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Climate justice - Arnold Kiel Loughman (Attorney General of the Republic of Vanuatu) pleads before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for polluting states to be held responsible for the effects of climate change.
Climate justice: who argued what at the ICJ
9 January 2025 by Margherita Capacci
The hearings in the climate case before the International Court of Justice wrapped up last December in The Hague. The court’s advisory opinion is expected within a year. Countries from the Global South and small states from the Pa [...]
In Syria, after the fall of Assad, the search for the disappeared often begins in mass graves. Photo: People digging at the bottom of a deep mass grave while children watch from above. Syria: getting it right in the search for the disappeared
7 January 2025 by Luis Fondebrider
Since the fall of the Assad regime a month ago, many reports told the stories of Syrians trying to find out about their relatives who had disappeared. Infamous detention centers have revealed their murderous secrets. Mass graves w [...]
Sihem Bensedrine, the former chairwoman of Tunisia's truth commission, is in prison. Many human rights organisations believe that the government is seeking to undermine transitional justice efforts. Tunisia: why Bensedrine is in jail
6 January 2025 by Amin Taieb
Sihem Bensedrine, the former president of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission between 2014 and 2018, has been in pre-trial detention since 1 August 2024. Her lawyers have been fighting for her release ever since, denouncing “a [...]
2024 - The year of international justice in pictures 2024 - A year of international justice in pictures
20 December 2024 by Justice Info
Justice Info is taking a break between 23 December and 5 January. But until we see you again, here are ten powerful images from 2024.
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Trial of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (Ali Kushayb) at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sudan (Darfur).
19 December 2024 by Margherita Capacci
The first Darfur trial ended at the ICC The first trial at the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in Darfur, Sudan, came to an end, 20 years after the charged crimes. During the closing statements, from 11 to 13 December 2024, the prosecution stated that [...]
In Ukraine, a military prisoner, sitting on a chair, is guarded by a soldier in the background, in what looks like an interrogation room.
17 December 2024 by Vladyslava Kobko
Ukraine: a two-time deserter convicted of high treason A native of Donetsk region who was mobilized twice and deserted twice, first from the army of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and then from the Ukrainian army, repented in front of the Kostopil district court in the [...]
In Gambia, Yahya Jammeh near the presidential car, escorted by ‘junglers’ (his bodyguards).
16 December 2024 by AFP
Gambia: ECOWAS revises its position The Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), meeting in Abuja on Sunday, "took the historic decision to establish a special tribunal for the Gambia", announced the Gambian Ministry o [...]
In Liberia, a statue of Prince Y. Johnson has been erected in front of apartment blocks. A group of young people surround it, some sitting on the pedestal.
16 December 2024 by Aaron Weah
Prince Y. Johnson: The Great Escape  Prince Y. Johnson was one of Liberia’s most feared and charismatic warlords, and yet he had managed to reinvent himself as a born-again Christian preacher and a popular politician in post-war Liberia. His death at the age of 72 le [...]
International justice for Bashar al-Assad's crimes in Syria. Photo: Broken portrait of Bashar al-Assad next to documents.
13 December 2024 by Franck Petit
“We will follow them wherever they will go” Renowned Syrian lawyer Anwar al-Bunni and his colleagues at the Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Research have been leading figures in Syrian efforts for justice. In Europe, they have initiated, with other organizations, univer [...]
Sexual violence in Ukraine - As a result of the war with Russia, sexual crimes perpetrated by Russian soldiers are on the increase. photo: a woman hides her face with her hands.
12 December 2024 by Olga Zhuravel
“We need an example and people will speak up” 211 women and 118 men have been registered as victims of conflict-related sexual violence since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, according to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Our correspondent in Dnipro spok [...]
Yezidi women demonstrate in Syria to commemorate the fifth anniversary of attacks by the Islamic State (EI) group.
11 December 2024 by AFP
Netherlands: 10 years in prison for enslaving a Yezidi woman This is a crime against humanity, stressed the District Court of The Hague, in the Netherlands, in delivering its verdict on Wednesday 11 December. It sentenced Hasan Aarab, a Dutch citizen, to 10 years' imprisonment for using a Y [...]
ICC & Syria - An aerial photo shows people gathering around Saydnaya prison in Syria.
10 December 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Syria opens its prisons, ICC’s ASP closes its doors Without warning, Bashar el-Assad relinquished power and fled to Russia. This new Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast opens the discussion on Syria, following the opening of prisons and calls for accountability after decades with very li [...]
In villages in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), survivors of attacks by Ugandan soldiers are waiting to receive reparations. Photo: Three survivors of massacres (seen from behind) in front of a mass grave (not shown) where their relatives are buried.
10 December 2024 by Claude Sengenya
DRC: with the forgotten people of North Kivu In North Kivu, the inhabitants of the villages of Maboya-Loya and Kikere have not yet seen a penny of the millions of dollars in reparations paid to Congo by Uganda for the violence perpetrated by Ugandan soldiers a quarter of a c [...]
International Criminal Court and Special Criminal Court: a duel at the summit of justice in the Central African Republic. Photo: A taxi and a gendarmerie vehicle in a street in Bangui (Central African Republic).
9 December 2024 by Franck Petit
A courts’ chase in Bangui Last June, the International Criminal Court already knew that it would run out of trials in 2025. At that time, it received a tip-off about the whereabouts of a local anti-balaka leader in the Central African Republic, Edmond Bein [...]
The trial of Nikolai Kartashov, 22, a Russian artilleryman accused of war crimes committed in the town of Boucha (Ukraine) opened on November 20.
5 December 2024 by Iryna Salii
A Russian officer on trial for murder in Bucha On 20 November 2024, the Irpin City Court started the trial of a young Russian military officer whose unit opened fire and killed a convenient store security guard in Bucha, in the region of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, in F [...]
The empty courtroom of the International Criminal Court.
3 December 2024 by Margherita Capacci
A court without trials? The reality of today’s situation at the International Criminal Court is that while very high-profile political leaders from different parts of the world are wanted, the only individuals who are actually tried remain mid-level Afri [...]
Construction of the IPC of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
2 December 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
The clouded skies over the ICC The annual Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court takes place in The Hague from December 2-7. Against the prospect of a hostile Trump administration in the U.S., an investigation on alleged misconduct of th [...]
Legal battle for the climate before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: Cyclone Pam (2015) over Vanuatu as seen from a satellite.
29 November 2024 by Golnouche K. Barzegar
The battle for the climate takes on the ICJ   The COP29 just ended in Azerbaijan with a financial agreement deemed insufficient by many participants. Now states of the Global South and environmental campaigners are pinning their hopes on the legal battle being waged before th [...]
Norway on the road to reconciliation with the Sami indigenous peoples, Kven, Norwegian Finns and Forrest Finns for its “Norwegianization politics” in the past. Photo : traditional dwellings of the Sami people - set up in front of the Storting, the Norwegian Parliament.
28 November 2024 by Astrid Nonbo Andersen + Amalie Drage Habbestad + Astri Dankertsen
The beginning of Norway’s reconciliation process On November 12, the Norwegian Parliament apologized to the Sami, Kven, Norwegian Finns and Forrest Finns for its “Norwegianization politics” in the past. It also acted on the report and recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliat [...]