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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"
9 January 2024 | Universal jurisdiction | Rwanda
...in having an international justice system that cooperates with dictatorial countries." "A truth chosen by Kigali” As president of the Movement against Racism, Anti-Semitism and…
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
22 December 2023 | AFP News Feed | Rwanda
...investigators had relied on re-examining witnesses from a procedure opened in Kigali by Rwandan authorities in the early 2000s. Recommended reading "They were founders of…
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?"
11 December 2023 | Universal jurisdiction | Rwanda
...for causing a massacre in the Gikondo sector of Kigali. Lawyer Vincent Lurquin stood before a jury that was a bit weary after two months…
Séraphin Twahirwa at his trial in Belgium for genocide in Rwanda.
"They were founders of a ruthless militia in Kigali"
7 December 2023 | Universal jurisdiction | Rwanda
Pierre Basabosé and Séraphin Twahirwa were behind a group of murderous Interahamwe in the Gikondo sector of Kigali in 1994. This was the Belgian prosecutor’s…
Klaus Hoffman (a German senior prosecutor of the Advisory Group for the Investigation of the Most Serious International Crimes in Ukraine) explains:
Klaus Hoffmann: “The problem of collaborators is not only legal, but also political”
4 December 2023 | Interviews | Ukraine
...all these people were voluntarily involved in collaboration activities. It is a challenging task to separate those who were trying to earn some money and…
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
30 November 2023 | AFP News Feed | Gambia
...2004. Lowe was found to have acted as a driver for the unit and to have helped stop Hydara's car on the night of the…
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?
27 November 2023 | Opinion | Liberia
...transitional justice component, described as the National Road Map for National Healing, Peace Building and Reconciliation, was put together by a mix of government bureaucrats…
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”
23 November 2023 | Universal jurisdiction | Gambia
...son Baba Hydara has joined the proceedings as a plaintiff. Lowe is accused of being the death squad’s driver. He allegedly drove the killers to…
Commission on sexual abuse in the Swiss Church. Photo: Activists from Ending Clergy Abuse pose with portraits of members of the clergy.
What next after Swiss report on sexual abuse in the Church?
14 November 2023 | Other | Switzerland
...are evidence that abuses are taking place,” says Jean-Pierre Massias, professor of public law at the University of Pau and president of the Institut francophone…
In Guinea, defendants in the 28 September trial escape. Photo: Guinean security forces set up a roadblock in Kaloum, near Conakry, where the prisoners are being held during their trial.
Guinea stadium massacre: jailbreak undermines the trial
13 November 2023 | National tribunals | Guinea
...in 2015. The security flaws revealed by this attack are gaping. According to the government, Claude Pivi's son Verny Pivi was in charge of the…