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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.

Roger Lumabala was found guilty of complicity in crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during a trial in France. Illustration: Lumabala is at the bar, appearing agitated (hand gestures). Also depicted: lawyers, judges and police officers in the courtroom.
Lumbala trial: absence fails to pay off
16 December 2025 by Claude Sengenya
On December 15, a French court sentenced 67-year-old former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala to 30 years in prison. This comes as armed violence is intensifying in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Testimony of Gaëlle Messager during the Lafarge trial in Paris Lafarge on trial – part 5: what could possibly lead to this?
15 December 2025 by Sharon Weill and students of the Capstone Course (Sciences Po Paris)
In partnership with Justice Info, international law professor Sharon Weill and 11 students at Sciences Po Paris are providing weekly coverage of the Lafarge trial taking place in the French capital.
Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, answers questions from Justice Info on the segregation of women (described as apartheid) in Afghanistan. Photo: Bennett speaks at the UN in front of a microphone. A sign reading “Special Rapporteur” is placed in front of him. Richard Bennett: “If you applied to gender the language that defines apartheid, it applies to Afghanistan”
15 December 2025 by Julia Crawford
The UN Human Rights Council has established an independent mechanism to investigate international crimes committed in Afghanistan, particularly against women. Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur, explains what is at stake.
Sanna Manjang, a former ‘jungler’ for Yahya Jammeh, was arrested in Senegal and then handed over to Gambia to stand trial for alleged crimes commited in The Gambia. Gambia: Once “most feared” Jungler is under arrest 
12 December 2025 by Mustapha K. Darboe
The arrest of Sanna Manjang, a key player in Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship, may lead to a spectacular trial about crimes of the former hit squad, the Junglers. It also comes under the threat of Jammeh’s return to The Gambia.
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Des migrants africains font ensemble un signe de protestation dans un camp en Libye.
11 December 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Human trafficking, crime of the highest order Eritrean Amanuel Walid was arguably the highest human trafficker to stand trial in Europe. Our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts draw lessons from this trial in the Netherlands and an upcoming one at the International Criminal Court.
In Mambasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a child walks past a gold dealer's shop.
11 December 2025 by Claude Sengenya
Lumbala trial: there were crimes, but who was responsible? The Paris Assize Court has finished hearing civil parties and witnesses in former Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala’s trial for complicity in crimes against humanity.
In the ICC courtroom in The Hague, before the judges, three elephants are depicted with an inscription in front of each one: ‘Karim Khan’, “Sanctions” and ‘Cooperation’.
9 December 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
After the ICC Assembly, the elephants remain in the room While everything indicates that Prosecutor Karim Khan has already left the stage, the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, which has just concluded, refused to address the elephant in the room. This year, there were several of them.
Ali Kushayb at the ICC
9 December 2025 by AFP
20 years in prison for Ali Kushayb The 76-year-old former leader of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia had been found guilty by the International Criminal Court of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur more than 20 years ago.
The courtroom during the Lafarge trial
8 December 2025 by Sharon Weill and students of the Capstone Course (Sciences Po Paris)
Lafarge on Trial - Part 4: re-humanising the hearings In partnership with Justice Info, international law professor Sharon Weill and 11 students at Sciences Po Paris are providing weekly coverage of the Lafarge trial taking place in the French capital.
Justice for Syria: what are the various initiatives for justice for Syria around the world, at the national level (in Syria or elsewhere, under universal jurisdiction) or at the international level (via the ICJ and UN bodies)? Image: world map with a photo of Sednaya prison (Syria) seen from the air and a portrait of Bashar al-Assad superimposed on it.
8 December 2025 by Hannah El-Hitami
Justice for Syria: who is doing what? One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, on 7 December 2024, the map of transitional justice for grave violations of international law has been transformed, both in Syria and in other countries where crimes of his regime are being tried.
Lafarge trial in France for crimes committed in Syria, including possible ‘crimes against humanity’ which may be the subject of a second trial. Photo: a former Lafarge subcontractor in Syria shows (from a distance) the Jalabiya factory where he worked.
5 December 2025 by Chloé Dubois
Lafarge: Will there be a trial for complicity in crimes against humanity? While Lafarge is on trial in Paris for funding terrorism, the complicity in crimes against humanity aspect of this case remains under investigation. Former Syrian employees fear they will never see justice.
Was the announcement of the withdrawal of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the three Sahel states just an illusion? Photo: demonstration in support of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Burkina Faso.
4 December 2025 by Sètondji Roland Adjovi
Sahel withdrawal from the ICC: just an illusion? More than two months ago, the three members of the Sahel Alliance (AES) announced their withdrawal from the ICC. According to the author of this Opinion, this was merely a publicity stunt.
Sanna Manjang (a former Gambian jungler) was handed over by Senegal to Gambia. Photo: Manjang is handcuffed and escorted by men in military uniforms.
3 December 2025 by AFP
Sanna Manjang handed over by Senegal to Gambia Sanna Manjang, one of the leaders of the ‘Junglers’, the commandos responsible for the dirty work of Yahya Jammeh’s regime, was arrested in Senegal and handed over to Gambia, which charged him with several murders on Wednesday 3 December.
Trial of Roger Lumbala in Paris (France) for crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Photo: Lumbala is seated at a desk in 2013, next to a second person. He is signing a document.
2 December 2025 by Claude Sengenya
Lumbala trial: a rebel leader in Bemba’s shadow? The first week of witness and victim testimony in Roger Lumbala’s Paris trial looked at the facts, and at the responsibility of the former Congolese rebel leader acting under Jean-Pierre Bemba’s protection.
Lafarge trial in Paris (France) for alleged crimes in Syria, including flow of funds to terrorist organisations. Illustration: watercolour painting depicting the courtroom, showing one person standing at the bar and another sitting next to them, wearing headphones.
1 December 2025 by Sharon Weill and the students of the Capstone Course (Sciences Po Paris)
Lafarge on Trial - Part 3: Tracing the flow of funds to terrorist groups In partnership with Justice Info, international law professor Sharon Weill and eleven students at Sciences Po Paris are providing weekly coverage of the Lafarge trial in France.
Mitiga prison in Libya
1 December 2025 by AFP
A Libyan at the ICC A Libyan suspect was transferred on Monday 2 December to the International Criminal Court by Germany, nearly fifteen years after the Security Council referred the situation to the Court to try serious crimes committed in Libya.
As the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the International Criminal Court (ICC) opens, it faces many challenges. Photo montage showing a portrait of Karim Khan, whose head has been erased, in front of the ICC offices in The Hague.
1 December 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
ICC, the “headless” court As the Annual Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) opens today, Justice Info reviews the main challenges facing a court in mortal danger, attacked on many sides, abandoned by certain states, and lacking leadership.
Assembly of the States Parties (ASP) to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: view of an ASP from above.
28 November 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
What is going to be discussed at the ASP? Our partners and colleagues of Asymmetrical Haircuts are disclosing part of the coming up Assembly of the States parties unofficial and official agenda, with the help of their special guest, Danya Chaikel, representative of the FIDH.
Walid's trial in the Netherlands for human trafficking in Libya. Photo: African migrants sit crammed together on the floor of a detention centre in Kufra, Libya.
28 November 2025 by Margherita Capacci
Migrant smuggling: first trial concludes The trial of a migrant smuggling alleged leader concluded on Wednesday 26 November at the court of Zwolle, in the Netherlands. The Eritrean man has paved the way for another trial scheduled for spring.