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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.
‘We must not drain a historic trial of all its sap’
...strong possibility that Toumba [Aboubacar Diakité, Dadis Camara's former aide-de-camp and head of the presidential guard at the time of the massacre] and others will…
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?
...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
...de Prada Solaesa on February 25, 2025 at the international residual mechanism that took over from the UN tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and former Yugoslavia…
The former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, appears before the International Criminal Court (ICC) by videoconference. Photo: in the foreground, Duterte's lawyer, in the background, Duterte himself projected onto a video screen.
Duterte’s arrest: the ICC Prosecutor’s performative paradox
...warrants against the Prime Minister of Israel, his Defence Minister and three Hamas leaders. Video: © ICC-CPI Khan’s official video statement on Duterte was markedly…
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
...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
...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
...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
...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…
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?
...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…
Central African Republic - Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Rhombot Yekatom before the International Criminal Court (ICC): what sentences could they face?
Last words in the Yekatom and Ngaïssona trial
...of the International Criminal Court, nothing in the conduct of the two defendants, “or in the participation in that conduct, whatever the motive, is excusable”.…