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Lafarge on Trial – Part 6: What the French prosecution is asking and what the United States obtained
By By Sharon Weill and students of the Capstone Course (Sciences Po Paris)
In partnership with Justice Info, international law professor Sharon Weill and 11 students at Sciences Po Paris have provided weekly coverage of the Lafarge trial taking place in the French capital. The trial ends on December 19.
Paris Criminal Court where the Lafarge trial took place.
Lithograph by Sabatier produced in 1843 based on a drawing by Auguste Mayer entitled In the storm of international justice
By Asymmetrical Haircuts
Our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts, Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, are wrapping up the events and highlights of international justice in 2025. So what’s the storm like in The Hague? And what is it like behind the scenes?
Business and international crimes. Could the Lafarge case (this cement company is on trial in France for crimes committed in Syria) cause lasting concern for other multinationals suspected of being involved in war crimes or crimes against humanity? Photo: a pair of handcuffs is placed on bundles of banknotes (US dollars). Lafarge: a judicial warning still largely ignored by business
By Chloé Dubois
As the Lafarge trial draws to a close in Paris, awareness of criminal liability remains limited in the business world. Few companies seem ready to fully integrate it into their strategic decisions.
Roger Lumabala was found guilty of complicity in crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during a trial in France. Illustration: Lumabala is at the bar, appearing agitated (hand gestures). Also depicted: lawyers, judges and police officers in the courtroom. Lumbala trial: absence fails to pay off
By Claude Sengenya
On December 15, a French court sentenced 67-year-old former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala to 30 years in prison. This comes as armed violence is intensifying in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Testimony of Gaëlle Messager during the Lafarge trial in Paris Lafarge on trial – part 5: what could possibly lead to this?
By Sharon Weill and students of the Capstone Course (Sciences Po Paris)
In partnership with Justice Info, international law professor Sharon Weill and 11 students at Sciences Po Paris are providing weekly coverage of the Lafarge trial taking place in the French capital.
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Lafarge on Trial – Part 6: What the French prosecution is asking and what the United States obtained In partnership with Justice Info, international law professor Sharon Weill and 11 students at Sciences Po Paris have provided weekly coverage of the Lafarge trial taking place in the French capital. The trial ends on December 19.
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One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, on 7 December 2024, the landscape of justice for grave violations of international law in Syria has transformed. Some transitional justice institutions have been established in Syria. And there have never been so many active Syrian cases under universal jurisdiction. 
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Justice for Gaza: who is doing what?
4 November 2025 by Golnouche K. Barzegar
It’s a battle outside the battlefield, and it is worrying the State of Israel: in January 2025, the Israeli army warned its soldiers about possible arrests when they travel abroad. Since the start of the offensive in Gaza launched after the attack on October 7, 2023, two international courts have been seized: the International Criminal Court, which has issued arrest warrants, and the International Court of Justice, whose decisions have been supported by resolutions of the UN General Assembly. At the same time, the Human Rights Council has set up a commission, which has concluded that a “genocide” is taking place. Finally, complaints have been filed in dozens of national courts, and universal jurisdiction proceedings have been opened around the world.
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“Wiping the slate meant erasing everything: our property, our people”
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In Mambasa, deep in Democratic Republic of Congo equatorial forest, we trace crimes that are being tried 6,000 kilometres away in Paris, in Roger Lumbala’s trial that opened on November 12.
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