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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.

Syrians protest outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague (Netherlands).
Syria: a further step against mass crimes?
11 December 2023 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
On November 16, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Syria to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of torture. The order from this UN court, which is being increasingly called on to deal with mass violenc [...]
Lundin trial in Sweden - Ian Lundin arrives in court on the opening day of the trial in Stockholm. He is suspected of complicity in war crimes in Southern Sudan. Lundin, the trial that “should never have taken place”
8 December 2023 by Olivier Truc
The Lundin trial has now reached the end of its thirteenth week, with 90 weeks still to go. Torgny Wetterberg, defending Ian Lundin, on November 29 began his presentation of the facts. His client is one of the two directors of Swe [...]
Séraphin Twahirwa at his trial in Belgium for genocide in Rwanda. "They were founders of a ruthless militia in Kigali"
7 December 2023 by Gaëlle Ponselet
Pierre Basabosé and Séraphin Twahirwa were behind a group of murderous Interahamwe in the Gikondo sector of Kigali in 1994. This was the Belgian prosecutor’s conclusion presented on Monday December 4 at the end of their trial befo [...]
Ansoumane Camara, known as Baffoé, is a witness in the 28 September trial in Guinea. Guinea: Baffoé, one witness with two versions
5 December 2023 by Matthias Raynal
General Ansoumane Camara, known as Baffoé, was in charge of the police unit responsible for maintaining order during the Conakry stadium massacre. In court, he gave a detailed account of what he had seen and heard that day, but in [...]
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Klaus Hoffman (a German senior prosecutor of the Advisory Group for the Investigation of the Most Serious International Crimes in Ukraine) explains:
4 December 2023 by Olga Zhuravel
Klaus Hoffmann: “The problem of collaborators is not only legal, but also political” Klaus Hoffmann is a German senior prosecutor of the Advisory Group for the Investigation of the Most Serious International Crimes, a joint project of the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom that supports Ukra [...]
At the end of his trial in Germany, Gambian Bai Lowe was found guilty of crimes against humanity committed in The Gambia.
30 November 2023 by AFP
German court sentences Gambian death squad member to life in prison A German court on Thursday sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist. Bai Lowe was convicted of crime [...]
At the Kosovo Tribunal (based in The Hague in the Netherlands), Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli and Rexhep Selimi are on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
30 November 2023 by Margherita Capacci
Kosovo: tension in the prison over witness protection Prosecutors in the war crimes trial against former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi accused him and two of his co-defendants of attempting to “obstruct the proceedings” by revealing the identities of protected witnesses and trying to [...]
Trial of Bai Lowe in Germany for crimes committed in the Gambia (universal jurisdiction)
28 November 2023 by Hannah El-Hitami
“Someone had to sacrifice themselves” Last Friday, a week before the verdict, the court in Celle heard the closing arguments of the defense and a final statement by Gambian defendant Bai Lowe. Both insisted on Lowe’s innocence and reiterated his claim that the self-in [...]
Can Joseph Boakai, Liberia's new president, be seen as a hope for justice for past war crimes? Photo: Boakai stands on a platform in front of a crowd of supporters during his election campaign.
27 November 2023 by Aaron Weah
Liberia has a new president: is there renewed hope for justice? On November 20, Joseph Boakai was officially elected president of Liberia, succeeding George Weah. Some hope that Boakai can finally deliver on the failed promises of wartime accountability. Others think that such prospect is doom [...]
Ukrainian soldiers surrender to the Russian army in Mariupol (Ukraine) in April 2022.
24 November 2023 by Maria Koroleva
In Donetsk, over 100 Ukrainian soldiers sentenced in four months Since August, the Supreme Court of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, in Russia-occupied Eastern Ukraine, has handed down harsh sentences on at least 118 Ukrainian soldiers and military personnel, as Justice Info established [...]
Bai Lowe is on trial in Germany for crimes committed in the Gambia. - Photo: Lowe enters the courtroom accompanied by police officers.
23 November 2023 by Hannah El-Hitami
“Bai Lowe tried to make amends for something beyond repair” The trial for crimes against humanity of Gambian Bai Lowe in Celle, Germany, is about to end. On the 16th and 17th of November, the prosecution and joint plaintiffs gave their closing statements. As a driver for former President Y [...]
Palau
21 November 2023 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
On the sea frontline of climate change It is the first time an international judicial body has been called upon to consider the responsibilities of countries when it comes to protecting the world’s waters from climate change. Back in December 2022 the International Tri [...]
Oumar Sanoh, a witness at the trial in Conakry (Guinea), is a former Chief of General Staff of the Guinean armed forces.
21 November 2023 by Matthias Raynal
Guinea massacre trial: it’s time for the witnesses The absence of the accused Claude Pivi, on the run since his escape from prison on November 4, marked the resumption of hearings in the major trial on the Conakry stadium massacre in Guinea. Security of the trial and its participa [...]
Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is under pressure over the Palestine issue.
20 November 2023 by Janet H. Anderson
Palestine: the ICC Prosecutor under pressure On November 17, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that 5 states sent him a referral of the situation of Palestine. As the numbers of Palestinians killed in the Israeli response to Hamas attacks ratchets [...]
Around the world, justice for the Church's sexual crimes is increasing. Photo: priest.
17 November 2023 by Clémentine Méténier
Sexual crimes in the Church: pressure grows as revelations spread Three years ago, Justice Info published a map of investigations undertaken around the world into sexual crimes in the Catholic Church. This year has been marked by important new revelations, particularly in Latin America and Europ [...]
Thaçi trial in The Hague: the former president of Kosovo is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
16 November 2023 by Margherita Capacci
The Thaçi trial between a rock and a hard place A former Kosovo ambassador testified publicly last week before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague. The witness mainly retracted his previous statements against former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi. But beyond the reasons [...]
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his brother Maher are being prosecuted in France for complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes.
15 November 2023 by AFP
Assad brothers charged with complicity in crimes against humanity Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher and two other generals, Ghassan Abbas and Bassam al-Hassan, are the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the French judiciary, revealed on November 14. They are c [...]
Commission on sexual abuse in the Swiss Church. Photo: Activists from Ending Clergy Abuse pose with portraits of members of the clergy.
14 November 2023 by Clémentine Méténier
What next after Swiss report on sexual abuse in the Church? Since its publication in September, a report has been shaking up the secrecy that has surrounded sexual abuse in the Swiss Church since the mid-20th century. The report is still preliminary, but could pave the way towards a more s [...]
In Guinea, defendants in the 28 September trial escape. Photo: Guinean security forces set up a roadblock in Kaloum, near Conakry, where the prisoners are being held during their trial.
13 November 2023 by Matthias Raynal
Guinea stadium massacre: jailbreak undermines the trial On 4 November, an armed commando got four of the main defendants out of the central prison, including former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara. While he and two others returned to prison that evening, Claude Pivi is still on the ru [...]