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Israel / Palestine conflict - Inhabitants of Gaza amid the ruins.

Israel-Palestine: the legal battle has started

On January 11 and 12, lawyers for South Africa and Israel presented their arguments before the International Court of Justice. South Africa is alleging that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. For now it is asking the court to order urgent provisional measures to stop the killing. Israel says such measures are “unwarranted […]

By Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)

At the Ousman Sonko trial in Switzerland, Gambian plaintiffs pose at the entrance to the court in Bellinzona.

Ousman Sonko faces the first witness

Alfred Yekatom, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic, shakes hands with his lawyer Mylène Dimitri during his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The controversy on “intermediaries” hits back in the ICC Yekatom trial

Portrait of Vincent Lurquin: lawyer specialising in international justice (practising in Belgium), with a particular focus on the crimes committed in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.

Vincent Lurquin: "having the humanity to defend someone accused of the worst crimes"

Gambia - Sonko trial in Switzerland - Photo: Swiss federal court in Bellinzona

Gambian trial starts in Switzerland for crimes against humanity

Rwandan Séraphin Twahirwa sentenced to life imprisonment in Belgium for his involvement in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994.

Belgium: life sentence, notably for rape, for a Rwandan

Tunisia and justice for Palestine - Photo: Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed holds a Tunisian flag (image of justice behind him).

Gaza: why Tunisia has not referred the situation to the ICC

At a trial in France, a Rwandan doctor (Sosthene Munyemana) is convicted of taking part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Munyemana: a Rwandan doctor sentenced to 24 years in prison in France

Sonko trial in Switzerland - Photo : Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko at a conference on cluster munitions in Oslo (Norway) in 2008.

Sonko trial: what can we expect from Swiss justice?

Total Energies oil project in Uganda - Environmental activists demonstrate in Kampala against EACOP.

Total Uganda: 42 families expropriated in a summary trial

Rwandan Séraphin Twahirwa and his two lawyers, Vincent Lurquin and Juliette Lurquin, at his trial in Belgium. He is on trial for his alleged involvement in the genocide in Rwanda.

"What judicial truth without material evidence?"

Lundin trial in Sweden - Ian Lundin arrives in court on the opening day of the trial in Stockholm. He is suspected of complicity in war crimes in Southern Sudan.

Lundin, the trial that “should never have taken place”

Séraphin Twahirwa at his trial in Belgium for genocide in Rwanda.

"They were founders of a ruthless militia in Kigali"

Ansoumane Camara, known as Baffoé, is a witness in the 28 September trial in Guinea.

Guinea: Baffoé, one witness with two versions

At the end of his trial in Germany, Gambian Bai Lowe was found guilty of crimes against humanity committed in The Gambia.

German court sentences Gambian death squad member to life in prison

Trial of Bai Lowe in Germany for crimes committed in the Gambia (universal jurisdiction)

“Someone had to sacrifice themselves”

Can Joseph Boakai, Liberia's new president, be seen as a hope for justice for past war crimes? Photo: Boakai stands on a platform in front of a crowd of supporters during his election campaign.

Liberia has a new president: is there renewed hope for justice?

Bai Lowe is on trial in Germany for crimes committed in the Gambia. - Photo: Lowe enters the courtroom accompanied by police officers.

“Bai Lowe tried to make amends for something beyond repair”

Oumar Sanoh, a witness at the trial in Conakry (Guinea), is a former Chief of General Staff of the Guinean armed forces.

Guinea massacre trial: it’s time for the witnesses