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Signing of an agreement between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Ukraine.

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 been on the cards, but because it just ‘happened’ so quickly rather than being – again – debated […]
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Trial for collaboration in Ukraine. Photo: A man removes a Russian propaganda poster in Kherson upon his liberation by Ukrainian armed forces.

14 years in jail for 45 days of work with the police under Russian occupation

Georgia's 2008 war against Russia: who will pay compensation for the victims? Photo: Elderly civilian victims near their burnt-down home following the Russian invasion.

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Trial for treason in Russia. Photo: Russian-American citizen Ksenia Karelina appears behind the glass of the dock in Yekaterinburg (Russia).

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Tadamon massacre in Syria: a trial in Germany - Photo: a street destroyed in the Tadamon neighbourhood, south of Damascus (Syria).

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Kosovo: Pjetër Shala sentenced to 18 years in prison

Ecomafias and waste-related crime in Italy. Photo: A pile of rubbish bins and other waste in a street in Naples.

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War in Ukraine and repairs to civilian targets: the case of companies. Photo: The Hotel Ukraine in Chernihiv destroyed by a Russian missile.

Is a war-ruined business in Ukraine entitled to compensation?

Russian hate Speech - Photo : Vladimir Solovyov.

Prosecuting Russian hate speech

Trial for collaboration in Ukraine. Photo: A Ukrainian woman is tried before a court in Dnipro.

Collaboration trials in Ukraine: what do court verdicts tell us?

Universal jurisdiction in Germany and international law. Photo: Trial of Iraqi Taha Al-Jumailly in Frankfurt.

Trial and error: Germany reforms its law on international crimes

International law: exchange of prisoners between Sweden and Iran. Photo: Hamid Nouri speaks to the Iranian press on his return to Tehran.

International law put to the test in prisoner exchanges

Illegal war - Photo: in Kiev (Ukraine), civilians watch the fire created by a Russian missile strike.

When war becomes illegal

Sexual violence in Ukraine - Photo: Women stand at the door of their apartment building in the city of Lysychansk, a city without electricity and water, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.

Prosecuting sexual violence in Ukraine’s war

Acquitted twice in Finland on charges of war crimes in Liberia, Gibril Massaquoi is claiming more than 800,000 euros in financial compensation. Photo: Massaquoi, wearing a dark suit, laughs during an interview with Justice Info.

Gibril Massaquoi tries for the jackpot

Arrest warrant issued by the French courts against Bashar Al-Assad (Syrian President), in connection with the 2013 chemical attacks in Syria. Photo: Poster in a Syrian street showing Al-Assad with a gas mask over his face.

Setback for Bashar al-Assad before the French courts

Arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against senior Russian military officers for crimes committed in Ukraine. Photo: Valery Gerasimov and Sergei Shoigu in military uniforms (Russia)

ICC: Arrest warrants for the heads of the Russian army

Enforced disappearances in Ukraine - The mother of the missing Andrii Shapoval shows a video of her son on her phone.

Enforced disappearance in Ukraine: Andrii’s mother's tortured path

International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs): an option for financing Ukraine with Russian money. Image: photo montage of a rouble coin, a Ukrainian flag and frost.

Finding money for Ukraine: the return of a Cold War financial tool