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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.

Assad trial in France: On July 25, France's highest court rejected the arrest warrant against Bashar al-Assad on the grounds of presidential immunity. Photo: Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview in Damascus, Syria, in 2014.
Assad trial in France: no... but maybe
25 July 2025 by AFP
On July 25, France's highest court rejected the arrest warrant against Bashar al-Assad on the grounds of presidential immunity. However, it stated that Bashar could be prosecuted in the future as he’s now been removed from power.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has just declared that climate change must be a priority for humanity and that states are legally responsible for it, to the extent that they must provide compensation for victims. Photo: a child looks at a tiny island dotted with houses in the distance, at almost the same level as the water surrounding it. The ICJ acts on climate change
25 July 2025 by Margherita Capacci
On July 23, the International Court of justice declared that climate change was “an existential problem of planetary proportions”. It stated the legal obligations of states and the right to reparations.
The Israeli project for a ‘humanitarian city’ in Rafah (Gaza Strip/Palestine), which some are already comparing to a ‘concentration camp,’ is a violation of international law. Photo: Palestinians carry two bodies (one of whom is visibly seriously injured) to a Red Cross clinic. Israel’s Rafah camp – “humanitarian city” or crime against humanity?
24 July 2025 by Shannon Bosch
Law professor Shannon Bosch describes Israel's official plan for a “humanitarian city” in Rafah as a prelude to a mass expulsion of Palestinians, in major violation of international law.
Climate justice at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague (Netherlands). Photo: Demonstrators wave flags in front of the Peace Palace, calling on states to take responsibility for global warming. Climate justice: 4 key points from the ICJ
24 July 2025 by AFP
On July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) recognized that states have obligations to achieve results in the face of climate change. That their failures to do so are “wrongful”. And that claims for reparations are possible.
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In Ukraine, who are these lawyers who defend the Russian occupiers when they are accused of crimes? Photo: A crouching man talks to another man (a soldier from Russia) through the glass of the dock.
22 July 2025 by Oksana Rekun
The occupier's lawyer Who is defending Russian soldiers on trial in Ukraine, why, and under what conditions? What are their professional challenges, fees, and security concerns? An investigation in the northern city of Chernihiv.
Commission of Inquiry into Torture and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh. Photo: Muhammad Yunus, head of the interim government, visits a detention centre where torture is alleged to have taken place.
21 July 2025 by David Bergman
Bangladesh : “a widespread and systemic culture of torture” Electric shocks, “rotating chairs”, waterboarding: the latest report by Bangladesh’s Commission of inquiry on enforced disappearances uncovers the former regime's chambers of horror.
Gender apartheid in Afghanistan - Photo: an Afghan woman shows off her party make-up (sequins) in close-up, after lifting her veil.
18 July 2025 by Shaharzad Akbar
Keeping Afghanistan’s gender apartheid on the map On July 8, judges at the International Criminal Court authorized arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. Human rights activist Shaharzad Akbar explains their symbolic value.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has arrested a Libyan suspect who was the subject of a secret arrest warrant. Photo: Close-up of a ‘Polizei’ badge on the arm of a German policeman in uniform.
18 July 2025 by AFP
ICC: a new chance for the Libyan case On July 18, the International Criminal Court announced the arrest of a Libyan suspect in Germany. In hope that it doesn't go through the same humiliation as in Italy last January.
Protest for climate justice in front of the International Court of Justice (ICJ / The Hague, Netherlands)
17 July 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Waiting for Climate Justice On July 23, the International Court of Justice will deliver an advisory opinion on the legal obligations of polluting states to combat climate change and protect the countries most affected. What were the arguments made before the Court?
Justice in Guinea: reparations for victims of the 28 September 2009 massacre. Photo: A man in a suit hands a document to a woman in a courtroom.
17 July 2025 by Abdourahmane Bah
In Guinea, the disputed blessings of reparations It had been promised on March 26 by the military junta in power in Conakry. The payment of substantial reparations to the victims has begun.
In Colombia, kidnap victims come face to face with the FARC commanders responsible for these crimes. Photo: 7 former guerrilla commanders are seated, lined up in front of a desk and microphones, wearing white shirts and staring ahead. Behind them, a mural depicting people and animals.
15 July 2025 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Getting close to victims of kidnappings in Colombia During a public hearing in the mountainous village of Caicedo and then in Medellín, seven former regional commanders of the FARC started providing fragments of long-sought truths to their victims on a local level.
In Serbia, denial of the Srebrenica genocide could lead to a new conflict. Photo: A person walks past a mural depicting the former military leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Ratko Mladic, in a street in Belgrade, Serbia.
11 July 2025 by Refik Hodžić
30 years after: How denial can fuel a new conflict While the denial of the Srebrenica genocide has become official policy in Serbia and Republika Srpska it is now amplified by geopolitical alliances with countries that actively undermine international law, as Refik Hodžić explains.
30 years after Srebrenica: Serbia in genocide denial. Photo: In a Belgrade street, the following graffiti can be seen above a shop:
10 July 2025 by Massimo Moratti
30 years after: Serbia in denial about genocide The general mood in Serbia is far from commemorative. For the Serbian authorities, all parties committed crimes during the war, so no one is guilty.
Srebrenica 30 years on: who was convicted of the genocide? Photo: in the foreground, the inscription ‘Srebrenica - Juli 1995’ and in the background, a veiled woman meditates in front of the memorial displaying the names of the victims.
8 July 2025 by Nermina Kuloglija
30 years after: Who has been convicted of crimes in Srebrenica? A total of 54 people have been convicted for genocide and other crimes committed in Srebrenica. On the 30th anniversary of the genocide, Detektor, in collaboration with Justice Info, looks back at the main trials and judgments.
Syria / France - When French justice rethinks the impunity of heads of state. Photo: On the steps of the Elysée Palace in Paris, Nicolas Sarkozy and Bashar al-Assad smile as they shake hands.
7 July 2025 by Chloé Dubois
Heads of state immunity under debate On Friday, the highest court of France met to examine the arrest warrant issued in 2023 against former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad – challenged by the public prosecutor on the grounds of immunity protecting heads of state in office.
Destruction at Evin prison’s after Israeli air strikes, in Tehran (Iran).
4 July 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
The right to self-defence: a growing phenomenon? “Our time, unlike during the Cold War, has seen a big broadening of the right to self-defence,” argues Samuel Moyn, professor of law and history at Yale University in this new Assymmetrical Haircuts podcast on how states grant themselves the right to break the law.
Teenagers recruited by the Russian FSB are arrested in Ukraine. Photo: 3 teenagers (faces blurred, hands behind their backs) are arrested by 2 Ukrainian police officers in front of a gate.
4 July 2025 by Anastasia Zubova
Ukraine: when the FSB recruits teenagers Russian services recruit teenagers to carry out operations on Ukrainian territory, as illustrated by the ongoing trials in central Ukraine. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the recruitment of children for acts of war is a war crime.
Crime of aggression: the States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) are due to meet in New York (USA). Photo: storm over Manhattan (NYC).
3 July 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Crime of aggression: high pressure for ICC in New York The States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC), who are meeting in New York next week for a special session on the crime of aggression, are facing exceptional diplomatic pressure.
Seven years of Colombia’s JEP (infographic)
1 July 2025 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Seven years of Colombia’s JEP 251 people charged, and 0 sanctioned. These two figures summarise both the amount of work involved and the still uncertain outcome of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in Colombia, seven years after its inauguration.