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All Justice Info articles since 2015

All articles published on Justice Info (original and republications) are displayed on this page in chronological order. Only our Hirondelle News archives and the AFP news feed (except for dispatches edited by us) are excluded from this list.

A young Ukrainian agent recruited by Russia (seen from behind, wearing a hood) is held on either side by Ukrainian police officers (seen from behind and blurred) facing a wall.
The young agents of Russia
10 February 2026 by Olena Hryshchenko
The New Yorker magazine describes how Russian military intelligence recruits teenagers online to carry out acts of sabotage in Europe. In Ukraine, some are being tried for this. Like Mykhailo, 17, who was convicted of treason.
Thousands of prisoners suspected of being members of Islamic State (Daesh) have been transferred from Syria to Iraq. Photo: a group of prisoners in dirty orange uniforms leave a prison escorted by an armed soldier. And then they came to Baghdad
9 February 2026 by Alannah Travers
The Global Coalition against Daesh is meeting in Riyadh today. Just when the US has announced the transfer of thousands of ISIS prisoners from Syria to Iraq. Could the Iraqi judiciary save the West from the legal nightmare it’s created?
In The Gambia, victims of Yahya Jammeh's dictatorship are still waiting for reparations. Photo: The brother of a person who disappeared during Jammeh's regime shows a photo of him in uniform and wears a T-shirt calling for justice in The Gambia. Gambia doesn’t give up on reparations
6 February 2026 by Mustapha K. Darboe
4 years after Gambia’s truth commission’s final report, part of the reparations program is underway. But there are pending questions on assets seized from the former dictator, dignified burials, criminal punishment and vetting.
A protester holds a placard reading Talking about Iran’s massacre
5 February 2026 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
In the 71 towns and cities recently affected by mass protests in Iran the repression was unprecedented. What are the current, past and prospects for accountability on Iran’s protests?
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi (former Libyan dictator), was killed in Libya while he was the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: portrait of Gaddafi at night.
5 February 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
Gaddafi’s death, the last nail in an ICC coffin On February 3 Saif al Islam Gaddafi was murdered in Libya. His continued freedom in Libya epitomised the powerlessness of the International Criminal Court. And his death burries the last hopes that it would bring justice for the crimes of 2011.
Dmitriy Kurashov, a Russian soldier, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Ukraine for executing an unarmed Ukrainian soldier. Image (video capture): Kurashov lowers his head in the dock during his trial.
3 February 2026 by Anastasia Bahalika
When three Russian witnesses helped convict a Russian soldier Face-to-face trials of Russian soldiers in Ukraine remain rare, but those in which Russian soldiers testify for the prosecution even more. This was the case in the trial of Dmitriy Kurashov.
Damien Scalia has written a book compiling dozens of interviews with international criminals (mainly war criminals), most of whom have been tried by international courts, including the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Photo: 12 portraits (photos) of criminals in mosaic form.
2 February 2026 by Julia Crawford
When war criminals talk: views of international justice from “the other side” In an innovative new book, Swiss researcher Damien Scalia presents findings from interviews with individuals mostly convicted and acquitted by the former UN tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
In Gambia, Sanna Manjang (a former jungler under Yahya Jammeh) is handcuffed and escorted by law enforcement officers during his trial.
30 January 2026 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: feared former Jungler faces shaky prosecution Gambian authorities want to quickly put alleged death squad leader Sanna Manjang on trial. But in so doing, they have withdrewn the most crucial charges.
The Gambia has brought a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya people. Photo: Dawda Jallow (Gambian Minister of Justice), accompanied by other members of the prosecution team, in the ICJ courtroom.
29 January 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
What The Gambia may hope from the ICJ Gambia’s lawyers are not only asking for the International Court of Justice to declare that Myanmar is responsible for genocide, but also to provide a full range of remedies to the Rohingya community.
Human trafficking in Libya: Eritrean national Amanuel Walid was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Dutch court. Photo: a destroyed inflatable boat, originally carrying migrants from Libya, floats on the Mediterranean Sea.
27 January 2026 by AFP
"Without any humanity" On January 27, Eritrean national Amanuel Walid was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Dutch court for the “particularly cruel, violent, and degrading treatment that the defendant and his accomplices inflicted on migrants” in Libya.
A Syrian court based in Aleppo is holding a public trial of the alleged perpetrators of crimes committed in March 2025 in Syria. Photo: a packed courtroom surrounded by journalists, with an iron cage on one side.
27 January 2026 by Bushra Alzoubi
Syria: Aleppo trial at a crossroads between justice and show The new regime in Damascus wants to make a mark. A first trial is organized at the court in Aleppo, northwest Syria. But a new hearing, scheduled for January 25, has been postponed due to armed tensions with the Kurds.
In the Arctic (in Greenland and elsewhere), international law may oppose the concept of property and territorial conquests. Photo: a Greenlandic flag flies near a glacier.
26 January 2026 by Maurizio Delli Santi
Faced with predators, Arctic must be considered a common heritage by law Donald Trump’s statements on Greenland, reiterated on January 21 in Davos, and strategic competition with Russia and China make the Arctic a target for conquest. Against the law.
Venezuelan victims and the International Criminal Court (ICC)
22 January 2026 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Victims and the ICC: "I want them to know that we still exist" Luis Carlos Díaz, Elizabeth Atieno and Oleksandr Maksymenko, who are victims of atrocities in Venezuela, Kenya and Ukraine, turned to the International Criminal Court for the justice it promised. But they were disappointed. It is the victims who go to the ICC, not the ICC that goes to the victims, they say in this new podcast by our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts.
Greenland (an autonomous territory dependent on Denmark), from Donald Trump's threats of annexation to decolonisation efforts. Photo: Trump during a speech at the Davos Economic Forum (Switzerland). Behind him: an illustration depicting snow-capped mountains.
22 January 2026 by Astrid Nonbo Andersen + Rachael Lorna Johnstone
Greenland between decolonization, the US, and international responses President Trump’s threats to annex Greenland disrupt a long process of decolonization from Denmark. The authors examine what Greenland can do, legally, to oppose US annexation demands and defend the right to self-determination.
When Carl Bildt was appointed to the board of directors of Lundin Oil, he was also serving as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Balkans. Photo : Bildt speaking at a conference.
20 January 2026 by Martin Schibbye
Carl Bildt: oil, peace and contradiction “I do not recall.” The recurring phrase ran through his testimony, on January 15. While the testimony of Carl Bildt, a leading politician in Sweden, failed to provide decisive clarification in the Lundin trial, it did shed light on the mechanisms used to limit liability.
The trial of Roger Lumbala (DRC) in France and the principle of universal jurisdiction in international law. Image: Lumbala appears as a black silhouette against a grey background, sitting at a desk. He speaks with his hands raised and wears a beret.
19 January 2026 by Kerstin Bree Carlson
Universal Jurisdiction as Justice: the Lumbala trial in question The trial of Lumbala before a Paris court ended last year with a heavy conviction. It raises issues relating to universal jurisdiction trials in an even more acute manner, given that the defendant refused to attend his trial.
What justice for Venezuela? Photo: Protesters hold up photos of their relatives, who are political prisoners, in the street.
16 January 2026 by María Laura Chang
Three scenarios for justice in Venezuela Besides the U.S. criminal system, investigations are being carried out in Argentina, and before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. How does the capture of the former head of state Nicolás Maduro influence these processes?
The Gambia is accusing Myanmar of genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands. Image (video capture): Philippe Sands (lead counsel / advocate for The Gambia) speaks on the basis of a book by Raphael Lemkin that he has placed on his lectern.
15 January 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
Genocide in Myanmar: the ICJ faces the evidence What evidence does the small west African state provide to prove genocidal intent? Seven years ago, Gambia has brought Myanmar to the International Court of Justice over genocide against the Rohingya minority. On Monday, hearing on the merits commenced.
Two Métis women recognised as victims of crimes against humanity committed by the Belgian state in the Congo.
13 January 2026 by Tony Chalot
Meeting two Congo metis compensated by Belgian court A year ago, a Brussels Court handed down a historic ruling, finding the Belgian state guilty of crimes against humanity during its colonial period in Congo. Justice Info met two of the five metis women who received compensation.