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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.

Majdi Nema
A Syrian rebel on trial in France
29 April 2025 by Chloé Dubois
The war crimes trial of Syrian Majdi Nema, former spokesman and an alleged top leader of the armed rebel group Jaysh al-Islam, opens this Tuesday, April 29, before the Paris Assize Court.
Defence lawyers Jennifer Naouri and Dov Jacobs. The incredible disappearing defence of Said
28 April 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
On March 17 the defence of Central African Mahamat Said Adel Kani presented one witness in support of their client at the International Criminal Court. The trial, which has gone on for several years, may be coming to a precipitate close.
The Disciplinary board of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is hearing a case of psychological harassment involving lawyer Jennifer Naouri. Image: 2 people (represented only by shadows) argue in a court of law. Harassment at the ICC: a defence lawyer heavily sanctioned
25 April 2025 by Margherita Capacci
The Disciplinary board for counsels of the ICC has pronounced its heaviest sanction ever: an 18-month suspension for Jen-nifer Naouri, the head of the defence team in the ICC’s last ongoing trial.
Searching for the missing in Syria. Photo: portrait of Karla Quintana wearing the official IIMP waistcoat in the field. Looking for the missing in Syria: “It’s titanic, but we are moving”
24 April 2025 by Julia Crawford
Mexican human rights lawyer Karla Quintana was appointed in December to head the UN’s Institution on Missing Persons in Syria. In an exclusive interview, she talked with Justice about how this body had to reshape its priorities after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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In Bangladesh, lawyers close to the government were allegedly involved in violence during student protests in the summer of 2024. Photo: Men are locked in a blue police van. Their faces are visible through the grilles in front of the windows.
22 April 2025 by David Bergman
Justice vs justice Dozens of justice professionals, lawyers as well as prosecutors, have been arrested in Bangladesh. They are accused of taking part in the violent repression of demonstrations last summer that led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. But there’s a thin line between political retaliation and criminal accountability.
British soldiers from the Royal Air Force conduct a patrol outside Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan.
17 April 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Afghanistan: investigations, a bit of truth but no justice Investigations on war crimes in Afghanistan initiated in the UK, Australia, Netherlands, are producing limited results. To try and find out why, our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts have invited in this new podcast Iain Overton, Thijs Bouwknegt, Ben Saul, and Rachel Reid.
Verdict in the Correa trial in the United States: Michael Sang Correa found guilty on all counts. Photo: Prosecutor J. Bishop Grewell speaks at a press briefing in court in Denver, Colorado.
17 April 2025 by Mariam Sankanu
US jury finds Correa guilty on all counts On Tuesday April 15, 2025, a US court found Michael Sang Correa, a former member of a hit-squad in Gambia, guilty of all torture charges against him. This was an emotional moment for victims present at the trial.
Michael Sang Correa, a former member of the ‘Junglers’ in Gambia, is on trial in the United States on charges of torture under the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh. Image: illustration showing Correa at his trial, surrounded by lawyers and a witness.
15 April 2025 by Mariam Sankanu
Correa’s ‘confessions’ backfire The torture trial of Gambian Michael Sang Correa closed yesterday, earlier than expected, a week after it started and the hearing of his audio recorded ‘confessions’. Only the prosecution presented witnesses, and Correa decided not to testify himself.
In Guinea, Head of State Mamadi Doumbouya has promised reparations for the victims of the 28 September 2009 massacre, but he has also pardoned the main defendant in the trial: Moussa Dadis Camara. Why did he do this? Photo: Assembly of portraits of Doumbouya and Camara in military garb.
14 April 2025 by Abdourahmane Bah
‘We must not drain a historic trial of all its sap’ What political factors explain the Guinean State's decision to compensate the victims of the 2009 Conakry stadium massacre and to pardon Captain Moussa Dadis Camara? Political scientist Kabinet Fofana explains.
Trial of Michael Sang Correa in the United States for crimes committed in Gambia. Illustration: Correa appears in court surrounded by the various protagonists in his trial.
11 April 2025 by Mariam Sankanu
The Correa trial: fear or zeal? The opening of the trial of Michael Sang Correa seems to clarify the case: the former Gambian hitman does not deny the tortures he was involved in; he says he was forced into it. While the prosecution argues he had a choice and was a willing participant.
Colonial crimes committed by France in Cameroon: a report seeks to establish the truth. Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron receives a copy of the report.
8 April 2025 by Julia Crawford
What will be the legacy of the France-Cameroon commission? After more than two years of work, a joint commission into French colonial crimes in Cameroon submitted its findings in January 2025. Some 1,000 pages eventually hailed by academics. Now the follow-up begins.
Trial of ex-jungler Michael Sang Correa in the United States for acts of torture committed in Gambia. Photo: entrance to the courthouse in Denver.
7 April 2025 by Mariam Sankanu
Former “Jungler” Correa on trial in the U.S. The trial of Michael Sang Correa, an alleged former member of a hit-squad in The Gambia, opens on April 7 in Denver, Colorado. He is the first non-US citizen to be tried under U.S. law for acts of torture committed outside the U.S.
Contempt of court proceedings have been brought against Peter Robinson, a lawyer who defended a Rwandan on trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Today, this tribunal is represented by an expensive and inefficient ‘residual mechanism’ (the IRMCT). 3D image of the IRMCT buildings near Arusha in Tanzania.
4 April 2025 by Balthazar Nduwayezu + Thierry Cruvellier
What lies beneath the Robinson case The Mechanism that succeeded the UN tribunals intends to prosecute the lawyer Peter Robinson for contempt of court. But who still needs this judicial institution, which has cost around 400 million dollars over the last twelve years?
Women and children in Sudan
3 April 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Sexual Violence in Sudan Sudan’s civil has devastated the country. An estimated 10,000 people were killed and more than six million displaced. There has also been widespread sexual violence. “It’s beyond dire situations,” says Hala Al-Karib.
Threats and intimidation at the Lundin trial in Sweden. Photo: George Tai, a witness, tells his story in Juba (Southern Sudan).
3 April 2025 by Martin Schibbye
Threats and intimidation in the Lundin trial Witnesses in the trial of former Lundin Oil executives are alleged to have been the victims of a campaign of threats, intimidation and bribes. New revelations have reopened an investigation into obstruction of justice.
Netanyahu on a visit to Hungary, despite the international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Viktor Orban and Benjamin Netanyahu review a military guard of honour in Budapest, Hungary.
3 April 2025 by AFP
Hungary dumps the ICC On April 3, Viktor Orban's Hungary received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes. In the process, it announced that it was leaving the ICC.
During the battle of Kursk, in Russia, Ukrainian soldiers were captured. Their trials, mainly for acts of ‘terrorism’, are taking place in Moscow. Photo: A Ukrainian soldier with his back to a wall, head down, is held by a hooded Russian soldier.
1 April 2025 by Maria Koroleva
Kursk’s battle goes to court in Moscow Moscow's retaking of the Kursk region in March could deprive Ukraine of a bargaining chip in the peace talks. And according to the Justice Info tally, 67 Ukrainian soldiers captured in Kursk have been tried.
Sexual violence in the Catholic Church in Africa. Photo: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo celebrates mass in a church in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo).
31 March 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
Sexual violence in the Church: the African taboo How can the taboo on sexual violence in the Catholic Church in Africa be broken? French priest and psychotherapist Stéphane Joulain, a member of the White Fathers, spoke to Justice Info about the “African silence”.
The head of Guinea's ruling military junta, Mamadi Doumbouya, has declared a pardon for a former coup leader, Dadis Camara. Photo: Doumbouya in military uniform.
29 March 2025 by AFP
Guinea: reparations for a pardon On March 26, the Guinean government undertook to compensate the victims of the stadium massacre in 2009. Two days later, President Mamadi Doumbouya pardoned Dadis Camara, who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the massacre.