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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.

A man holds a picture of Rafiq Hariri in his hands
Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s “second best justice”
17 March 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
On March 10 judges of the Appeals Chamber at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon reversed the earlier acquittal of two defendants. Hassan Habib Merhi and Hussein Hassan Oneissi were found guilty on charges of terrorism and murder for [...]
Someone is pointing at something. In the background, weapon impacts in a wall. ICC/Georgia: “Because of Ukraine everything changed”
15 March 2022 by Thierry Cruvellier
Nika Jeiranashvili has spent years lobbying the International Criminal Court to open an investigation and issue indictments regarding crimes committed during Russia’s armed intervention in Georgia in 2008. It was all in vain until [...]
Maxime Mokom (in costume) is sitting on a chair, surrounded by soldiers CAR: Fourth Arrest for ICC
15 March 2022 by AFP
Maxime Mokom, arrested in Chad, was handed over to the International Criminal Court on March 14. The former national coordinator of the "antibalaka" armed group, a militia group involved in the 2013-2014 violence in the Central Af [...]
Women hold a banner that reads in Spanish: First rift between Colombia’s Peace tribunal and the victims
14 March 2022 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia’s special peace tribunal is about to open three new – and perhaps final – cases. However, its decision to focus on armed actors and veer from its previous approach centred on symbolic crimes, is bringing a flurry of criti [...]
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Protesters hold a banner that reads
11 March 2022 by Thierry Cruvellier
Wayne Jordash: “It all comes down to show that Ukraine has the law on its side” International criminal lawyer Wayne Jordash has been working in Ukraine since 2015, including with national prosecutors in charge of war crimes in Crimea and Donbass. After fleeing his home in Kyiv he is now in the Western part of [...]
Russian tanks in Georgia
10 March 2022 by AFP
ICC/Georgia: Three arrest warrants for pro-Russian officials Six years after opening an investigation, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on March 10 requested the issuance of arrest warrants for pro-Russian officials in South Ossetia in connection with crimes committed duri [...]
3 Indonesian veterans (one crying) attend a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the war of independence against the Netherlands
10 March 2022 by Roel Frakking and Anne van Mourik
Dutch Colonial Violence and the Missing Voices of Indonesians The Dutch continue to widely underestimate their colonial violence of the past. The publication of the hard-hitting conclusions of the Independence, Decolonization, Violence and War in Indonesia 1945-1950-program revealed the Dutc [...]
Oral debate at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) upon Ukraine's request
8 March 2022 by Molly Quell
Justice in Ukraine: the UN Court is facing the Russian invasion Russia refused to appear during Monday’s emergency proceedings before the International Court of Justice in The Hague while Ukraine argued Moscow was violating the 1948 United Nations Convention on Genocide and asked the court to [...]
Drawing of Massamba Gueye
7 March 2022 by Franck Petit
Massamba Gueye: “We need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on restitutions between Africa and Europe” JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Massamba Gueye Director of the Kër Leyti House of Orality and Heritage "I have no master," claims storyteller and teacher Massamba Gueye. He is proud to be part of a generation that went to univers [...]
A woman (from behind) wearing a
4 March 2022 by Paula Gaviria
Getting Back to What Matters: Victim Voices and the Making of International Law (3/3) In this third and final episode of Justice Info's series on the Peace Treaty Initiative, the author highlights the many benefits of involving victims of an armed conflict in both negotiations and peace implementation. Provided tha [...]
Protesters wrapped in Ukrainian flags march through the streets of central Kharkiv
3 March 2022 by 66 civil society organisations signatories
ICC: civil society from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and beyond calls for more resources for the investigation in Ukraine In this urgent appeal, which Justice Info has decided to relay, civil society organisations from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus and their international partners welcome the launch of the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigati [...]
Ukrainian firefighters try to extinguish the fire of a civilian building following a Russian bombing
2 March 2022 by AFP
ICC: Historic State referrals accelerate opening of an investigation on Ukraine Overnight, Ukraine's case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) became an "active investigation", eight years after the opening of a preliminary investigation in 2014. Reacting to Russia's widespread attack, 39 ICC States Part [...]
Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech in Ukraine
1 March 2022 by Franck Petit
What justice options for Ukraine faced with Russia’s invasion? Two days after the outbreak of the Russian attack, Ukraine has seized the International Court of Justice. But what can international law do to sanction the aggression of one state against another in the 21st century? Interview wit [...]
Two men shake hands with the help of a third, all wearing white shirts (symbol of peace in Colombia)
28 February 2022 by Mark Freeman and Louise Mallinder
Negotiating amnesties, peace and justice: A new path (2/3) In peace negotiations, amnesties and justice are often presented as mutually exclusive tools. In reality, amnesties are systematically on the table and should be given a 'presumption of conformity' with international law, under cl [...]
Aerial view of Pul-e Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan
25 February 2022 by Thijs Bouwknegt
Afghanistan: Challenges of trying a war crimes veteran in The Hague On Tuesday 22 February, the District Court of The Hague closed its latest universal jurisdiction trial, against an Afghan-Dutch national alleged to have been head of the Pul-e-Charki prison in Kabul in the 1980s. But the trial has [...]
Palestinian child standing in front of a gate without walls around it, in the middle of the ruins
24 February 2022 by Hesham Youssef
Here is a way for international law to better help end conflicts (1/3) The reality of war is back in the heart of Europe. This makes it all the more important to talk about peace – which means making the choice of negotiation more attractive, more organised and more flexible. After more than three ye [...]
MH17 airplane
22 February 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Russia vs Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights Did Russia have territorial control of eastern Ukraine when Flight MH17 was shot down in 2014? This was one of the hot issues discussed this January at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in a case brought by Ukraine and the [...]
Indonesian prisoners (hands on head) are escorted by Dutch soldiers
22 February 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
Indonesia: the Dutch no longer can see colonisation in rosy terms Last week researchers in the Netherlands and Indonesia finally laid out the ways in which the Dutch state both condoned and concealed its systematic use of “extreme violence” during the Indonesian war of independence. In response, [...]
Rachid Ammar surrounded by soldiers and demonstrators
21 February 2022 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia: General Rachid Ammar, a 'hero of the revolution' charged with homicide Through him, the role of the army is on trial. General Rachid Ammar, former Tunisian army Chief of Staff appeared on Monday, February 14, before the specialized judicial chamber of Tunis. Until now considered an exemplary military [...]