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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.

Guantanamo: a thorn in the side of the United States. The infamous US prison is regularly criticised for its illegal detentions and the torture practised there. Photo: an American flag flies in the sky, behind the prison’s barbed wire.
Guantánamo’s “legal black hole” remains US headache
3 July 2026 by Julia Crawford
As the United States marks 250 years of independence, and more than 24 years after the Guantánamo Bay US military prison in Cuba was opened, 15 detainees remain there.
Wassim Al-Assad was arrested in Syria. Photo: Al-Assad poses in front of a measuring ladder, wearing a prison uniform (yellow and black stripes). Syria: First Assad in the Cage
30 June 2026 by Karam Amer
Last week in Damascus, the trial of Wassim Assad kicked off on Wednesday June 24, just after a third hearing in the Atef Najib case, and just before the opening of another trial against the former Grand Mufti of Syria.
The multinational Total Energies was found liable in France in a “climate justice” lawsuit. However, the impact on consumers has been virtually nonexistent so far during the 2026 oil crisis, as Total has guaranteed price caps. Photo: A line of cars waits in front of the pumps at a Total gas station. Courts Are Doing Their Part on Climate, but Is Anyone Else?
29 June 2026 by Maud Sarliève
On 25 June 2026, a Paris court ruled that Total Energies must account for the emissions produced when its clients burn its oil and gas. The question is whether legislators will also do their part for the climate.
In Ukraine, the Chernobyl nuclear power station was attacked and damaged by a Russian drone strike. An overview of the situation and a focus on international law in such circumstances. Photo: our correspondent in Ukraine poses, wearing safety gear, beneath the concrete arch. Inside Chernobyl after a drone attack: what can international law do?
26 June 2026 by Oksana Rekun
On February 14, 2025, a Russian drone struck Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, near the fourth reactor destroyed in 1986. What’s nuclear safety in wartime? Journalist Oksana Rekun went to Chernobyl and asked.
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AI and law
26 June 2026 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
How courts deal with deepfakes and AI? Whilst the challenges faced by judges when dealing with visual evidence are becoming more complex, but « it’s not a new phenomenon, manipulation has always been around », says professor Yvonne McDermott Rees. She discusses this hot topic in this new Asymmetrical Haircut podcast with Anne Hausknecht, a Law PhD candidate who works with the TRUE project.
Sihem Bensedrine, the former chair of the Tunisian Truth Commission (IVD), has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Photo: Bensedrine upon her release from prison in 2025, following an initial period of detention.
26 June 2026 by AFP
Tunisia: Bensedrine sentenced to 25 years in prison The former chair of the Tunisian Truth Commission (IVD), Sihem Bensedrine, was sentenced in the early hours of Friday 16 June to a total of 25 years’ imprisonment for several cases relating to transitional justice.
In Deir ez-Zor, Syria, demonstrations are taking place in support of the transitional justice process, which is failing to make progress despite the government’s commitments. Photo: people demonstrating in the street, waving Syrian flags and bananas (a symbol of justice).
25 June 2026 by Yasser al-Issa + Hamza al-Badr
Deir ez-Zor, spearhead of the Transitional Justice Spring Syria has been rocked for the past 15 days by protests calling for transitional justice. This movement, as two Syrian journalists recount, began on June 10 in Deir ez-Zor, which suffered greatly during the revolution.
23 June 2026 by Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)
Dead Men Walking - Episode 3: Transitional justice In this third episode of “Dead Men Walking”, a podcast produced by the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) in collaboration with Justice Info, we turn our attention to transitional justice.
The Israeli parliament (Knesset) has passed a law establishing a military tribunal to try those responsible for the crimes committed on 7 October 2023. Photo: a parliamentary session in Israel.
23 June 2026 by Smadar Ben-Natan
Israel’s Military Court for October 7: Abdicating Truth and Justice On May 11, the Israeli parliament adopted a new law establishing a special military tribunal to prosecute those accused of participating in the atrocities committed on 7 October 2023. It’s a degrading law, says legal scholar Smadar Ben-Natan.
In Israel, what form of justice should be sought for the victims of the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023? Photo: people standing and appearing to pay their respects during a memorial service on 16 October 2025.
22 June 2026 by Yael Vias Gvirsman
Can and Will There Be Justice in Jerusalem? On May 11, the Israeli parliament adopted a new law establishing a special military tribunal to prosecute those accused of participating in the atrocities committed on 7 October 2023. It’s a good law, says victims’ lawyer Yael Vias Gvirsman.
Amjad Youssef, le jour de son arrestation et de sa mise en détention à Damas (Syrie). Il est accusé d'avoir participé au massacre de Tadamon. Photo : Youssef, en costume de prisonnier rayé, pose devant un mur affichant une règle (photo officielle de prisonnier).
19 June 2026 by Karam Amer
Justice for Tadamon The arrest two months ago of Amjad Youssef, a renown suspect of the 2013 massacre in Tadamon district, in Syria’s capital city, is part of a broad campaign to bring former regime officials to account. With many pending questions on how to do it.
18 June 2026 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Universal Jurisdiction: lessons from Rwanda Rwanda provides a case of its own when it comes to the use of universal jurisdiction. This podcast helps providing a global picture of the legal landscape. And how it may intersect with a growing exclusionary use of international law.
The presidential election in Colombia will see Iván Cepeda take on Abelardo de la Espriella. What does the future hold for transitional justice? Photo: Two giant billboards side by side, set against a typically Colombian landscape, display the campaigns of the two candidates, Cepeda and de la Espriella.
18 June 2026 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia’s transitional justice system awaits the presidential election On June 21 Colombians will decide who is their next president. Both candidates have a tricky past on transitional justice. And neither of their proposals looks convincing on how to stop the armed conflict and organized crime violence.
In Bangladesh, Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu, two journalists, were arrested and charged with crimes against humanity. Photo: numerous police officers surround two journalists.
16 June 2026 by David Bergman
Bangladesh’s war crimes justice turns against journalists The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal.
Karim Khan addresses a meeting of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
11 June 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
Sabine Nolke: “That's what you get when the governance of a court is given into the hands of political actors” On June 8, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court suspended Prosecutor Karim Khan and decided that a full ASP meeting will decide whether he should stay or be removed.
Belarus uses its political prisoners as bargaining chips in political, diplomatic and economic dealings, most often with the United States. Photo: Hooded police officers have handcuffed a civilian in the street and are forcibly taking him into custody.
9 June 2026 by Aleh Baradzin
The Belarus bargaining trap While the International Criminal Court investigates alleged crimes against humanity committed by Belarus, Aleh Baradzin warns against being fooled by the recent release of political prisoners.
Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (STCA): the Statute of this new international court was adopted in May 2026 by the Council of Europe. Photo: the Committee of Ministers meeting in Moldova.
8 June 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression enters its “skeleton phase” The newcomer in the field of international justice will be known as the STCA. It was created last month by 36 states and the EU. And it has a myriad of issues to clarify.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), verdicts have been handed down in the trial concerning the Yumbi massacres. Photo: the defendants, wearing blue and yellow shirts, stand during the hearing.
5 June 2026 by Caleb Kazadi
Court spares authorities in Yumbi massacres trial On June 1, the High Military Court in Kinshasa handed down its verdict in the “Yumbi massacres” case, following a four-year trial. It pronounced 34 acquittals and 37 harsh sentences, but the parties involved say they are disappointed.
The transfer of the ‘Mechanism’ (IRMCT), which succeeded the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha (Tanzania), to Kigali (Rwanda) seems more realistic than ever. What are the risks? Photo: a wooden sign reading ‘Welcome to Kigali’ in the foreground of an arid landscape.
4 June 2026 by Balthazar Nduwayezu
Will Rwanda be the graveyard of the Arusha “white elephant”? The Mechanism that succeeded the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda proposes that when its mandate ends in June, some of its functions be transferred to Kigali – which would obtain what it wants because of the current crisis at the UN.