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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.

Protest against Shell in South Africa. A placard bears the slogan ‘To hell with Shell’.
How South African judges sent Shell to hell, with panache
3 September 2026 by Angela van der Berg
Mid-August, South African judges delivered a magistral lesson in environmental justice and sent Shell oil plans in the Wild Coast packing. Their judgment is a milestone, argue the author, that puts climate change at “the centre of legal accountability”.
Damage caused by the war in Ukraine: what compensation is available for the victims? Photo: two people embracing, looking up at the sky, at the foot of a block of flats destroyed by a Russian missile. War compensations for Ukrainians: a slow but ongoing process
1 September 2026 by Natalia Naiduk
After more than four years of conflict, Ukrainians affected by the war have not received any compensation yet. But a reparations mechanism is slowly getting into place with the Register of damage, while some victims are also trying civil actions.
Four defendants are on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic. They are appearing before the Special Criminal Court (CPS) of the Central African Republic. Special Criminal Court: Guen trial resumes with closing arguments
31 August 2026 by Andy Avila Bissayo
The fourth trial at the Special Criminal Court begins its closing arguments on Monday August 31. Before the conclusion of hearings on June 11, Edmond Beina and Dieudonné Gomitoua traded accusations over the massacre of some 40 Muslims.
Soldiers on the Lithuanian border When migrants are weaponized, what can international law do
28 August 2026 by Aleh Baradzin
According to Lithuania, Lukashenko’s regime facilitates the smuggling of migrants from Belarus. The International Court of Justice has yet to rule on these allegations, but this case highlights several other political bargaining spots along Europe’s borders, the author explains.
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Ratko Mladic
27 August 2026 by AFP
Ratko Mladic has died Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Republika Srpska army, died on Thursday in The Hague, aged 84. After 16 years on the run, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced him to life imprisonment in 2017, in particular for the Srebrenica genocide during the Bosnian War.
Protest suppressed by the police in Kenya
27 August 2026 by Martina Jebet
Kenya: “Money can only wipe away tears” In June, Kenya has started a 13 million euro programme to compensate the victims of police brutality during political unrest that took place between 2017 and 2025. But families of the victims are calling for trials.
A scandal is raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The two ‘reparations’ funds set up for victims of mass crimes, Frivao and Fonarev, are accused of corruption and embezzlement. Illustration: a large pipe dispensing banknotes into hands held aloft is torn open by a businessman who collects the notes spilling out of the hole.
26 August 2026 by Justice Info
The scandal of victims’ funds in DRC Two victim’s funds were established in 2022 in the DRC. The Frivao, funded by reparations payments from Uganda, as ordered by the International Court of Justice. The Fonarev, funded on mining royalties. Both have been accused of mismanagement – and, in the case of Frivao, of massive embezzlement.
On a street in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a large advertising hoarding displays a message about ‘Genocost’, announcing a ‘national commemoration on 2 August 2026’.
25 August 2026 by Caleb Kazadi
Kasai: FONAREV under fire The Kamuina Nsapu armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo took place ten years ago. But in Kasai FONAREV, the public body in charge of reparations for victims, is coming increasingly under fire.
Seated on a school bench, a woman is seen from behind, facing two people (seated in the teacher’s chair) who appear to be listening to her, during the victims’ hearings before the Kasai Truth Commission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (CVPJR).
24 August 2026 by Caleb Kazadi
Kasai Central: Truth and Reconciliation Commission abandoned by the state Five years on, the Kasai Central Truth Commission (CPVJR) is still only at the start of its operational phase. It lacks funding, and the Congolese state is absent.
Front and back cover of Abelardo de la Espriella's 2015 book
31 July 2026 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
The radical shift in Colombia’s new president’s stance on transitional justice In 2015, Abelardo de la Espriella had a strong vision about peace and justice in Colombia. He wrote a self-published book about it. We found a copy. And what the new president said then is sharply different than what he says now. For instance, he wants prison for FARC members, but ten years ago defended liberty for them.
30 July 2026 by Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)
Dead Men Walking - Episode 4: Comprehensive Peace Agreements In this fourth episode of "Dead Men Walking", we turn our gaze to the topic of peacemaking, and in particular the ideal of comprehensive peace agreements. In today’s world, can we hope for more than “negative peace”?
30 July 2026 by Claude Sengenya
FRIVAO: Is collective compensation being used for embezzlement? The FRIVAO fund for victims is also meant to provide collective reparations. But in Kisangani, there are questions about the use of these funds, which are sometimes misappropriated or have no real impact on the ground.
Jean Kalegamire Bienda, wearing a beige jacket and pink shirt, sitting at his desk and going through a stack of victims' case files; behind him, piles of documents and a calendar open to June 2026.
29 July 2026 by Claude Sengenya
Chaos and corruption: investigating the FRIVAO fund in Kisangani In Kisangani, witnesses describe the chaos and controversy surrounding FRIVAO, with disputed numbers of victims and amounts of compensation amid political interference. Millions of dollars are alleged to have been embezzled from this victims’ fund.
Special session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC, 24 July 2026, at UN Headquarters in New York.
27 July 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
ICC: Karim Khan removed – what next?  The removal of Karim Khan as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was both the end of a long saga that played out against intense US pressure, and the beginning of a new and tricky stage in the court’s life.
Karim Khan (ICC prosecutor)
24 July 2026 by AFP
ICC removes its prosecutor On July 24 in New York, 82 member states of the International Criminal Court voted to remove Prosecutor Karim Khan. Only 13 voted against the motion. The Court emerges greatly weakened from a case that took it two years to resolve.
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). Part 1 of our series in 2 episodes. Is this new form of justice fully developed? Photo: the ICT prosecutor speaks on the steps of the tribunal during a press conference attended by numerous journalists.
24 July 2026 by David Bergman
Bangladesh: a new flawed justice system? (Part 2) Despite several reforms to adapt Bangladesh’s justice system to international standards, the country’s International Crimes Tribunal is using the same flawed laws, sometimes even worse, than those applied under the previous regime. Here are the concerns on the way trials are run.
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). Is this new form of justice fully developed? Photo: the ICT prosecutor speaks on the steps of the tribunal during a press conference attended by numerous journalists.
23 July 2026 by David Bergman
Bangladesh: a new flawed justice system? (Part 1) Despite several reforms to adapt Bangladesh’s justice system to international standards, the country’s International Crimes Tribunal is using the same flawed laws, sometimes even worse, than those applied under the previous regime.
International Criminal Court (ICC): a photo montage combining portraits of the ICC’s three successive prosecutors: Luis Moreno Ocampo, Fatou Bensouda and Karim Khan.
21 July 2026 by Lucy Gaynor
What’s wrong with ICC prosecutors? The first three prosecutors of the International Criminal Court have failed to be of high moral character. On July 24, the ICC Assembly of State Parties is meant to decide on the fate of Karim Khan. And it raises more questions than answers.
Presentation of a military drone manufactured in the United Arab Emirates
20 July 2026 by Margherita Capacci + Chloé Dubois
Sudan: bringing to justice those who make the war possible With Sudan’s war now in its fourth year, not a single person has been prosecuted for crimes committed since April 2023. Three recent initiatives are seeking to fill that gap by tracing the chain of responsibility back to foreign actors.