
By Rodrigue le Roi Benga
Since 2020, the Special Criminal Court has been trying crimes committed in Ndélé, in the north of the Central African Republic. In the first case, four members of the Goula ethnic group were convicted. On 19 June, the verdict is expected against three defendants from the Rounga ethnic group.
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The invaders return
7 March 2025
by Thierry Cruvellier
More and more countries – Russia, Israel, the United States, China, Azerbaijan, Venezuela – are publicly declaring their intent to conquer territories by force, or like Rwanda are doing it without admitting. The world order established in 1945 is obsolete, and international law is being violated without a second thought. Here is a world map of the new annexations under way and those that are openly threatened.

Thinking about the death of the ICC and what comes next
7 February 2025
by Thierry Cruvellier
Beyond the US sanctions, what led to the possible demise of the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Was the model and the supremacy of criminal law just misled from the start? And if the ICC falls off the cliff, what’s next? What’s the place and future of international law? Two-long time...

In Kasai, justice on the ground and under protection
6 March 2025
by Joseph Mbuyi
After several postponements, the appeal trial of two men sentenced to death for war crimes committed in the Congolese region of Kasai opened in the town of Masuika on March 3. The entire court traveled to the crime site. To hear the often protected witnesses, near the very place where was committed the murder of a traditional chief and the devastation caused by the Kamwina Nsapu conflict between 2016 and 2019.
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Life sentence for a Syrian doctor
16 June 2025
Palestine
ICC: Shall we talk about the West Bank?
10 June 2025
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23 June 2025
Bangladesh probe into Hasina-era abuses warns 'impunity' remains
23 June 2025
Risk of genocide in Sudan 'very high': UN
22 June 2025
United behind Iran war effort, Israelis express relief at US bombing
20 June 2025
Iran missile barrage leaves 19 injured in Israel's Haifa: hospital
20 June 2025
UN-backed court jails Central African rebel leaders for war crimes
20 June 2025
Iranian foreign minister says Israel attack 'betrayal' of diplomacy with US
20 June 2025
Pro-Palestinian activists break into UK's largest air base
20 June 2025
'We won't rest': S.African families seek justice for apartheid killings
19 June 2025
Israeli hospital, Tel Aviv area struck after Iranian missile attack
19 June 2025
Belgrade show plots path out of Balkan labyrinth of pain
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