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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.

Trial of former Vice President Riek Machar in South Sudan. Photo: Machar, seated in a comfortable chair, smiles at the photographer from behind bars.
The risky trial of Riek Machar
2 October 2025 by Jehanne Henry
Until last March Riek Machar was the vice-president of South Sudan. He is now on trial for war crimes. And it’s not the first time justice is being instrumentalized for politics in the world’s younger state.
Mô Bleeker works for the UN on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) that falls to Member States where mass crimes are perpetrated (genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity). Photo: Mô Bleeker speaks (her hands are raised) during an interview with our journalist at a restaurant. Mô Bleeker: “You don’t have to wait until it’s a genocide to react”
30 September 2025 by Julia Crawford
What does the 2005 international commitment to Responsibility to Protect mean when atrocity crimes are committed in Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere? An interview with the UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor.
In Myanmar, the Rohingya population was the victim in 2017 of crimes that could be linked to an intent to commit genocide, including the destruction of land and villages. Photo: a village burns while men armed with knives and slingshots pass in the foreground. Myanmar: Making sure there is no return
29 September 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
On September 29, the UN Fact-Finding Mechanism on Myanmar publishes a report on “the destruction and seizure of Rohingya homes, farms, mosques, and other property in 2017.” An integral part of the genocide, it says.
Rodrigo Duterte, former president of the Philippines, is on trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Photo : Duterte delivers a speech while he's displayed on a large screen behind him. Duterte, the ICC and the art of disinformation
26 September 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
In this podcast, Benjie Aquino tells how the postponement of the Duterte trial at the ICC and the uncertainty on the whole process have increased the space for disinformation, rumors and wild speculations.
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A UN investigation has established that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Photo: Navanethem Pillay (Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Palestine) speaks at the publication of the report. In the background, the logo of the United Nations.
25 September 2025 by Sharon Weill + Olivier de Frouville
Genocide in Gaza: What the UN Commission Says about Facts and Law and Why it Matters Israel’s Prime Minister is expected to address the UN General Assembly on September 26. A week after a UN independent inquiry established that his government was committing genocide in Gaza.
In Greenland, Denmark has implemented a forced contraception campaign (using IUDs). Photo: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen stand side by side in front of the press. They are preparing to issue a formal public apology to Greenlandic women.
23 September 2025 by Martine Lind Krebs + Astrid Nonbo Andersen
Denmark’s apology to Greenlandic women On September 24, Denmark will officially apologize to Greenland for the so-called “IUD campaign,” which claimed thousands of victims among Greenlandic women. Against the backdrop of the threat of American annexation.
The Sahel (Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso) leaves the ICC, under Russia's influence. Photo: Three Sahelian foreign ministers attend a press conference organised by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on 3 April 2025.
22 September 2025 by AFP
The Sahel leaves the ICC On September 22, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. All three countries are ruled by military juntas supported by Russia.
In Colombia, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has handed down its judgement on 19 individuals (former FARC members and former military personnel). Photo: two JEP magistrates face each other.
22 September 2025 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia: Two historical judgements and the questions they leave After seven years of work and four years since its pioneering indictments, Colombia's transitional justice tribunal – known as the JEP – finally handed down its first convictions
Rodrigo Duterte's trial at the ICC - Photo: In The Hague, in front of the offices of the International Criminal Court, a man holds up a poster of Duterte.
19 September 2025 by Tom Smith
How the ICC can make Duterte’s trial useful to Filipinos – or miss it Hearings in the case against former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court were postponed. Professor Tom Smith explains how the ICC trial could avoid being just a show trial.
Hashim Thaçi and James Rubin at a press conference in Kosovo.
18 September 2025 by Margherita Capacci
James Rubin’s Kosovo memories The former chief spokesman for the US State Department under Madeleine Albright, James Rubin, was a defence witness this week in the trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.
Restorative justice in Colombia: the current situation, almost 10 years after the 2016 peace agreements. Photo: a deminer from a humanitarian team at work on a Colombian road.
16 September 2025 by Abigail Herrada + Meghan Velotas
Colombia’s restorative justice at a crossroads As Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) is about to issue its two first sentences on 16 and 18 September, Abigail Herrada and Meghan Velotas examine the restorative aspect of the sanctions.
A convoy of Israeli tanks is deployed at Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on September 16, 2025.
16 September 2025 by AFP
Gaza: UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide The report published on September 16 by the international commission of inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council finds that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip.
Kony case at the ICC: reflections on the value of a hearing without the accused. Photo: a lawyer speaks while a judge appears in the background.
15 September 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Kony hearings: “Is it going to be in vain?” Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) held an unprecedented hearing against Joseph Kony, leader of the Ugandan rebel movement Lord's Resistance Army. In the absence of the accused, what was the point?
Kony case at the ICC in The Hague for war crimes commited in Uganda.
11 September 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Kony: questions behind an empty dock In this new podcast, our partners from Asymmetrical Haircuts invited in person Lucy Gaynor, a close follower of the Hague court and historian, to comment this week highly-publicized Joseph Kony’s in absentia confirmation of charges hearing before the ICC.
Kony trial in The Hague (ICC) - Photo: 3 residents gather near the memorial to the Lukodi massacre in Uganda.
11 September 2025 by Grace Matsiko
“They think it’s Kony’s trial” “Confusing for victims”, the video screening on Joseph Kony’s case in the Ugandan city Gulu by the International Criminal Court (ICC), is reopening old wounds and memories of the Lord’s Resistance Army. Victims are still waiting for justice and compensation.
Swiss international justice (under the principle of universal jurisdiction) is bogged down by delays and suspicions of political interference. Photo: Stefan Blattler, Attorney General, deep in thought, next to a Switzerland flag.
9 September 2025 by Julia Crawford
Slowness, alleged political interference mark Swiss record In Switzerland, justice on universal jurisdiction cases continues to go at a snail’s pace, despite the current attorney general’s promises to make them a priority.
Joseph Kony was the leader of a Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which was tried before the ICC in The Hague for war crimes. Photo: Ugandans gather in a village to watch a film about Kony. Sitting on the ground, they seem fascinated by the images they see.
8 September 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
Kony, are you there? Will Kony spirit be there? On Tuesday September 9 the International Criminal Court (ICC) will host a ‘confirmation of charges hearing’ like no other held at the court before: the defendant will not be there.
In the Lundin trial in Sweden, satellite images could be used as evidence to prosecute oil company executives accused of involvement in war crimes committed in Sudan. Photo: a Landsat satellite (NASA) observing Earth, seen from space.
5 September 2025 by Martin Schibbye
Eyes from Space in Lundin’s Trial When few international journalists could witness the violence in Sudan, satellites orbiting hundreds of kilometres above did. Early in the summer, their grainy images were projected on courtroom screens in Stockholm.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the verdict has been handed down in the trial of Constant Mutamba (former Minister of Justice). The court found him guilty of embezzlement of public funds and sentenced him to three years of hard labour. Photo: Mutamba sits among his lawyers wearing a gym suit and a face mask.
4 September 2025 by Caleb Kazadi
DRC: the justice minister caught by the law The trial of DRC’s former justice minister Constant Mutamba ended on Tuesday, 2 September, with his sentencing to three years of hard labor for embezzling public funds – 19.9 million US dollars – paid by Uganda to compensate war victims.