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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has arrested a Libyan suspect who was the subject of a secret arrest warrant. Photo: Close-up of a ‘Polizei’ badge on the arm of a German policeman in uniform.
ICC: a new chance for the Libyan case
18 July 2025 by AFP
On July 18, the International Criminal Court announced the arrest of a Libyan suspect in Germany. In hope that it doesn't go through the same humiliation as in Italy last January.
Justice in Guinea: reparations for victims of the 28 September 2009 massacre. Photo: A man in a suit hands a document to a woman in a courtroom. In Guinea, the disputed blessings of reparations
17 July 2025 by Abdourahmane Bah
It had been promised on March 26 by the military junta in power in Conakry. The payment of substantial reparations to the victims has begun.
Scandal in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba is suspected of embezzling funds intended for victims of the ‘Six-Day War’ in Kisangani (DRC). DRC victims’ fund hit by scandal
20 June 2025 by Caleb Kazadi
The Minister of Justice of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Constant Mutamba, has been accused of embezzling $19.9 million from the Reparations Fund for Victims, Frivao. On June 17 he was forced to resign.
Ndélé 2 trial in the Central African Republic (CAR). 3 defendants dressed as orange prisoners take the stand. The ‘Ndélé 2’ trial: awaiting the verdict
19 June 2025 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga
Since 2020, the Special Criminal Court has been trying crimes committed in Ndélé, in the north of the Central African Republic. In the first case, four members of the Goula ethnic group were convicted. On 19 June, the verdict is expected against three defendants from the Rounga ethnic group.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) and justice in Libya. Photo: A vehicle burnt during clashes between armed militias and government forces.
16 June 2025 by Margherita Capacci
The ICC in Libya’s quagmire The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court would like to close the investigation in Libya in early 2026. And the official Libyan government has accepted the Court's jurisdiction until 2027. Could this put an end to the deadlock?
Transitional justice in Tunisia: obstructions, postponements, delays, political manoeuvring. A slow agony resulting in total impunity for the criminals of the Ben Ali regime. Photo: The Tunis courthouse (Tunisia) behind the bars of a gate.
13 June 2025 by Amin Taieb
Tunisia’s transitional justice in agony After almost two years of deadlock, the specialized criminal chamber in Tunis resumed its work on March 17. But the judicial process still seems to be paralyzed, a victim of obstructions that the authorities are bothering less and less to hide.
In Gaza, Darfur and elsewhere, the international definition of genocide, as set out in the 1948 Genocide Convention (which is particularly restrictive), has rarely met the victims' expectations of justice in recent conflicts. Photo: Displaced Palestinians returning to the war-torn Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, 19 January 2025.
27 May 2025 by Alannah Travers
Gaza, Darfur: What’s the point of the Genocide Convention? From Sudan to Palestine, Bosnia, Myanmar and Iraq, the restrictive international definition of genocide has allowed little more than another form of selectively deployed lawfare.
At the Lundin trial in Sweden, two former executives of the oil company are on trial for alleged complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan. Illustration: Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter are drowned in a pool of oil. Conflict rages in the background.
  • Special focus
22 May 2025 by Justice Info
War and oil: Lundin in the dock Oil blood is at the heart of the longest trial in Swedish history, which opened in September 2023. Two men in white collars are in the dock: Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter. Two senior executives of Lundin Oil, accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan. From the very beginning, Justice Info has been covering this unique trial.
Egbert Wesselink is often considered to be behind the Lundin trial in Sweden. In a report by the Dutch NGO Pax, he revealed the links between the Swedish company Lundin Oil (and 2 other oil companies) and war crimes committed in Sudan between 1990 and 2000.
22 May 2025 by Martin Schibbye
Lundin: Wesselink and the dilemma of proof The trial against Lundin reveals not just the brutality of war, but also the fragility of justice mechanisms built on activism. The role of Egbert Wesselink, the director of the NGO PAX, is emblematic of this broader dilemma.
Restitution of a cultural artifact from Finland to Benin. Photo: Mari-Leena Talvitie, Finnish Minister of Science and Culture, hands over a royal stool formerly looted by France to Benin's Minister of Tourism and Culture, Jean-Michel Abimbola.
20 May 2025 by Rachida Houssou
Benin: the faint breath of restitutions Looted by the French, returned by Finland, a Kataklè, a three-legged royal stool used for the coronation of Beninese kings, was discreetly returned last week to Benin, where questions are being raised about the State’s policy on the return and exposure of such artefacts.
A property owned by the former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh in the United States (Potomac/Maryland) should be seized to benefit the Gambian victims of his regime, as part of reparations. Photo: Jammeh's mansion is seen from the front behind a wrought iron gate.
16 May 2025 by Mariam Sankanu
Jammeh’s stolen money could be used for reparation The Gambia has finally started to set up a reparations commission responsible for paying compensations to victims of former president Yahya Jammeh, whose US assets are said to partly finance the process.
Litograph showing 3 judges in period costumes (1845-1858) arguing.
13 May 2025 by Lucy Gaynor
A UN Judge convicted for slavery: power, politics and privilege That the feeling of power and impunity leads to abuse is a recognised dynamic. It can also affect the staff of judicial institutions responsible for judging the worst crimes, as shown by the case of Ugandan judge Lydia Mugambe, who has just been convicted of slavery.
6 May 2025 by David K. Deng
No way but forward for transitional justice in South Sudan South Sudan is feared to be on the brink of civil war. And yet it has recently adopted two ambitious laws for a truth commission and a reparations program. David Deng explains why transitional justice could help the country.
The Carter Camp Memorial that commemorates a massacre during the civil war in the early 1990s.
2 May 2025 by Aaron Weah
Liberia’s War and Economic Crimes Court is losing steam On 30 April, Liberian President Joseph Boakai renewed his decree establishing the Office of the Tribunal for War Crimes and Economic Crimes. But obstacles have been mounting.
Defence lawyers Jennifer Naouri and Dov Jacobs.
28 April 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
The incredible disappearing defence of Said On March 17 the defence of Central African Mahamat Said Adel Kani presented one witness in support of their client at the International Criminal Court. The trial, which has gone on for several years, may be coming to a precipitate close.
Verdict in the Correa trial in the United States: Michael Sang Correa found guilty on all counts. Photo: Prosecutor J. Bishop Grewell speaks at a press briefing in court in Denver, Colorado.
17 April 2025 by Mariam Sankanu
US jury finds Correa guilty on all counts On Tuesday April 15, 2025, a US court found Michael Sang Correa, a former member of a hit-squad in Gambia, guilty of all torture charges against him. This was an emotional moment for victims present at the trial.
Michael Sang Correa, a former member of the ‘Junglers’ in Gambia, is on trial in the United States on charges of torture under the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh. Image: illustration showing Correa at his trial, surrounded by lawyers and a witness.
15 April 2025 by Mariam Sankanu
Correa’s ‘confessions’ backfire The torture trial of Gambian Michael Sang Correa closed yesterday, earlier than expected, a week after it started and the hearing of his audio recorded ‘confessions’. Only the prosecution presented witnesses, and Correa decided not to testify himself.
In Guinea, Head of State Mamadi Doumbouya has promised reparations for the victims of the 28 September 2009 massacre, but he has also pardoned the main defendant in the trial: Moussa Dadis Camara. Why did he do this? Photo: Assembly of portraits of Doumbouya and Camara in military garb.
14 April 2025 by Abdourahmane Bah
‘We must not drain a historic trial of all its sap’ What political factors explain the Guinean State's decision to compensate the victims of the 2009 Conakry stadium massacre and to pardon Captain Moussa Dadis Camara? Political scientist Kabinet Fofana explains.
Trial of Michael Sang Correa in the United States for crimes committed in Gambia. Illustration: Correa appears in court surrounded by the various protagonists in his trial.
11 April 2025 by Mariam Sankanu
The Correa trial: fear or zeal? The opening of the trial of Michael Sang Correa seems to clarify the case: the former Gambian hitman does not deny the tortures he was involved in; he says he was forced into it. While the prosecution argues he had a choice and was a willing participant.
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