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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.

In Sweden, during a ceremony, Lena Nyberg (chair of the Swedish Truth Commission for the Sámi People) presented the Commission’s final reports to three representatives of the Sámi youth organization Sáminuorra.
The Swedish Commission closes the Nordic Sami reconciliation initiatives
4 November 2026 by Malin Arvidsson + Amalie Drage Habbestad + Otso Kortekangas + Rebecca Larsson Zinger
On September 30, 2026, Sweden has joined its Nordic neighbours in delivering a Sami Truth Commission report. Following five years of work and 270 interviews, its chair emphasised the urgent need for an official apology.
An in-depth interview with Samuel Moyn on Donald Trump’s politics (he takes stock of his second term) and his approach to international justice. Illustration: a portrait of Samuel Moyn (watercolour) by Benoît Peyrucq, for Justice Info. “Trump has succeeded through the law”
2 November 2026 by Golnouche K. Barzegar
Ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on November 3, 2026—with the American president struggling to retain majority in Congress —Samuel Moyn, professor of law and history at Yale University, examines the record of the second Trump presidency and its approach to international justice.
Iraqi boy and a Bristish soldier in Iraq Inertia: a British style universal jurisdiction?
30 October 2026 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
“We are not really interested in doing international trials in this country.” In this latest episode of a long-running series on universal jurisdiction, our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts seek to understand why with Rupert Skilbeck, director of Redress.
Homepage of the FushatAmal.org website, produced by Act for the Disappeared, a Lebanese human rights organisation that collects testimonies from the families of missing persons. The room she kept ready, and the promises of AI
30 October 2026 by Michelle Bouchebel
Artificial intelligence (AI), now increasingly used by transitional justice actors, still seem to raise more questions than it provides effective results and support for victims.
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An exterior view of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh, which is guarded by the army.
27 October 2026 by David Bergman
When the ICT turns against its early supporters Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) charges the absent, the questioning and the outspoken, describes our correspondent in Dhaka. Ironically, the institution is now turning against those who supported its creation, a decade on.
A new investigation highlights the role of the Dutch royal family in supporting and profiting from Dutch colonialism. By ordering the investigation, the Dutch King Willem-Alexander showed his open attitude towards a painful side of his family’s past. Photo: Queen Maxima, Princess Amalia and the King walk in a street.
26 October 2026 by Sanne Weber
The Dutch royal family and the colonial past – from truth-telling to reparations? A new investigation highlights the role of the Dutch royal family in supporting and profiting from Dutch colonialism. By ordering the investigation, the Dutch King showed his open attitude towards a painful side of his family’s past. But is truth and acknowledgment enough to start the process of healing that the King wants to contribute to?
An in-depth interview with Jean-Pierre Massias regarding the report by the Independent Commission of Inquiry into sexual and physical abuse at the Notre-Dame-de-Bétharram school, of which he is the chair. Illustration: a portrait of Jean-Pierre Massias (watercolour) by Benoît Peyrucq, for Justice Info.
23 October 2026 by Clémentine Méténier
Bétharram: “We won’t rest” until the Church makes amends Five years after the shocking findings of the Sauvé Commission, another commission documented systemic abuse at the southern French school Notre-Dame-de-Bétharram. Its chair, Jean-Pierre Massias, talks about the commission’s innovative features.
Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s former president, has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reopen an investigation into Colombia, just before stepping down from office in early August 2026. What impact will this have on local transitional justice? Photo: Petro, seated at a conference, appears to be waiting for something, smiling with his hands clasped.
22 October 2026 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Why did Petro, just before stepping down, seize the ICC? At the last minute, on the day he handed over office to the far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked the International Criminal Court to re-open its investigation on serious crimes in Colombia. A surprising move, first reported by our correspondent.
Trial over the Alawite massacres: a view of the Palace of Justice in Aleppo (Syria), seen from the street.
20 October 2026 by Bushra Alzoubi + Karam Amer
Alawite massacres trials: verdicts handed down in Aleppo Trials on violence committed against the Alawite population on the Syrian coast in March 2025 have concluded in Aleppo (north-west Syria), ten months after the first hearing on November 18, 2025. After four verdicts pronounced on September 17, a further nine were delivered on October 15.
Biodiversity and endangered animal species: what legal remedies are available? Photo: the claws of a Bengal tiger at a zoo in Cuba.
19 October 2026 by Benjamin Bibas
COP17: new wave of biodiversity legal challenges coming up As the global extinction of species continues, COP17 on biodiversity opens this October 19 in Yerevan, Armenia. And with climate-related legal challenges on the rise, can judicial action compel States to better fulfil their obligations on biodiversity?
US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC): the court is now facing an ultimatum and has only a short time left. Photo: a montage showing a hand holding a stopwatch (with its thumb on the start/stop button) into which the ICC logo has been placed.
16 October 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
US sanctions against the ICC: options for a six-months ultimatum On Friday 9 October hard on the heels of the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize to a stalwart advocate of international justice, the US declared long-expected full sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC). The court and its supporters have been given a six-month ultimatum. But what will they make of it?
In Kosovo, four former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), convicted in The Hague of war crimes, are honoured on a banner displayed in the street in Pristina. Photo: a banner showing the faces of the four ‘war heroes’ and ‘peacemakers’ is hung on the front of a building.
15 October 2026 by Serbeze Haxhiaj
Kosovo seeks to end the KSC’s “legal autonomous regime” Amid public anger over the war-crimes convictions of three Kosovo guerilla leaders, Kosovo’s parliament amended last week the Specialist Chambers founding law, aiming to limit its mandate.
An in-depth interview with Julian Fernandez on the sanctions imposed by the United States against the International Criminal Court (ICC). Illustration: a portrait of Fernandez (watercolour) by Benoît Peyrucq, for Justice Info.
13 October 2026 by Franck Petit
ICC: “For the US, this is a testing ground for other levers of influence” October 9, 2026, will go down as a key date marking a global divide, with on one hand the Nobel Peace Prize and on the other hand, US sanctions against the ICC – which “it would be wrong to think concerns only international justice”, says Julian Fernandez.
Navi Pillay (an experienced lawyer specialising in international law) receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Nuremberg. Photo: Pillay delivers a speech to the press at the Nuremberg Courthouse.
12 October 2026 by Franck Petit
“The Nobel Committee has paid the tribute it owed to international law” In the wake of a “crazy day” for international justice – the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to one of its iconic figures, followed by US sanctions against the International Criminal Court – French legal scholar Alain Pellet analyses the Nobel Committee’s choice.
Navi Pillay, wearing glasses, a grey jacket and a UN badge on a lanyard, smiles behind a microphone at a press conference. Behind her is the large white United Nations emblem on a blue background, with “United Nations Geneva” written in several languages.
10 October 2026 by AFP
South African judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize "Peace requires justice”, said the chair of the Nobel Committee in Oslo while announcing the 2026 Peace Prize. The 85 years old South African judge, former UN human rights chief and International Court of Justice judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay has won the Nobel for her contributions to international law, the jury announced on Friday October 9, 2026.
9 October 2026 by AFP
The US hits the ICC with sweeping sanctions "The United States will continue its campaign to dismantle the ICC, piece by piece, until Americans are threatened no longer,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio while announcing the new sanctions on Friday October 9, after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, a former judge at the ICC and other international courts.
Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, a former rebel with the Central African Seleka, is seen speaking with a lawyer at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He has been found guilty of crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic.
9 October 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
ICC: what does Said’s judgment mean? Late September, judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided that Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, a senior figure of the Seleka movement in the Central African Republic, was guilty of crimes against humanity.
Protesters in front of the Kosovo Assembly building, in Pristina
8 October 2026 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Why are the Kosovars so upset after the KSC? Why are Kosovars turning against the Kosovo Specialist Chambers? This podcast explores the history and growing tensions surrounding the KSC after its latest verdict against former KLA leaders.
Three soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Forces are on patrol outside Mekelle Airport in Ethiopia.
8 October 2026 by Julia Crawford
Somali region TRC wraps up, as war returns The final report of a truth and reconciliation commission in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region seems to have been delayed. Is it because of fighting in the north, or something else?