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The Belarus bargaining trap
By Aleh Baradzin
While the International Criminal Court investigates alleged crimes against humanity committed by Belarus, Aleh Baradzin warns against being fooled by the recent release of political prisoners.
Belarus uses its political prisoners as bargaining chips in political, diplomatic and economic dealings, most often with the United States. Photo: Hooded police officers have handcuffed a civilian in the street and are forcibly taking him into custody.
Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (STCA): the Statute of this new international court was adopted in May 2026 by the Council of Europe. Photo: the Committee of Ministers meeting in Moldova. The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression enters its “skeleton phase”
By Janet H. Anderson
The newcomer in the field of international justice will be known as the STCA. It was created last month by 36 states and the EU. And it has a myriad of issues to clarify.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), verdicts have been handed down in the trial concerning the Yumbi massacres. Photo: the defendants, wearing blue and yellow shirts, stand during the hearing. Court spares authorities in Yumbi massacres trial
By Caleb Kazadi
On June 1, the High Military Court in Kinshasa handed down its verdict in the “Yumbi massacres” case, following a four-year trial. It pronounced 34 acquittals and 37 harsh sentences, but the parties involved say they are disappointed.
The transfer of the ‘Mechanism’ (IRMCT), which succeeded the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha (Tanzania), to Kigali (Rwanda) seems more realistic than ever. What are the risks? Photo: a wooden sign reading ‘Welcome to Kigali’ in the foreground of an arid landscape. Will Rwanda be the graveyard of the Arusha “white elephant”?
By Balthazar Nduwayezu
The Mechanism that succeeded the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda proposes that when its mandate ends in June, some of its functions be transferred to Kigali – which would obtain what it wants because of the current crisis at the UN.
Lundin trial: the likelihood of Ian Lundin and/or Alexandre Schneiter being acquitted suggests a maximum financial risk. Photo: a wooden gavel (symbol of justice) rests on a table, next to a calculator. End of the Lundin trial: money matters on the table
By Martin Schibbye
As the Lundin maxi trial ended on May 28, the time has come to settle accounts. Defence costs alone, should Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter be acquitted, may amount to 75 million euros for the Swedish state.
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“Living with US sanctions means living in constant uncertainty” A total of 11 judges and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the US government. Some have come public about how it's deeply affected their daily life. And it’s unclear what protection they may enjoy.
“We are like outcasts”
How sanctions can weaponize US tech against the ICC
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Illustration showing a concrete mixer truck (with the Lafarge logo printed on it) stopped at a checkpoint manned by several figures dressed in black, armed and wearing balaclavas. A long arm extends from the truck, holding a suitcase filled with banknotes bearing the image of Bashar al-Assad. On the side is an ISIS flag. War and business: Lafarge in the dock
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At the Lundin trial in Sweden, two former executives of the oil company are on trial for alleged complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan. Illustration: Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter are drowned in a pool of oil. Conflict rages in the background. War and oil: Lundin in the dock
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Fighting gender-based crimes - Illustration: a crime scene (police banner and numbered exhibits) where the silhouette of a character marked on the ground is filled in with the colors of the LGBTQ+ community's rainbow flag. The Fight Against Gender Crimes
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What justice for enforced disappearances around the world? © Marina Margarina / Justice Info The disappeared who will never be forgotten
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Félicien Kabuga, in a wheelchair, seems to be running away from a huge blood-red Félicien Kabuga, the last judgment
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“Ukraine has done itself and international law a service”
23 February 2026 by Franck Petit
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.
Justice for Syria: who is doing what?
8 December 2025 by Hannah El-Hitami
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. 
Justice for Gaza: what are the various initiatives for justice for Gaza around the world, at the national and international levels (via the ICC, the ICJ, and the UN)? Image: world map with a photo of a completely destroyed street in Gaza, seen from the sky, superimposed on it.
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.
In the footsteps of Roger Lumbala, on trial in France for crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Photo: Path under the trees in the heart of the equatorial forest in Ituri. People walk or ride motorcycles in a mystical, luminous atmosphere.
“Wiping the slate meant erasing everything: our property, our people”
14 November 2025 by Claude Sengenya
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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