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A group of Rohingya Muslim refugees are closely gathered, hoping to be called to recieve food aid of rice, water, and cooking oil in a relief centre at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar.
Uncovering Myanmar’s atrocities
15 April 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Nick Koumjian has been the head of the UN's International Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) since 2018. He is the guest in this podcast by our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts. The IIMM is not only collecting evidence of [...]
The plaque next to the Bonaire: a history of slavery, a present of social inequalities
15 April 2024 by Anne Van Mourik
Bonaire, a Caribbean island within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, features pristine beaches, vibrant diving spots, and a bustling tourist scene. However, behind its beauty lies a tumultuous history marked by slavery and violence [...]
Nicaragua considers Germany's support for Israel (by supplying it with arms) to be complicity in genocide. Photo: An Israeli tank in Palestine, near Gaza. Nicaragua extends the legal battle over Palestine
12 April 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
On April 8-9, the International Court of Justice heard Nicaragua’s lawyers arguing that Germany was violating the Genocide Convention by continuing to supply arms to Israel. This legal action follows South Africa’s against Israel [...]
Rwandan trial in Belgium - Emmanuel Nkunduwimye, the accused, drops defence of Georges Rutaganda, also accused of participating in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. Photo: 2 portraits side by side. Nkunduwimye drops defence of his friend Rutaganda
11 April 2024 by Gaëlle Ponselet
Emmanuel Nkunduwimye is accused in a Belgian court of having participated in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda alongside his friend Georges Rutaganda, who was convicted 20 years ago by a UN tribunal and died in 2010. For the f [...]
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In memory of the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, 30 years on. Photo: At the end of the commemorations, an elder leaves the Mayunzwe memorial and walks down the hill towards the village.
9 April 2024 by Thierry Cruvellier
Mayunzwe remembers the "Calvary" of the Tutsis On April 7, all Rwandans commemorated 30 years since the 1994 genocide. While an official ceremony was held in the capital Kigali, gatherings were also organized on hillsides across the country. In Mayunzwe, central Rwanda, villag [...]
Trial in Belgium of Emmanuel Nkunduwimye, accused of genocide in Rwanda. Photo: Nkunduwimye stares into the camera behind his discussing lawyers.
8 April 2024 by Gaëlle Ponselet
Belgian court to start new Rwandan genocide trial The trial of Emmanuel Nkunduwimye is to start on April 8 before the Brussels Assize Court, 30 years after the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsis started. The accused was a close friend of Georges Rutaganda, one of the first peopl [...]
Sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Women victims in DRC
5 April 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Breaking the silence on conflict-related sexual violence In 2009 the UN Security Council established a special representative to address sexual violence in wars and violence against women in particular, then considered as “the most silenced crime”. Fifteen years later Special Representa [...]
Reconciliation after the genocide in Rwanda. Photo: Victims of the genocide discuss in the Rwandan hills.
5 April 2024 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro
Reconciliation made in Rwanda Rwanda is preparing to commemorate on April 7 the genocide of the Tutsis 30 years ago. At least 800,000 people were massacred in 100 days, between April and July 1994. Since then, the national justice system has tried over a milli [...]
Nazis and perpetrators of mass crimes: how does one go about it? Photo: A group of men from the 101st reserve battalion of the German police, in uniform, drink and enjoy themselves.
4 April 2024 by Tjitske Lingsma
“The unconditional belief that you are good is dangerous” Anyone can potentially become a perpetrator of mass atrocities says Alette Smeulers, professor at the University of Groningen, in The Netherlands. After a thirty years’ research, she developed a typology in which she distinguishes [...]
Prisoners detained in Rwanda for genocide (known as
2 April 2024 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro
Rwanda: 2,200 “génocidaires” being released in 2024, who are they? Thirty years after the 1994 genocide, thousands of convicted men and women have already been released from prison. Others, like Emmanuel Ruzigana, are on the point of being released after serving their sentences. The government es [...]
Residents of an Ugandan village listen to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) sentence of Dominic Ongwen, on the radio.
29 March 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Reparations: can the ICC's millions benefit victims in Uganda? On February 28, judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced their decision on reparations to victims in the case of Dominic Ongwen, a former Ugandan rebel commander. A total of more than 52 million euros, [...]
At the 28 September trial in Guinea, will the Conakry stadium massacre be requalified as a crime against humanity? Photo: A participant in the political meeting climbs over a barrier at the stadium (which was crowded) on 28 September 2009.
29 March 2024 by Matthias Raynal
Guinea: was the stadium massacre a crime against humanity? The Conakry court has angered the defence by choosing to wait until the judgment to rule on whether the events should be reclassified as crimes against humanity. The defence has appealed, hoping to force the judges to rule now.
War in Yemen: justice at a standstill. Photo: Yemenis brandish weapons in support of Palestine.
28 March 2024 by Julia Crawford
Yemen: a decade of war with no sign of justice Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, ostensibly to support Palestinians in Gaza, and retaliatory United States-United Kingdom airstrikes have reminded us in these last months of Yemen’s forgotten war. The conflict has been ongo [...]
Collaboration trial in Ukraine - Video of Oleksandr Kharchenko, one of the defendants.
26 March 2024 by Iryna Salii
Chronicle of a tandem collaboration in a village near Kyiv In this rare legal chronicle, which covers several months of trials of two men in two courts in the region of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, our correspondent tells the story of how collaboration with the Russian occupiers tak [...]
Nika Jeiranashvili tells how he went from international justice expert to wine expert in Georgia
25 March 2024 by Franck Petit
Nika, the Georgian international justice repentant There are many who have been disappointed by international justice, but few who speak so frankly and draw such clear-cut conclusions. Nika Jeiranashvili was the face of Georgian civil society, in The Hague, during the Internationa [...]
Demonstration in Vilnius (Lithuania). Two women hold signs saying
22 March 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
It is "now or never", for a special tribunal on Russia's aggression To what extent is an ad hoc court on the crime of aggression still on the table, two years and a month after the Russian full scale invasion of Ukraine? Discussions are still taking place behind closed doors, explain our Asymmetri [...]
International Criminal Court (ICC) judge Antoine Kesia Mbe Mindua has disappeared. What impact will this have on the al-Hassan case in Mali?
22 March 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Missing judge at the ICC: Al Hassan trial postponed indefinitely While the London court was abuzz with speculation about a missing princess, at The Hague court the parties to the trial of the Malian Al Hassan were left in a similar state of uncertainty following the disappearance of a judge, pu [...]
Mevloud Kharazishvili, victim of the war in Georgia and beneficiary of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trust Fund for Victims assistance programme. Photo: Kharazishvili shows the pasture where he was kidnapped by Russian soldiers.
21 March 2024 by Franck Petit
Georgia: ICC Trust Fund for Victims struggles with reality The central Georgian town of Gori is known as the birthplace of Stalin, whose statue long stood before the town hall and was only removed after the Russia-Georgia war of August 2008. For almost a year now, Gori has been the site o [...]
In the Central African Republic, the Special Criminal Court (SCC) is expected to decide reparation for victims. Photo: First trial of the Special Criminal Court in Bangui, in 2022.
19 March 2024 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga
Reparations: Special Criminal Court opts for pragmatism One year and six months after its first verdict, handed down in October 2022, the Special Criminal Court (CPS) is expected to carry out one of its most delicate tasks: compensating victims. Reparation for the harm resulting from t [...]