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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.

Why is the International Criminal Court (ICC) struggling to deal globally with the multiple international crimes perpetrated by Israel in Palestine (Gaza and the West Bank)? Photo: Armed Israeli settlers talk to Palestinians in Hebron.
ICC: Shall we talk about the West Bank?
10 June 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
One year after the request for arrest warrants against Hamas and Israeli leaders, the war in Gaza and the colonisation of the West Bank have only intensified. Why is the International Criminal Court not taking more action?
Ocean and marine law. Photo: A whale jumps in the open sea. What if the ocean had rights?
6 June 2025 by Marine Calmet
The ocean, which covers 70% of the Earth's surface, remains a legal ‘no man's land’ where marine creatures have no rights of their own. The United Nations Ocean Conference, which opens on 9 June, could help change the law.
Reparations for the victims of the Church of France. Photo: A painter uses a tool to renovate a mural depicting several Catholic crosses. Victims of Church abuse speak (Part 3): is money the Church’s “magic fix”?
5 June 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
In 2021, France discovered the extent of sexual abuse in its Church. A commission reported 330,000 victims. Two reparation bodies were quickly set up. Three and a half years on, victims spoke to Justice Info about their experiences with these commissions.
Reparations for the victims of the Church of France. Photo: A painter uses a tool to renovate a mural depicting several Catholic crosses. Victims of Church abuse speak (Part 2): the painful path of going to the commissions
3 June 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
In 2021, France discovered the extent of sexual abuse in its Church. A commission reported 330,000 victims. Two reparation bodies were quickly set up. Three and a half years on, victims spoke to Justice Info about their experiences with these commissions.
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At his trial in Paris (France), Majdi Nema (alias ‘Islam Alloush’) was found guilty of complicity in war crimes committed in Syria. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
2 June 2025 by Chloé Dubois
Nema, guilty of his organization’s crimes Majdi Nema, former spokesperson for the Jaysh al-Islam group, has been found guilty by a Paris court. The former Syrian rebel was sentenced to ten years in prison for complicity in war crimes.
Reparations for the victims of the Church of France. Photo: A painter uses a tool to renovate a mural depicting several Catholic crosses.
30 May 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
Victims of Church abuse speak (Part 1): whether or not to ask for reparation In 2021, France discovered the extent of sexual abuse in its Church. A commission reported 330,000 victims. Two reparation bodies were quickly set up. Three and a half years on, victims spoke to Justice Info about their experiences with these commissions.
In Gaza, Darfur and elsewhere, the international definition of genocide, as set out in the 1948 Genocide Convention (which is particularly restrictive), has rarely met the victims' expectations of justice in recent conflicts. Photo: Displaced Palestinians returning to the war-torn Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, 19 January 2025.
27 May 2025 by Alannah Travers
Gaza, Darfur: What’s the point of the Genocide Convention? From Sudan to Palestine, Bosnia, Myanmar and Iraq, the restrictive international definition of genocide has allowed little more than another form of selectively deployed lawfare.
Foreign soldiers and soldiers with dual nationality serving in the Israeli army are accused of war crimes in Gaza. Photo: Israeli soldiers patrol a street in Gaza City, passing a wall on which is painted a UN logo and an inscription in Arabic.
26 May 2025 by Julia Crawford
Dual nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza In April, a group of lawyers submitted a report to the UK war crimes unit over alleged acts committed by ten British nationals while fighting in the Israeli army in Gaza. In Belgium, investigations are ongoing. Might other countries follow suit?
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23 May 2025 by Chloé Dubois
Majdi Nema: a trial with witnesses in absentia The Paris trial of Syrian Majdi Nema for complicity in war crimes enters its final phase this Friday: the closing arguments. But the absence of many witnesses has weighed heavily on the proceedings.
At the Lundin trial in Sweden, two former executives of the oil company are on trial for alleged complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan. Illustration: Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter are drowned in a pool of oil. Conflict rages in the background.
22 May 2025 by Justice Info
War and oil: Lundin in the dock Oil blood is at the heart of the longest trial in Swedish history, which opened in September 2023. Two men in white collars are in the dock: Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter. Two senior executives of Lundin Oil, accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan. From the very beginning, Justice Info has been covering this unique trial.
Egbert Wesselink is often considered to be behind the Lundin trial in Sweden. In a report by the Dutch NGO Pax, he revealed the links between the Swedish company Lundin Oil (and 2 other oil companies) and war crimes committed in Sudan between 1990 and 2000.
22 May 2025 by Martin Schibbye
Lundin: Wesselink and the dilemma of proof The trial against Lundin reveals not just the brutality of war, but also the fragility of justice mechanisms built on activism. The role of Egbert Wesselink, the director of the NGO PAX, is emblematic of this broader dilemma.
Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is accused of sexual misconduct. Photo : Khan manipulates an earpiece in his ear.
20 May 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
How Khan dramatic decision questions the ICC as an institution Prosecutor Karim Khan dramatic decision to step aside, was announced on Friday, May 16, by the International Criminal Court (ICC). This new podcast from Asymmetrical Haircuts covers the many questions faced by the institution.
Restitution of a cultural artifact from Finland to Benin. Photo: Mari-Leena Talvitie, Finnish Minister of Science and Culture, hands over a royal stool formerly looted by France to Benin's Minister of Tourism and Culture, Jean-Michel Abimbola.
20 May 2025 by Rachida Houssou
Benin: the faint breath of restitutions Looted by the French, returned by Finland, a Kataklè, a three-legged royal stool used for the coronation of Beninese kings, was discreetly returned last week to Benin, where questions are being raised about the State’s policy on the return and exposure of such artefacts.
Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced on Friday May 16 his decision to take leave until the end of an ongoing investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct. Photo: Khan walks inside the Courtroom in the Hague.
19 May 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
ICC prosecutor steps aside in the storm On Friday, media covering the International Criminal Court (ICC) received a sudden announcement: Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor, was stepping aside “until the end” of an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct.
Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is being investigated for ‘alleged misconduct’. The ICC has announced that he is stepping aside.
16 May 2025 by AFP
Karim Khan takes leave from the ICC A year after the first report of alleged sexual harassment on a female employee of his office, Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced on Friday 16 May his decision “to take leave” until the end of the investigation opened against him.
A property owned by the former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh in the United States (Potomac/Maryland) should be seized to benefit the Gambian victims of his regime, as part of reparations. Photo: Jammeh's mansion is seen from the front behind a wrought iron gate.
16 May 2025 by Mariam Sankanu
Jammeh’s stolen money could be used for reparation The Gambia has finally started to set up a reparations commission responsible for paying compensations to victims of former president Yahya Jammeh, whose US assets are said to partly finance the process.
Syrian Majdi Nema is on trial in France for complicity in war crimes committed in Syria. Photo: Nema in 2019, freshly graduated in Istanbul.
15 May 2025 by Chloé Dubois
Nema, portrait of an ex-rebel “certain of his innocence” Syrian Majdi Nema has been on trial in France since April 29 for complicity in war crimes. This former spokesman for the rebel group Jaysh al-Islam is pleading not-guilty before the Paris Assize Court.
Litograph showing 3 judges in period costumes (1845-1858) arguing.
13 May 2025 by Lucy Gaynor
A UN Judge convicted for slavery: power, politics and privilege That the feeling of power and impunity leads to abuse is a recognised dynamic. It can also affect the staff of judicial institutions responsible for judging the worst crimes, as shown by the case of Ugandan judge Lydia Mugambe, who has just been convicted of slavery.
Ukraine / Russia: announcement of the creation of a tribunal for the crime of aggression. Photo: A Russian serviceman leans against a machine gun on the roof of an armed vehicle bearing the inscription ‘Z’.
12 May 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
What to make of the announced Tribunal for the crime of aggression? On May 9 around 40 countries announced their support for the creation of a new international court to prosecute the “crime of aggression” by Russia against Ukraine. The result of a joint agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe.