrance, forgiveness and punishment in transition societies and beyond. How each society…
Map of war crimes trials in Ukraine: To date, the first judicial battle in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is being waged in domestic courts. In a swift move unprecedented…
Democratising and decolonising Spain: the limits of the new law on memory: In Spain, transitional justice revolutions happen in slow motion. On 21 October, a new Democratic Memory Law created a public prosecutor’s office “for human rights…
Can 2023 be the booster year for the ICC budget?: This year's annual meeting of States Parties opens on Monday 5 December in The Hague. The triple combination of the war in Ukraine, the unprecedented…
At Conakry massacre trial, court reprimands "ethnic talk”: In Guinea, ethnicity has been mentioned several times during the hearings of defendants in the September 28, 2009 massacre trial. References to the parties’ ethnic…
Philip Grant: “Ukraine is accelerating a revival of universal jurisdiction”: JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Philip Grant Director of TRIAL International Philip Grant, director of TRIAL International, a Swiss NGO that was created 20 years ago,…
Félicien Kabuga, the last judgment: In the most judged genocide in history, Félicien Kabuga is playing the last of the big roles: after long being the last of the big…
First Seleka trial at the ICC, behind closed doors: For the first time, the International Criminal Court is dealing with crimes allegedly committed by the ‘Seleka’ rebel forces who pushed then president François Bozizé…
Climate justice: Pressure is mounting on fossil fuel producers: Climate complaints against States have led to much reflection on legal responsibilities, although COP27 that ended in Egypt on November 20 was silent on this.…
High treason in Crimea: "I don’t understand why I’m punished so severely": After months of war in Ukraine, a number of treason trials are reaching the stage of conviction. This one concerned Crimea and took place in…
War crimes and press freedom battle in Australia: A whistleblower criminal trial and a defamation case involving a high-profile soldier and leading media houses: these are the main justice forums where alleged war…
Hawija: from remote warfare to distant justice: This was only one of its 35 thousands missions. When the Dutch Air Force hit the Iraqi city of Hawija in 2015 as part of…
Ukraine: justice in times of war
Why Kenya is trying now its first crimes against humanity case: On Monday, nine out of 12 police suspects - including senior commanders - appeared at a Nairobi court, accused of murdering a baby, and other…
September 28 trial in Conakry: “It has become like a TV series”: The appearance of defendants in the September 28, 2009 massacre trial, which has been widely broadcast, has captivated Guineans for several weeks, with two effects.…
Gicheru dead, the mysteries of ICC's Kenya case fall in a black hole: On 26 September 2022, Paul Gicheru died in Kenya. The Kenyan lawyer was accused of witness tampering at the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the…
Time is running out for war crimes prosecution in Bosnia: “A race against time” is the title of a recent report by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) highlighting the delays in implementation…