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Expert opinions and analysis

Justice Info regularly opens its pages to various actors in the field of international justice (researchers, academics, activists, experts of all kinds) to express their unfiltered opinion or to detail an in-depth analysis.

Lessons from the Chiquita Trial (2): The Battle of Experts

Analysing the trial of Chiquita, a multinational banana company that was ordered by a U.S. court to pay 38 million dollars in compensation for victims of the paramilitary in Colombia, lawyers Tatiana Devia and Daniel Marín López highlight the crucial role of experts in such cases. Expert testimonies often become the battleground on which these […]

By Tatiana Devia + Daniel Marin Lopez

Chiquita trial in Florida - Photo: an employee of banana multinational Chiquita works in a factory in Colombia (Uruba).

Insights from the Chiquita trial (1): 25 years of struggle

Gender apartheid in Afghanistan - Photo: in Kabul, women demonstrate for their rights in front of a beauty salon threatened with closure.

The Taliban’s rule is gender apartheid

Georgia's 2008 war against Russia: who will pay compensation for the victims? Photo: Elderly civilian victims near their burnt-down home following the Russian invasion.

Georgia 2008 war: when Russia won’t pay victims, solutions still exist

Al-Hassan trial at the ICC - Photo: 3 judges of the International Criminal Court (Tomoko Akane, Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua and Kimberly Prost) sit in The Hague.

Is the ICC Al Hassan judgement a mess or the future?

International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs): an option for financing Ukraine with Russian money. Image: photo montage of a rouble coin, a Ukrainian flag and frost.

Finding money for Ukraine: the return of a Cold War financial tool

Justice for Syria and the International court of Justice (ICJ) - Photo: a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the streets of Damascus.

Why isn’t the ICJ bolder on Syria?

A national tribunal for war crimes in Liberia - Photo: Joseph Boakai speaks before parliament.

The evidence battleground for Liberia’s war crimes court

Crime of starvation in Gaza: will the ICC act? - Photo: Palestinians crowd around a food distribution point in Rafah.

Starvation and potential ICC warrants on Gaza: what does international law say?

The plaque next to the

Bonaire: a history of slavery, a present of social inequalities

In Colombia, how will the JEP apply its commitments on sanctions? Photo: FARC officials at the signing of part of the peace agreement in December 2015 in Cuba.

Sanctions in Colombia’s justice process: How to get it right

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered €52 million in reparations for the victims of Dominic Ongwen in Uganda. Photo: Judge Bertram Schmitt.

The wild reparations order of the ICC

Restitution of stolen gold royal artefacts to Ghana’s Asante king.

Ghana’s looted Asante gold comes home – what’s the deal?

Israel on trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa accuses Israel of committing genocide against the people of Palestine.

Israel on Trial

International Criminal Court (ICC): NGOs and states - Photo: Karim Khan's speech in Cairo.

ICC: why NGOs are concerned, not States

Trials behind closed doors - A growing trend in international courts. Photo:

A Silence Epidemic: when real trials are held behind closed doors…

Banks and climate justice - Financiers are now in the sights of NGOs seeking to prove their involvement in global warming.

Banks, the new targets of climate action

Can Joseph Boakai, Liberia's new president, be seen as a hope for justice for past war crimes? Photo: Boakai stands on a platform in front of a crowd of supporters during his election campaign.

Liberia has a new president: is there renewed hope for justice?

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), at the request of the Netherlands and Canada, examines systematic torture in Syria

The law and the spectacle of the law