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Bernard Munyagishari escorted by police in Kigali, Rwanda
In Rwanda, the surprising confessions of Bernard Munyagishari
20 April 2021 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro
The case of Bernard Munyagishari is unique among those transferred to Rwanda by the former International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and other foreign jurisdictions. Sentenced to life by the trial court, Munyagishari caused a sur [...]
Trial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic Last trial, last chance at the U.N. court for the former Yugoslavia
19 April 2021 by Stephanie van den Berg
The retrial of two former Serbian spy masters is the last trial that the U.N. court for the former Yugoslavia and its successor institution, the Residual Mechanism, will hold about the 1990s conflicts that ravaged the former Yugos [...]
Judge Carmel Agius (IRMCT) No release for Bagosora reflects sentencing policy switch
16 April 2021 by Ephrem Rugiririza
Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, the most high profile convict of the UN’s former International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will have to continue serving his 35-year prison sentence in Mali. His request for early release, after 25 ye [...]
Women victims of forced sterilisation (Peru) Forced sterilization in Peru: “After decades in limbo, there will finally be a decision”
15 April 2021 by Lucien Chauvin
Hundreds of thousands of victims of forced sterilization are waiting for it since the 1990s in Peru, after a massive and violent ‘national population policy’ was imposed by former president Alberto Fujimori. A decision on whether [...]
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Gibril (Gabriel) with the angel Gabriel in the background
13 April 2021 by Thierry Cruvellier
Massaquoi Trial: The appearance of Angel Gabriel Hassan Bility was the first to say that Gibril Massaquoi was known as “Angel Gabriel”. Up until 2018, he was the only one. His testimony was the basis for investigations that led to the trial of the former Sierra Leonean rebel com [...]
Massaquoi trial in Liberia
12 April 2021 by JusticeInfo.net
The Massaquoi Affair: the Finnish model put to the test In February 2021, a Finnish court began the trial of Gibril Massaquoi, a former commander and spokesman for the Sierra Leonean rebellion, accused of crimes against humanity committed in Liberia twenty years ago. However, the Finni [...]
Inauguration ceremony of President Faustin Archange Touadéra in Central African Republic
12 April 2021 by Rim El Gantri
Why in the Central African Republic, Reparations Should Come First With a special court that has yet to open a trial and a truth commission that is not up and running, international attention on victims in the Central African Republic is waning. Since 2015, the unfulfilled promises of justice mad [...]
Military parade in the presence of Bashar al-Assad
9 April 2021 by Lena Bjurström
Austria: High-potential investigations on Syria crimes Austria, a pioneer of extraterritorial jurisdiction that tried a Bosnian for genocide as early as 1994, still does not have an investigation unit dedicated to international crimes. However, it is investigating at least two major S [...]
Yahya Jammeh and truth commission witnesses in The Gambia
8 April 2021 by Bronwen Cowley
Gambia: spotlight on the extraordinary work of the Truth Commission  IN CAMERA | Episode 3 > In Gambia, the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) is doing an extraordinary job of investigating and bringing to light the violations committed during the regime of Yahya Jammeh. Th [...]
Sheriff Tambadou témoigne devant la commission vérité en Gambie
8 April 2021 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: how Jammeh weaponized the law Gambia’s Truth Commission is conducting a series of hearings with members of the judiciary, who tell how the former regime of Yahya Jammeh set up a system to control the laws, the courts and hinder lawyer’s practice.
Welcome to Lofa
6 April 2021 by Thierry Cruvellier
Massaquoi trial: “Every living thing that drinks water can forget” Since 16 March, fifteen witnesses from the villages of Lofa (north-east) have come to Monrovia to testify in the trial of former Sierra Leonean rebel Gibril Massaquoi, before a Finnish court that was moved to Liberia. They were fo [...]
Camara brothers testify before the Trutch commission (Mali)
5 April 2021 by Boubacar Sidiki Haidara
Mali: “The victims speak, the Truth Commission should act" Mali’s Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission held its third public hearing on Saturday April 3 in Bamako, on the theme of "enforced disappearances". Fourteen victims spoke about eleven incidents, the oldest dating from 1962 [...]
Ntaganda + Gbagbo + Al Mahdi (ICC - CPI)
2 April 2021 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Ntaganda, Gbagbo, Al-Mahdi: decoding two appeal decisions and a symbolic reparation at the ICC This week at the International Criminal Court has been rich in - mostly symbolic - important events: the confirmation of the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Ggbagbo, the confirmation of the conviction of Congolese mi [...]
Patricia Tobon Yagari
2 April 2021 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Patricia Tobón Yagarí: “A legacy of Colombia’s TRC will be the active participation of ethnic peoples” JUSTICEINFO.NET IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Patricia Tobón Yagarí Commissioner in Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Patricia Tobón Yagarí is one of the 11 commissioners serving on Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commissio [...]
Laurent Gbagbo at the ICC
1 April 2021 by Abraham Kouassi
Gbagbo acquittal: “3,000 dead, and no one guilty!” After nearly ten years in detention and a three-year trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC), former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and his defence minister Charles Blé Goudé were finally acquitted yesterday, March 3 [...]
Felicien Kabuga before the Mechanism for International Tribunals
30 March 2021 by Ephrem Rugiririza and Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro
Why Kabuga is no longer accused of importing machetes for genocide Widely dubbed "the financier of the genocide," Rwandan Félicien Kabuga has carried with him since the 1994 genocide a heavy reputation for ordering machetes used to kill Tutsis. This central charge, however, has disappeared from t [...]
During a demonstration, a sign displays this text message:
26 March 2021 by Julia Crawford
Bachelet denounces continued inaction on Sri Lanka war crimes On Tuesday March 23, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a new resolution on Sri Lanka, including a new mandate and budget to collect evidence of war crimes. This followed a damning report to the Council by the High Co [...]
Kweku Vanderpuye, lead prosecutor in the second Central African trial (ICC)
25 March 2021 by Janet H. Anderson
CAR-II: ICC prosecutor bets to demonstrate plans in a messy civil war Over the last month, the International Criminal Court prosecution has laid out its strategy against two leaders of the Anti-balaka, a Central African Republic group of civil defence militias. The backbone of the accusation is that [...]
Palestinians try to escape debris blown up by the Israeli army's shelling of a home in Gaza
23 March 2021 by Janet H. Anderson
The ten obstacles the ICC prosecutor faces in investigating Palestine Some of those who support Israel see the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an existential threat. Here is a first set of ten obstacles that the Hague Court, which has taken a fight with a muscular opponent in the most heated r [...]