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Tadamon massacre in Syria: a trial in Germany - Photo: a street destroyed in the Tadamon neighbourhood, south of Damascus (Syria).
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The 2013 Tadamon massacre looms over Germany’s latest Syria trial

Videos of the Tadamon massacre of 2013, after being widely circulated on social networks, are being used as evidence in Germany’s latest universal jurisdiction trial. While defendant Ahmed H., a Syrian driver and alleged militiaman, is not accused of any involvement in the massacre, his case could shed some light on the mass executions and […]
By Hannah El-Hitami (special envoy in Hamburg, Germany)
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Julia Sebutinde, from Uganda, is a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: official portrait of Sebutinde at the ICJ.

Who is Julia Sebutinde, the ICJ judge who says “no”?

Occupation of Palestine by Israel: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issues its ruling. Photo: a bulldozer operates at a construction site in Givat HaMatos, an Israeli settlement suburb of annexed east Jerusalem.

Israeli occupation of Palestine: strong reactions after ICJ ruling

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When a people’s tribunal tries the People’s Republic of China

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, between war and peace. Photo: Petro delivers a speech on stage while 2 people hold a flag of the former M-19 armed group.

Colombian president speaks of peace but glorifies armed struggle

Pjetër Shala, during his verdict before the Kosovo Specialised Chambers (court in The Hague, Netherlands)

Kosovo: Pjetër Shala sentenced to 18 years in prison

Ecomafias and waste-related crime in Italy. Photo: A pile of rubbish bins and other waste in a street in Naples.

Waste crime in Italy: the challenge of environmental justice

War in Ukraine and repairs to civilian targets: the case of companies. Photo: The Hotel Ukraine in Chernihiv destroyed by a Russian missile.

Is a war-ruined business in Ukraine entitled to compensation?

Russian hate Speech - Photo : Vladimir Solovyov.

Prosecuting Russian hate speech

Trial for collaboration in Ukraine. Photo: A Ukrainian woman is tried before a court in Dnipro.

Collaboration trials in Ukraine: what do court verdicts tell us?

Gacaca courts in Rwanda. Photo: Denis Bikesha, former director of training, mobilisation and sensibilisation for the gacaca courts in Rwanda after 1994.

“You cannot transplant the gacaca court system”

Universal jurisdiction in Germany and international law. Photo: Trial of Iraqi Taha Al-Jumailly in Frankfurt.

Trial and error: Germany reforms its law on international crimes

Palestine vs Israel: the legal battles. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

States vs ICC: the legal battles ahead on Palestine/Israel

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 law: exchange of prisoners between Sweden and Iran. Photo: Hamid Nouri speaks to the Iranian press on his return to Tehran.

International law put to the test in prisoner exchanges

Will the Drummond case be referred to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP) in Colombia? Photo: Construction machinery at work in a coal mine.

The Drummond case, a corporate litmus test for Colombia’s transitional justice

Illegal war - Photo: in Kiev (Ukraine), civilians watch the fire created by a Russian missile strike.

When war becomes illegal

Sexual violence in Ukraine - Photo: Women stand at the door of their apartment building in the city of Lysychansk, a city without electricity and water, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.

Prosecuting sexual violence in Ukraine’s war

Acquitted twice in Finland on charges of war crimes in Liberia, Gibril Massaquoi is claiming more than 800,000 euros in financial compensation. Photo: Massaquoi, wearing a dark suit, laughs during an interview with Justice Info.

Gibril Massaquoi tries for the jackpot