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By Chloé Dubois
On March 16, the trial of French jihadist Sabri Essid is set to open before the Paris Assize Court. Although presumed dead, he is being prosecuted for genocide and crimes against humanity targeting the Yazidi population. This is a first in France.
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There are over 150 cases that are investigated under the universal jurisdiction principle in France. What explains this massive increase of universal jurisdiction cases? And how and why is France able to utilise it effectively?
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By Aaron Weah
Members of the civil society suspect various actors to try to spoil or obstruct the making of the War and Economic Crimes Court. This undermines a unity of purpose in mobilizing a collective financial strategy for the court, argues Aaron Weah.
In The Gambia, reparations for victims of crimes committed by exiled dictator Yahya Jammeh are chaotic, with numerous irregularities and delays. Photo: A Rolls Royce that belonged to Jammeh (his assets are to be seized to contribute to reparations) is covered in dust in a garage, alongside other luxury vehicles. Gambia’s reparation gap and botched sale of ex–dictator’s assets
By Mustapha K. Darboe
A state inquiry has found that the recovery of Yahya Jammeh’s loot was marred by irregularities. Among those recommended for criminal proceedings is the chief architect of the post-dictatorship transitional justice process in The Gambia.
Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is the subject of an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct. What do we know of the investigation against Khan?
By Janet H. Anderson
This Monday, the president of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC receives a report from a panel of three specially appointed judges looking into the investigation on alleged sexual misconduct by the prosecutor.
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After four years of war in Ukraine and a year since Donald Trump returned to power, international law seems more threatened than ever, and its role in peace negotiations is being challenged. But the example of Ukraine, which is establishing a “regional” tribunal for the crime of aggression created by the Council of Europe, shows us “a space for the extension and survival of international law even at the worst moment of its crisis,” according to Frédéric Mégret.
Justice for Syria: what are the various initiatives for justice for Syria around the world, at the national level (in Syria or elsewhere, under universal jurisdiction) or at the international level (via the ICJ and UN bodies)? Image: world map with a photo of Sednaya prison (Syria) seen from the air and a portrait of Bashar al-Assad superimposed on it.
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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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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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