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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.

Exterior view of the district court of Chernihiv in Ukraine.
How a rape trial against Russian soldiers is shaping up in Chernihiv
7 October 2022 by Iryna Salii
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 [...]
Armenia/Azerbaijan: What alternative to the law of the strongest?
6 October 2022 by Maud Sarliève
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. Waiting for witnesses at Kabuga’s trial
4 October 2022 by Molly Quell
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. "We are Guineans and we will judge Guineans”
3 October 2022 by Matthias Raynal
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 [...]
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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 [...]
A church seen at night in France with some ornaments (a cross at the top) illuminated.
23 September 2022 by Clémentine Méténier
Reparations for sexual abuse in the Church: Victims' discontent grows   In France, Almost a year after the publication of a shocking report by France’s Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church, the reparations promised to victims are hardly materializing. Victims point to the flaws of the [...]
Khieu Samphan (the last Khmer Rouge on trial), close-up during his trial in Cambodia.
22 September 2022 by Thierry Cruvellier
Khieu Samphan, the last Khmer rouge Khieu Samphan, 91, was found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes on September 22 by the Appeals Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. The former Khmer Rouge leader is the last of a [...]
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20 September 2022 by Anastasia Zubova
Traitors around? How supporters of Russian aggression are (half) punished in Ukraine An important part of war-related trials in Ukraine concerns crimes against national security. One thinks of the trials against captured Ukrainian separatist soldiers for treason. Or against some civilian authorities for collaborat [...]
Salih Mustafa's lawyer (Julius von Bone) faces and greets prosecutor Jack Smith during the trial in The Hague for the allegated war crimes commited by Mustafa in Kosovo.
19 September 2022 by Molly Quell
Kosovo Specialist Chambers wraps its first war crimes trial Two years after his arrest and a year to the day after the beginning of his trial, former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Salih Mustafa heard the closing arguments before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, in The Hague. He’s been ac [...]
Philippe Sands (international law expert)
16 September 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Philippe Sands: “There is an issue of identity and race” in international justice The renowned lawyer Philippe Sands, a Franco-British law professor and author, is the guest of the Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast, partner of Justice Info. In this free and passionate conversation, Sands reveals how international j [...]
Viktor Bout, a famous Russian arms dealer (who operated in Liberia), is seen in this photo behind bars (in 2010), imprisoned in Thailand. He may soon be released, exchanged for other prisoners.
15 September 2022 by James Harding Giahyue
Viktor Bout for Brittney Grinner: a prisoner exchange that forgets Liberia Viktor Bout, born in former Soviet Union, was once the world’s most infamous arms dealer. He was accused to have fueled many wars across the world, in particular in Liberia. In 2012 he was sentenced to 25 years in jail by a U.S. c [...]
Ruslan Yelkin, a separatist fighter accused of treason in Ukraine, sits during his trial in Odessa. He holds a crutch in his hand.
13 September 2022 by Olga Ivleva
The trial of a Ukrainian separatist in Odesa: "I hoped they would come back for us" On September 8, a court in Odesa, southern Ukraine, found Ruslan Yelkin guilty of treason and participation in a terrorist organization. A fighter in the separatist ranks in the Donbass, the man was sentenced to 15 years in prison [...]
Frederick Flick (owner of the Flick company) stands during his sentencing at the Nuremberg trial in Germany.
12 September 2022 by Clémentine Méténier
In Nuremberg, “we started to judge company executives and managers” Historian and sociologist Guillaume Mouralis, who works on the history of legal practices in post-conflict situations, looks back at the pivotal moment of the Nuremberg Trials, which judged corporate executives at the end of the S [...]
In a street of Vilnius (Lithuania) crowded with demonstrators, a huge flag of Ukraine is deployed on the road, held by Lithuanians.
9 September 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
Why Lithuania is at the forefront of the Ukrainian lawfare Lithuania has been front and centre when it comes to pushing for justice and accountability in a variety of fora since Russia’s attempt to invade Ukraine on a massive scale. Why?
Drawing illustrating Arthur Denouveaux testifying on the stand during the trial of the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris. In the background, the Bataclan concert is projected on a wall above the judges and the audience. Salah Abdeslam (the main defendant) also appears in the image.
6 September 2022 by Shoshana Levy, Helin Köse and Lucille Vidal
France: Terrorist attacks trial proves an unforeseen experience of restorative justice As another extraordinary trial opens in France, that of the Nice attack involving 865 civil parties and 8 defendants, we look back at the trial on the November 13, 2015 attacks that closed in July, which turned out to be an unfore [...]