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Pencil drawing of a courtroom in Paris, in the trial of Kunti Kamara, for crimes committed in Liberia. Another Liberian (living in Switzerland), Alieu Kosiah, was called to testify.
Liberian case in France: "too complicated to be tried by whites"
24 October 2022 by Lena Bjurström
Since October 10, former Liberian militiaman Kunti Kamara has been on trial in France for complicity in crimes against humanity. His trial mirrors the one held in Switzerland against a senior officer, Alieu Kosiah, convicted in Ju [...]
Baboucar Gambian trial in Germany: I posed as a “Jungler”, defendant says
21 October 2022 by Hannah El-Hitami
On Thursday 20 October, Baboucar “Bai” Lowe has given his first statement in six month of trial in Germany. The Gambian national, an alleged member of a notorious killing squad called the “Junglers” accused of crimes against human [...]
Trial of Roman Serhiyovych Zhmarev in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. Ukraine: Trial of an ordinary citizen betrayed by his phone
20 October 2022 by Lilia Kocherga
A 48-year-old Ukrainian, Roman Shmarev, exchanged maps with his daughter on his phone showing the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Is this a crime? It is in wartime, according to security services who tracked him down and p [...]
A Ugandan soldier patrols the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo after a massacre that killed more than 900 people. What will Congo do with the millions paid by Uganda in reparation?
18 October 2022 by Caleb Kazadi and Grace Matsiko
In September, Uganda paid 65 million dollars to the Democratic Republic of Congo as the first tranche of reparations for its aggression during the 1998-2003 war, pursuant to a ruling by the International Court of Justice. This is [...]
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Moussa Tiegboro Camara stands on the stand next to his lawyer during his trial. He is accused of participating in the Conakry Stadium massacre in Guinea.
17 October 2022 by Matthias Raynal
Defendants take the stand first at Conakry trial In Guinea, the floor was given first to the defendants in the trial of the September 28 massacre. At the start of hearings on the substance, the first role went to Moussa Tiégboro Camara and the second to Marcel Guilavogui, respec [...]
14 October 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Is there a right methodology to document war crimes in Myanmar, Syria, Iraq or Ukraine? “Don’t over document” warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan in a recent meeting held in The Hague with Eurojust, in an address to civil society organizations, referring to situations in Myanmar, Syria [...]
In Chad, representatives of Hissène Habré's victims sit down to talk about the compensation (or
14 October 2022 by Franck Petit
Chad’s president promises to compensate Habré victims A glimmer of hope for the victims of former president Hissène Habré is being rekindled by the transition in Chad, where Idriss Déby Junior was reappointed president on October 10. Seeking to do what his father failed to do, Déby h [...]
Scene from the play
13 October 2022 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia: artists take up the torch of remembrance Three recent artistic creations are breaking the silence about Tunisia’s repressive past that has fallen since the Truth and Dignity Commission ended its work three years ago. By working on remembrance, artists are taking up the t [...]
Vadim Shishimarin, a Russian soldier accused of war crimes, stands in the dock during his trial in Ukraine. A police officer is standing behind him.
11 October 2022 by Julia Crawford
UN points to Russian crimes and Ukraine justice challenges Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine has led to a litany of serious abuses against both civilians and combatants, mostly by the Russian side, confirms a recent report based on the findings of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in U [...]
Ulimo fighters patrol in northern Monrovia, Liberia
10 October 2022 by AFP
First trial in France on the crimes of Liberia's civil wars While in Liberia no trial has taken place for the crimes of the civil wars that left at least 250,000 people dead, France is today opening the trial of a field commander, Kunti Kamara. He was fighting in the ranks of an armed grou [...]
Exterior view of the district court of Chernihiv in Ukraine.
7 October 2022 by Iryna Salii
How a rape trial against Russian soldiers is shaping up in Chernihiv The two Russian soldiers left a phone number behind, but have not answered calls from the court handling their case for having terrorised a 16-year-old Ukrainian girl and her family. While Ukraine’s Prosecutor General is working o [...]
6 October 2022 by Maud Sarliève
Armenia/Azerbaijan: What alternative to the law of the strongest? In mid-September, hostilities resumed briefly between Armenia and Azerbaijan, two years after the deadly conflict of 2020. The Russian peace broker, in trouble in Ukraine, is weakened. And the law of the strongest is taking over t [...]
Emmanuel Altit (Defence lawyer) and Rupert Elderkin (prosecutor) discuss at the opening of the trial of Félicien Kabuga.
4 October 2022 by Molly Quell
Waiting for witnesses at Kabuga’s trial Nearly 30 years after some 800,000 civilians were murdered in an attempt to eradicate the Tutsi ethnic minority in Rwanda, the man accused of funding weapons purchases and backing a radio station that spewed genocidal propaganda i [...]
Moussa Dadis Camara (right) sits next to a co-accused during his trial in Conakry, Guinea.
3 October 2022 by Matthias Raynal
"We are Guineans and we will judge Guineans” In Guinea’s capital Conakry, the trial of the September 28, 2009 massacre started symbolically thirteen years after the crime, with a grand opening and a three-hour hearing. This is an exceptional judicial event for Guinea, with a [...]
Gambian President Adama Barrow sits in a chair at an international diplomatic event. In the foreground: a small flag of Gambia.
30 September 2022 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: hope for justice fades 9 months after the Truth Commission report Victims and rights activists have raised concerns about the lack of Gambian government’s implementation plan of the 2021 Truth Commission’s recommendations. The vetting process is largely incomplete; the strategy for trials is unk [...]
A photo montage shows the Russian soldier Serhiy Steiner (in uniform) on one side and the Ukrainian court in charge of trying him on the other side.
29 September 2022 by Iryna Domaschenko
Ukraine: First verdict in absentia for Russian war crimes Russian Lieutenant Serhiy Steiner was tried for robbing civilians and destroying civilian properties in a village near the capital city of Ukraine in March. On September 26, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison. He was the first [...]
In a street in Conakry, Guinea, near the stadium, two men in military uniforms arrested a civilian. In the background are other men in uniform.
27 September 2022 by Matthias Raynal
Guinea prepares for big stadium massacre trial Thirteen years to the day after the Conakry stadium massacre, the trial of the alleged perpetrators is scheduled to begin this Wednesday, September 28. In 2009, the crackdown on protesters left at least 156 people dead. More than [...]
The Skin of a Sumatran tiger is seen in a plastic bag after the arrest of a trafficker in Bandah Aceh. Where wildlife crime is particularly common.
26 September 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Let’s look at wildlife crimes This is about killing and trafficking for profit of our biodiversity by criminal syndicates. This is about crimes that are actually not isolated from other crimes, including corruption, drug dealing and human trafficking. How do w [...]
Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, accused of torture as a Seleka rebel commander in the Central African Republic, appears before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
26 September 2022 by AFP
Central African Republic: Trial of Séléka commander opens before the ICC The crimes committed just under a decade ago in the Central African Republic continue to fuel the work of the International Criminal Court. While a trial is underway against two former leaders of the "anti-balaka" militia, the ICC [...]