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Eugène Rwamucyo, a Rwandan doctor accused in France of participating in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda.
Rwamucyo: the eighth Rwandan universal jurisdiction trial opens in France
1 October 2024 by AFP
The trial of Eugène Rwamucyo will last four weeks before the Paris Assize Court, where the Rwandan is on trial for genocide and crimes against humanity. The crimes are alleged to have been committed by the doctor in Rwanda thirty [...]
Russia: persecution of LGBT people - Photo: artistic creation by Inna Mosina showing an almost naked woman lying in the middle of a pile of old televisions that have been turned off or whose images are blurred. LGBT people in Russia: searching for an internal enemy
30 September 2024 by Maria Koroleva
On September 12, a Moscow court sentenced two young men, Timur A. and Daniil R., to prison for standing near the window of their apartment without clothes. The case is one of hundreds in Russia, launched under the law to protect “ [...]
Daniil Martynov in Ukraine - Photo: Two armed soldiers pose (thumbs up) in front of the back of a Porsche. A Kadyrov brother-in-arms sentenced in Ukraine
27 September 2024 by Iryna Salii
Twelve vulnerable patients died during three weeks of terror they faced in the first days of the Russian occupation. They died in a Ukrainian psychoneurological hospice under the control of a Russian colonel close to Chechen leade [...]
Trial of Colonel Mejía before the JEP in Colombia. Colombia’s first transitional justice adversarial trial opens
26 September 2024 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
A highly symbolic trial opened last week in a small courtroom of a torrid city in north-eastern Colombia. Colonel Hernán Mejía Gutiérrez, an emblematic figure of the “false positives” scandal to most Colombians, stayed silent whil [...]
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Bora Colley (ex-Jungler) has surrendered to the authorities in Gambia.
24 September 2024 by Mariam Sankanu
Gambia: why “Jungler” Bora Colley turned himself in after eight years After eight years of exile Bora Colley, a former “Jungler” member of President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad, last month turned himself in to the Gambia Armed Forces. The event raises several questions, both in terms of border security [...]
The ICC and the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan - Photo: refugees leave Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia.
23 September 2024 by Franck Petit
ICC: “A preventive measure, not a transitional justice tool for Armenia” Nearly a year ago, Armenia ratified the Rome Statute and became a State party to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This came just after the full invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh by neighbouring Azerbaijan, which led to the force [...]
Mark Freeman - Gangs and transitional justice. Illustration: portrait of Mark Freeman by Benoît Peyrucq.
20 September 2024 by Thierry Cruvellier
Does transitional justice have anything to say on gang violence? In several parts of the world today, it is not war or dictatorship that are the main source of mass violence. It is mafias, gangs, cartels, bandits and pirates; and their modes of crime and violence span from extortion to kidnappi [...]
Mafias, gangs, cartels: mass violence that escapes transitional justice. Illustration: 3 men in hooded sweatshirts are dressed like gang members. In the background, a map of the world.
19 September 2024 by Golnouche K. Barzegar
Mafias, gangs, cartels: mass violence that escapes transitional justice Almost 40% of homicides worldwide are linked to organised crime. According to the 2023 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), between 2015 and 2021, organised crime caused around 700,000 deaths, a number c [...]
Fighting gender-based crimes - Illustration: a crime scene (police banner and numbered exhibits) where the silhouette of a character marked on the ground is filled in with the colors of the LGBTQ+ community's rainbow flag.
17 September 2024 by Justice Info
The Fight Against Gender Crimes The Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic regime in Iran have introduced laws and practices depriving women of fundamental rights, which many say amounts to “gender apartheid”. Some countries, notably in Africa and the Middle Eas [...]
Persecution of LGBTQ people: a crime against humanity? Photo: in Uganda, a gay activist wears a mask on which he has stuck a rainbow flag.
17 September 2024 by Julia Crawford
Persecution of LGBTQ, a crime against humanity? More than 60 countries, notably in Africa and the Middle East, criminalize LGBT people. These laws are used to harass, arrest, imprison and attack people. Some countries have de-penalized in recent times, but some have seen a back [...]
Interview with Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and lawyer in Iran. Photo: portrait of Ebadi.
16 September 2024 by Anahita Davari
Shirin Ebadi: “Gender apartheid means you are discriminating against half of society” Two years ago, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian student, died after she was arrested by morality police for allegedly not wearing hijab properly. Her death triggered large-scale protests in Iran which were met with brutal repres [...]
Chiquita trial - Photo: a promotional stand featuring only Chiquita bananas. At the very top, the brand's mascot. At the front of the booth, a large button and a sign reading “Push to start the show”.
13 September 2024 by Tatiana Devia + Daniel Marin Lopez
Lessons from the Chiquita Trial (2): The Battle of Experts Analysing the trial of Chiquita, a multinational banana company that was ordered by a U.S. court to pay 38 million dollars in compensation for victims of the paramilitary in Colombia, lawyers Tatiana Devia and Daniel Marín López h [...]
Israel’s impunity with Palestinian detainees - Photo: Israeli army soldiers arrest a blindfolded man in Tubas in the north of the occupied West Bank.
12 September 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Israel’s impunity with Palestinian detainees What’s happening in Israeli prisons and military camps? How has Israel investigated allegations of serious abuse against Palestinian detainees? What role is the judicial system playing? Our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts Janet [...]
Chiquita trial in Florida - Photo: an employee of banana multinational Chiquita works in a factory in Colombia (Uruba).
12 September 2024 by Tatiana Devia + Daniel Marin Lopez
Insights from the Chiquita trial (1): 25 years of struggle A Florida jury delivered a ruling in the Chiquita trial, holding the multinational banana company liable for 38 million dollars in compensation for victims of the paramilitary in Colombia. After more than 25 years of struggle and [...]
Maxime Mokom, a former Central African minister who was prosecuted and then released by the International Criminal Court, is now seeking compensation. Photo: Mokom before the ICC.
10 September 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
The Mokom fiasco, part 2: everybody did their job, no one needs to know How much should you be compensated if the prosecution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) suddenly decides to stop prosecuting you? In Maxime Mokom’s case, he thinks about 3,5 million euros for him and his family would be su [...]
Victim of militias in 2003 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ruth Biangire was able to benefit from the help of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Ruth Biangire poses in her store, where she sells petrol in cans and bottles.
9 September 2024 by Claude Sengenya
ICC/DRC: Reparations leave victims feeling sore (2/2) After the village of Bogoro, in the Ituri region of north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, our correspondent went to Bunia to interview other beneficiaries of the International Criminal Court’s Trust Fund for Victims. These a [...]
Signing of an agreement between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Ukraine.
6 September 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
How Ukraine (nearly) joined the ICC Ten years after their first referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ukraine has finally become a member of the court on August 21. Ukraine’s parliament’s ratification comes as a surprise to many, not because it hasn’t [...]
International Criminal Court (ICC) reparations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Farmer Kiza Nzungu Bwanafasi with his cows in Ituri province (DRC).
6 September 2024 by Claude Sengenya
ICC/DRC: Reparations leave Bogoro victims feeling sore (1/2) On April 24, the International Criminal Court’s Trust Fund for Victims announced the closure of part of its reparations programme in the Ituri region, northeast Democratic Republic of Congo. Our correspondent travelled to Bogoro, [...]
Al Hassan trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: ICC judges enter the courtroom where Al Hassan is charged with crimes committed in Mali.
5 September 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Sentencing Al Hassan, and his judges The controversial and confusing judgement convicting the former head of Timbuktu’s Islamic police Al Hassan was at the heart of the debates over sentencing before the International Criminal Court on September 4. Whatever the sente [...]