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Gambia: Will the government prosecute returned Jammeh hit-men: Nine former soldiers and members of the infamous “Junglers” hit-squad of former president Yahya Jammeh have returned to Gambia from exile and remain at large.…
Colombia: The day 10 army officials accused of false positives faced their victims: It was an unprecedented scene in Colombia. On April 27 and 28, in the heart of the mountainous region of Catatumbo, 10 members of the…
Gambian dictatorship’s crimes go on trial in Germany: On April 25, the trial of a former member of a hit squad – known as the “Junglers” – under Yahya Jammeh’s rule in The…
A Nuremberg for Russia’s crime of aggression?: As the debates continue on the international legal response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, our correspondent Janet Anderson has taken some soundings from a…
Ukraine: “The momentum is there for a tribunal on aggression”: Mykola Gnatovsky, professor of international law at the University of Kyiv, is currently a special advisor to the foreign ministry of Ukraine, and one of…
The unresolved responsibility of Big Oil companies in Nigeria: On March 23 a Dutch court ruled that it was impossible to hold the oil company Shell liable for the 1995 trial and execution of…
Who got amnesty from Gambia’s Truth commission, and who didn’t: On March 16, Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission submitted its final recommendations to the government on 25 amnesty applications. Eight of them were denied.…
Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s “second best justice”: 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…
First rift between Colombia’s Peace tribunal and the victims: Colombia’s special peace tribunal is about to open three new – and perhaps final – cases. However, its decision to focus on armed actors and…
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…
The ups and downs of a historic ruling on reparations: Last week the International Court of Justice ruled that Uganda should pay 325 million dollars to the Democratic Republic of Congo for the occupation and…
Colombia wagers on political participation as a form of redress: With the general and presidential election campaign in full swing in Colombia, victims of its 52-year-long armed conflict are playing a more visible role than…
TRRC Final Report: What must Gambia do to avoid another Jammeh: In December, the final report of Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) was finally published, after two and a half years of work. Beyond…
TRRC Final report: Gambia between prosecutions and amnesties: On Christmas Eve, six months after it was first announced, the final report of the Gambia Truth Commission (TRRC) was made public. Primarily, in its…
Colombia: 21 Army officials own up to war crimes and crimes against humanity: This is another major result for Colombia’s transitional justice: at the end of 2021, 21 former Army officials acknowledged their responsibility over the murder of…
The ICC in times of budget crunch: International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan has been joined by two new deputy prosecutors, elected last week during this year’s annual meeting of the…
Karim Khan meets the states at the ICC: Karim Khan, the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is making substantial changes to how his office works. As he attends his first Assembly…
Gambia: Truth Commission report hangs on election result: After months of procrastination, Gambian President Adama Barrow received, on Thursday November 25, the final report of the Gambian Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC).…
Venezuela and the ICC: who’s fooling who?: On November 5, the new Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan announced that he will launch an investigation into crimes against humanity in Venezuela, and…