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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.

Deportation of Ukrainian children to Russian-occupied territories. How should these cases be judged? Photo: Children get out of a van and a young boy jumps into the arms of a parent.
Ukraine: four years of systemic deportation of children
24 February 2026 by Anastasia Zubova
Over the past four years, Russia has applied a systemic policy of deporting Ukrainian children. What are the legal consequences? And what do Ukrainian courts rule against those who arrange and enable the deportation of children?
Portrait (drawing) of Frédéric Mégret (lawyer specialising in international law), who answers questions from Justice Info on Ukraine, the United States and international law more broadly. “Ukraine has done itself and international law a service”
23 February 2026 by Franck Petit
After four years of war in Ukraine, international law seems more threatened than ever, and its role in peace negotiations is being challenged. But the example of Ukraine also shows us "a space for survival," according to Frédéric Megret.
Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi are on trial before the Kosovo Specialised Chambers (KSC) for crimes committed during the Kosovo War of Independence. Image: montage of four vertical photos (portraits of the defendants before the KSC). Four former KLA fighters defend a ‘just’ war
20 February 2026 by Margherita Capacci
This week, as Kosovo celebrated 18 years of independence, it was the defendants’ turn to speak before the Hague court. Each of the four former KLA freedom fighters pleaded not guilty forcefully and requested acquittal.
Popov Castle (or Manor), a regional historical and architectural monument in southern Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation since March 2022. What happened to the treasures of Popov Manor?
17 February 2026 by Oksana Shcherbyna + Erik Brynza
Another look at the war against cultural heritage: three years after the shelling of Popov Manor House in the Zaporizhzhia region, in Southeastern Ukraine, what is known about the investigation and the fate of museum exhibits in Vasylivka?
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Albin Havdzynskyi's works of art (paintings) were looted by the Russians in Ukraine in 2022. Photo: Havdzynskyi's painting entitled ‘The Construction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant’ showing a worker at work in the foreground and part of the plant in the background.
16 February 2026 by Oksana Pidnebesna
A Ukrainian painter, the creation of Nova Kakhovka, and a looted gallery As we approach the 4th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we take a look at the war against cultural heritage. Russia is accused of looting art collections. A crime seen as a direct attempt to eliminate Ukrainian’s identity.
The prosecutor for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, Kimberly West, delivered a relentless indictment of the four main defendants, including Hashim Thaçi, citing war crimes and crimes against humanity. Photo: West seated at a desk, wearing her magistrate's robe.
13 February 2026 by Margherita Capacci
Kosovo: a relentless charge The 3-year trial of the four main accused before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers is coming to an end. This week, the prosecution left no space for any mitigating circumstances. And asked for a 45-year sentence for each of the accused.
A young Ukrainian agent recruited by Russia (seen from behind, wearing a hood) is held on either side by Ukrainian police officers (seen from behind and blurred) facing a wall.
10 February 2026 by Olena Hryshchenko
The young agents of Russia The New Yorker magazine describes how Russian military intelligence recruits teenagers online to carry out acts of sabotage in Europe. In Ukraine, some are being tried for this. Like Mykhailo, 17, who was convicted of treason.
Thousands of prisoners suspected of being members of Islamic State (Daesh) have been transferred from Syria to Iraq. Photo: a group of prisoners in dirty orange uniforms leave a prison escorted by an armed soldier.
9 February 2026 by Alannah Travers
And then they came to Baghdad The Global Coalition against Daesh is meeting in Riyadh today. Just when the US has announced the transfer of thousands of ISIS prisoners from Syria to Iraq. Could the Iraqi judiciary save the West from the legal nightmare it’s created?
In The Gambia, victims of Yahya Jammeh's dictatorship are still waiting for reparations. Photo: The brother of a person who disappeared during Jammeh's regime shows a photo of him in uniform and wears a T-shirt calling for justice in The Gambia.
6 February 2026 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia doesn’t give up on reparations 4 years after Gambia’s truth commission’s final report, part of the reparations program is underway. But there are pending questions on assets seized from the former dictator, dignified burials, criminal punishment and vetting.
A protester holds a placard reading
5 February 2026 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Talking about Iran’s massacre In the 71 towns and cities recently affected by mass protests in Iran the repression was unprecedented. What are the current, past and prospects for accountability on Iran’s protests?
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi (former Libyan dictator), was killed in Libya while he was the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: portrait of Gaddafi at night.
5 February 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
Gaddafi’s death, the last nail in an ICC coffin On February 3 Saif al Islam Gaddafi was murdered in Libya. His continued freedom in Libya epitomised the powerlessness of the International Criminal Court. And his death burries the last hopes that it would bring justice for the crimes of 2011.
Dmitriy Kurashov, a Russian soldier, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Ukraine for executing an unarmed Ukrainian soldier. Image (video capture): Kurashov lowers his head in the dock during his trial.
3 February 2026 by Anastasia Bahalika
When three Russian witnesses helped convict a Russian soldier Face-to-face trials of Russian soldiers in Ukraine remain rare, but those in which Russian soldiers testify for the prosecution even more. This was the case in the trial of Dmitriy Kurashov.
Damien Scalia has written a book compiling dozens of interviews with international criminals (mainly war criminals), most of whom have been tried by international courts, including the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Photo: 12 portraits (photos) of criminals in mosaic form.
2 February 2026 by Julia Crawford
When war criminals talk: views of international justice from “the other side” In an innovative new book, Swiss researcher Damien Scalia presents findings from interviews with individuals mostly convicted and acquitted by the former UN tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
In Gambia, Sanna Manjang (a former jungler under Yahya Jammeh) is handcuffed and escorted by law enforcement officers during his trial.
30 January 2026 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: feared former Jungler faces shaky prosecution Gambian authorities want to quickly put alleged death squad leader Sanna Manjang on trial. But in so doing, they have withdrewn the most crucial charges.
The Gambia has brought a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya people. Photo: Dawda Jallow (Gambian Minister of Justice), accompanied by other members of the prosecution team, in the ICJ courtroom.
29 January 2026 by Janet H. Anderson
What The Gambia may hope from the ICJ Gambia’s lawyers are not only asking for the International Court of Justice to declare that Myanmar is responsible for genocide, but also to provide a full range of remedies to the Rohingya community.
Human trafficking in Libya: Eritrean national Amanuel Walid was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Dutch court. Photo: a destroyed inflatable boat, originally carrying migrants from Libya, floats on the Mediterranean Sea.
27 January 2026 by AFP
"Without any humanity" On January 27, Eritrean national Amanuel Walid was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Dutch court for the “particularly cruel, violent, and degrading treatment that the defendant and his accomplices inflicted on migrants” in Libya.
A Syrian court based in Aleppo is holding a public trial of the alleged perpetrators of crimes committed in March 2025 in Syria. Photo: a packed courtroom surrounded by journalists, with an iron cage on one side.
27 January 2026 by Bushra Alzoubi
Syria: Aleppo trial at a crossroads between justice and show The new regime in Damascus wants to make a mark. A first trial is organized at the court in Aleppo, northwest Syria. But a new hearing, scheduled for January 25, has been postponed due to armed tensions with the Kurds.
In the Arctic (in Greenland and elsewhere), international law may oppose the concept of property and territorial conquests. Photo: a Greenlandic flag flies near a glacier.
26 January 2026 by Maurizio Delli Santi
Faced with predators, Arctic must be considered a common heritage by law Donald Trump’s statements on Greenland, reiterated on January 21 in Davos, and strategic competition with Russia and China make the Arctic a target for conquest. Against the law.
Venezuelan victims and the International Criminal Court (ICC)
22 January 2026 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Victims and the ICC: "I want them to know that we still exist" Luis Carlos Díaz, Elizabeth Atieno and Oleksandr Maksymenko, who are victims of atrocities in Venezuela, Kenya and Ukraine, turned to the International Criminal Court for the justice it promised. But they were disappointed. It is the victims who go to the ICC, not the ICC that goes to the victims, they say in this new podcast by our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts.