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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.

Scandal in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba is suspected of embezzling funds intended for victims of the ‘Six-Day War’ in Kisangani (DRC).
DRC victims’ fund hit by scandal
20 June 2025 by Caleb Kazadi
The Minister of Justice of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Constant Mutamba, has been accused of embezzling $19.9 million from the Reparations Fund for Victims, Frivao. On June 17 he was forced to resign.
Russian aggression in Ukraine. Photo: Russian servicemen patrol the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. Talking about aggression
19 June 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
This podcast discusses two topics: a special tribunal created to address Russia’s aggression war against Ukraine; and a coming session in New York to review the scope of the crime of aggression at the International Criminal Court.
Ndélé 2 trial in the Central African Republic (CAR). 3 defendants dressed as orange prisoners take the stand. The ‘Ndélé 2’ trial: awaiting the verdict
19 June 2025 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga
Since 2020, the Special Criminal Court has been trying crimes committed in Ndélé, in the north of the Central African Republic. In the first case, four members of the Goula ethnic group were convicted. On 19 June, the verdict is expected against three defendants from the Rounga ethnic group.
Justice Info is 10 years old. To mark the anniversary of the site's creation (17 June 2015), Hani Abbas has graced us with a caricature with a bittersweet flavour. Illustration: as a journalist prepares to blow out the 10 candles on a huge birthday cake in the shape of a ‘judge's gavel’, 3 characters bearing a strong resemblance to Trump, Netanyahu and Putin come along to spoil the party by blowing out the candles themselves. Justice Info is 10 years old
17 June 2025 by Thierry Cruvellier
Our website celebrates its 10th anniversary. And yes, with the wind at our backs
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) and justice in Libya. Photo: A vehicle burnt during clashes between armed militias and government forces.
16 June 2025 by Margherita Capacci
The ICC in Libya’s quagmire The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court would like to close the investigation in Libya in early 2026. And the official Libyan government has accepted the Court's jurisdiction until 2027. Could this put an end to the deadlock?
A doctor walks through the dark corridor of a hospital
16 June 2025 by AFP
Life sentence for a Syrian doctor Alaa Moussa was on trial for multiple crimes against detainees in military hospitals in Damascus and Homs during the Syrian civil war. On 16 June, a German court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Transitional justice in Tunisia: obstructions, postponements, delays, political manoeuvring. A slow agony resulting in total impunity for the criminals of the Ben Ali regime. Photo: The Tunis courthouse (Tunisia) behind the bars of a gate.
13 June 2025 by Amin Taieb
Tunisia’s transitional justice in agony After almost two years of deadlock, the specialized criminal chamber in Tunis resumed its work on March 17. But the judicial process still seems to be paralyzed, a victim of obstructions that the authorities are bothering less and less to hide.
Why Hungary quits the International Criminal Court (ICC) Photo: The Shoes by the Danube is a memorial dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust in Budapest on the banks of the Danube in Hungary.
12 June 2025 by Alannah Travers
Why Hungary quits the ICC On May 20, Hungary officially announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. But the Israel/Palestine issue is only part of the picture. The European Union is also a target, warns Alannah Travers.
Why is the International Criminal Court (ICC) struggling to deal globally with the multiple international crimes perpetrated by Israel in Palestine (Gaza and the West Bank)? Photo: Armed Israeli settlers talk to Palestinians in Hebron.
10 June 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
ICC: Shall we talk about the West Bank? One year after the request for arrest warrants against Hamas and Israeli leaders, the war in Gaza and the colonisation of the West Bank have only intensified. Why is the International Criminal Court not taking more action?
Ocean and marine law. Photo: A whale jumps in the open sea.
6 June 2025 by Marine Calmet
What if the ocean had rights? The ocean, which covers 70% of the Earth's surface, remains a legal ‘no man's land’ where marine creatures have no rights of their own. The United Nations Ocean Conference, which opens on 9 June, could help change the law.
Reparations for the victims of the Church of France. Photo: A painter uses a tool to renovate a mural depicting several Catholic crosses.
5 June 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
Victims of Church abuse speak (Part 3): is money the Church’s “magic fix”? In 2021, France discovered the extent of sexual abuse in its Church. A commission reported 330,000 victims. Two reparation bodies were quickly set up. Three and a half years on, victims spoke to Justice Info about their experiences with these commissions.
Reparations for the victims of the Church of France. Photo: A painter uses a tool to renovate a mural depicting several Catholic crosses.
3 June 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
Victims of Church abuse speak (Part 2): the painful path of going to the commissions In 2021, France discovered the extent of sexual abuse in its Church. A commission reported 330,000 victims. Two reparation bodies were quickly set up. Three and a half years on, victims spoke to Justice Info about their experiences with these commissions.
At his trial in Paris (France), Majdi Nema (alias ‘Islam Alloush’) was found guilty of complicity in war crimes committed in Syria. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
2 June 2025 by Chloé Dubois
Nema, guilty of his organization’s crimes Majdi Nema, former spokesperson for the Jaysh al-Islam group, has been found guilty by a Paris court. The former Syrian rebel was sentenced to ten years in prison for complicity in war crimes.
Reparations for the victims of the Church of France. Photo: A painter uses a tool to renovate a mural depicting several Catholic crosses.
30 May 2025 by Clémentine Méténier
Victims of Church abuse speak (Part 1): whether or not to ask for reparation In 2021, France discovered the extent of sexual abuse in its Church. A commission reported 330,000 victims. Two reparation bodies were quickly set up. Three and a half years on, victims spoke to Justice Info about their experiences with these commissions.
In Gaza, Darfur and elsewhere, the international definition of genocide, as set out in the 1948 Genocide Convention (which is particularly restrictive), has rarely met the victims' expectations of justice in recent conflicts. Photo: Displaced Palestinians returning to the war-torn Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, 19 January 2025.
27 May 2025 by Alannah Travers
Gaza, Darfur: What’s the point of the Genocide Convention? From Sudan to Palestine, Bosnia, Myanmar and Iraq, the restrictive international definition of genocide has allowed little more than another form of selectively deployed lawfare.
Foreign soldiers and soldiers with dual nationality serving in the Israeli army are accused of war crimes in Gaza. Photo: Israeli soldiers patrol a street in Gaza City, passing a wall on which is painted a UN logo and an inscription in Arabic.
26 May 2025 by Julia Crawford
Dual nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza In April, a group of lawyers submitted a report to the UK war crimes unit over alleged acts committed by ten British nationals while fighting in the Israeli army in Gaza. In Belgium, investigations are ongoing. Might other countries follow suit?
Photo: A lawyer walks through the
23 May 2025 by Chloé Dubois
Majdi Nema: a trial with witnesses in absentia The Paris trial of Syrian Majdi Nema for complicity in war crimes enters its final phase this Friday: the closing arguments. But the absence of many witnesses has weighed heavily on the proceedings.
At the Lundin trial in Sweden, two former executives of the oil company are on trial for alleged complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan. Illustration: Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter are drowned in a pool of oil. Conflict rages in the background.
22 May 2025 by Justice Info
War and oil: Lundin in the dock Oil blood is at the heart of the longest trial in Swedish history, which opened in September 2023. Two men in white collars are in the dock: Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter. Two senior executives of Lundin Oil, accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan. From the very beginning, Justice Info has been covering this unique trial.
Egbert Wesselink is often considered to be behind the Lundin trial in Sweden. In a report by the Dutch NGO Pax, he revealed the links between the Swedish company Lundin Oil (and 2 other oil companies) and war crimes committed in Sudan between 1990 and 2000.
22 May 2025 by Martin Schibbye
Lundin: Wesselink and the dilemma of proof The trial against Lundin reveals not just the brutality of war, but also the fragility of justice mechanisms built on activism. The role of Egbert Wesselink, the director of the NGO PAX, is emblematic of this broader dilemma.