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Special Criminal Court: Guen trial resumes with closing arguments
By Andy Avila Bissayo
The fourth trial at the Special Criminal Court begins its closing arguments on Monday August 31. Before the conclusion of hearings on June 11, Edmond Beina and Dieudonné Gomitoua traded accusations over the massacre of some 40 Muslims.
Four defendants are on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic. They are appearing before the Special Criminal Court (CPS) of the Central African Republic.
Soldiers on the Lithuanian border When migrants are weaponized, what can international law do
By Aleh Baradzin
According to Lithuania, Lukashenko’s regime facilitates the smuggling of migrants from Belarus. The International Court of Justice has yet to rule on these allegations, but this case highlights several other political bargaining spots along Europe’s borders, the author explains.
Ratko Mladic Ratko Mladic has died
By AFP
Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Republika Srpska army, died on Thursday in The Hague, aged 84. After 16 years on the run, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced him to life imprisonment in 2017, in particular for the Srebrenica genocide during the Bosnian War.
Protest suppressed by the police in Kenya Kenya: “Money can only wipe away tears”
By Martina Jebet
In June, Kenya has started a 13 million euro programme to compensate the victims of police brutality during political unrest that took place between 2017 and 2025. But families of the victims are calling for trials.
A scandal is raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The two ‘reparations’ funds set up for victims of mass crimes, Frivao and Fonarev, are accused of corruption and embezzlement. Illustration: a large pipe dispensing banknotes into hands held aloft is torn open by a businessman who collects the notes spilling out of the hole. The scandal of victims’ funds in DRC
By Justice Info
Two victim’s funds were established in 2022 in the DRC. The Frivao, funded by reparations payments from Uganda, as ordered by the International Court of Justice. The Fonarev, funded on mining royalties. Both have been accused of mismanagement – and, in the case of Frivao, of massive embezzlement.
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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.
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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
16 publications
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
25 publications
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
9 publications
What justice for enforced disappearances around the world? © Marina Margarina / Justice Info The disappeared who will never be forgotten
27 publications
Félicien Kabuga, in a wheelchair, seems to be running away from a huge blood-red Félicien Kabuga, the last judgment
16 publications
Illustration mettant en scène des hommes et femmes d'affaire flottant sur un océan déchaîné. Certains semblent confiants et d'autres paniquent. Au fond, un radeau flotte transportant un magistrat en robe (mat symolisant la balance de la justice). Corporations face the rising tide of justice
51 publications
Religious people (in small format) are lined up to confess in turn to the ear of a church member (in large format) who hides one eye while listening with one ear. The Church and its sexual crimes
18 publications
Colonial crimes: a chess game to negotiate reparations, restitution, truth and the duty to remember Hour of reckoning for colonial crimes
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Massaquoi trial in Liberia The Massaquoi Affair: the Finnish model put to the test
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ICC's Trust Fund for Victims (TFV): a failure The failure of the ICC Victims Fund
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Transitional Justice: The great Colombian challenge
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Portrait (drawing) of Frédéric Mégret (lawyer specialising in international law), who answers questions from Justice Info on Ukraine, the United States and international law more broadly.
“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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18 May 2026
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24 August 2026
Kasai Central: Truth and Reconciliation Commission abandoned by the state
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31 July 2026
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17 April 2026
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31 August 2026 EU says no place for Serbia's 'glorification' of war criminal Mladic 31 August 2026 The prickly issue of financial compensation for slavery 31 August 2026 Finnish court reduces jail time for Russian war criminal 31 August 2026 UN committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations 30 August 2026 Verdicts postponed in El Salvador mass gang trial 29 August 2026 No Dutch investigation into Mladic's death: tribunal 29 August 2026 Peru govt seeks legislative powers to tackle security crisis 28 August 2026 Greenland to open truth commission over forced contraception scheme 28 August 2026 War criminal Ratko Mladic's death lays bare Bosnia's wounds 28 August 2026 Dutch court jails man for life over role in Rwanda genocide
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