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Colonial crimes committed by France in Cameroon: a report seeks to establish the truth. Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron receives a copy of the report.
What will be the legacy of the France-Cameroon commission?
8 April 2025 | Truth Commissions | Cameroon
...Cameroon. To France, it proposes that French President Emmanuel Macron deliver a speech recognizing the role and responsibilities of France in the Cameroon war, qualified…
Contempt of court proceedings have been brought against Peter Robinson, a lawyer who defended a Rwandan on trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Today, this tribunal is represented by an expensive and inefficient ‘residual mechanism’ (the IRMCT). 3D image of the IRMCT buildings near Arusha in Tanzania.
What lies beneath the Robinson case
4 April 2025 | ICTR | Rwanda
...procedure that will no doubt further advantageously feed the same actors of the Mechanism – thinks these accusations constitute a threat to the profession. “I…
Threats and intimidation at the Lundin trial in Sweden. Photo: George Tai, a witness, tells his story in Juba (Southern Sudan).
Threats and intimidation in the Lundin trial
3 April 2025 | Universal jurisdiction | South Sudan
...into silence. The Swedish police’s war crimes unit first launched an investigation into obstruction of justice in 2019, led by prosecutor Thomas Ahlstrand. It was…
Sexual violence in the Catholic Church in Africa. Photo: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo celebrates mass in a church in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo).
Sexual violence in the Church: the African taboo
31 March 2025 | Blind spots | Africa
...the Bethany Centre for Healing and Renewal in Kenya. His publications include Combattre l’abus sexuel des enfants (Desclée de Brouwer, 2018) and L’Église déchirée. Comprendre…
Democratic Republic of Congo versus Rwanda: the conflict is now also being played out in African courts. Photo: An M23 soldier patrols near a coltan mine, a highly prized mineral that is believed to be one of Rwanda's motivations for its incursion into the DRC.
Kinshasa and Kigali face off in African courts
17 March 2025 | Tribunals | Dem. Rep. Of Congo
...on Human and Peoples’ Rights considered the appeal lodged by Kinshasa against Kigali. But before ruling on the merits, the Court must decide whether the…
The Congolese people of Masuika, in Kasai Central (Democratic Republic of Congo), heard the final verdict in the trial of two former members of the Kamuina Nsapu militia, accused of war crimes committed in 2017. Photo: The crowd awaits the verdict at the place where the mobile court hearings were held, near the site of the crimes.
The people of Masuika hears two verdicts
11 March 2025 | National tribunals | Dem. Rep. Of Congo
...murdered and his body dismembered by militiamen of the Kamwina Nsapu insurgent group. Marcel Tshilumba and Emmanuel Mukini were again found guilty of war crimes,…
In the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the verdict is confirmed on appeal for two defendants, former Kamwina Nsapu militiamen, in a trial for war crimes. Photo: The two defendants pose under a tent set up during a mobile court hearing in the village where the crimes took place.
Settling of scores in Kasai
10 March 2025 | National tribunals | Dem. Rep. Of Congo
...and Emmanuel Mukini. The two men were sentenced to death in 2023, at the end of a trial before a Congolese military trial chamber. They…
In Kasai (Democratic Republic of Congo), some trials are held in mobile courts, in the heart of the villages, as close as possible to the crimes and the victims. Photo: Protected witnesses are covered from head to toe during a trial for war crimes committed by members of the Kamwina Nsapu militia.
In Kasai, justice on the ground and under protection
6 March 2025 | National tribunals | Dem. Rep. Of Congo
...12-gauge shot that killed the traditional chief, before ordering Emmanuel Mukini to behead him. Both agree that they participated in the arrest and subsequent execution…
Justice in Syria. Portrait (drawing) of Nadim Houry, international lawyer.
Justice in Syria should be “a new social contract”
25 February 2025 | In-Depth Interviews | Syria
...torture. It will take as long as it takes, we need ideas, but who can decide today? Syria was described as the kingdom of silence.…
Suspension of US aid (USAID agency and other grants and organisations): the impact is also felt on transitional justice. Photo: A woman holds a sign that reads: ‘USAID saves lives, save USAID’.
US aid freeze: how many dead?
18 February 2025 | Other | International
...feed their families”.  Most NGOs are not prepared to go on the record yet. Some hope that the decision is temporary and in fear of…