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Richard Bennett: “If you applied to gender the language that defines apartheid, it applies to Afghanistan”
By Julia Crawford
The UN Human Rights Council has established an independent mechanism to investigate international crimes committed in Afghanistan, particularly against women. Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur, explains what is at stake.
Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, answers questions from Justice Info on the segregation of women (described as apartheid) in Afghanistan. Photo: Bennett speaks at the UN in front of a microphone. A sign reading “Special Rapporteur” is placed in front of him.
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.
Sanna Manjang, a former ‘jungler’ for Yahya Jammeh, was arrested in Senegal and then handed over to Gambia to stand trial for alleged crimes commited in The Gambia. Gambia: Once “most feared” Jungler is under arrest 
By Mustapha K. Darboe
The arrest of Sanna Manjang, a key player in Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship, may lead to a spectacular trial about crimes of the former hit squad, the Junglers. It also comes under the threat of Jammeh’s return to The Gambia.
Des migrants africains font ensemble un signe de protestation dans un camp en Libye. Human trafficking, crime of the highest order
By Asymmetrical Haircuts
Eritrean Amanuel Walid was arguably the highest human trafficker to stand trial in Europe. Our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts draw lessons from this trial in the Netherlands and an upcoming one at the International Criminal Court.
In Mambasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a child walks past a gold dealer's shop. Lumbala trial: there were crimes, but who was responsible?
By Claude Sengenya
The Paris Assize Court has finished hearing civil parties and witnesses in former Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala’s trial for complicity in crimes against humanity.
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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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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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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 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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16 December 2025 US strikes on three vessels in eastern Pacific kill eight: US military 15 December 2025 Chinese man who documented alleged Uyghur camps risks removal from US 15 December 2025 ICC rejects Israeli attempt to block war crimes probe 15 December 2025 France court jails DR Congo ex-rebel leader Lumbala for 30 years 14 December 2025 Chilean hard right victory stirs memories of dictatorship 13 December 2025 Drone strike in southern Sudan kills 6 UN peacekeepers 13 December 2025 Myanmar junta denies killing civilians in hospital strike 12 December 2025 Life sentence sought for DRC ex-rebel leader at French trial 12 December 2025 Russia sentences ICC judges, prosecutor in absentia over Putin arrest warrant 12 December 2025 CORRECTED: Nobel laureate Machado says US helped her leave Venezuela, vows return
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