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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 The world order established in 1945 is obsolete, and international law is being violated without a second thought.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.
Philippines
Duterte, the ICC and the art of disinformation
26 September 2025
Dem. Rep. Of Congo
Kabila: a trial to intimidate
14 October 2025
Colombia
Colombia: Two historical judgements and the questions they leave
22 September 2025
Central African Republic
CAR’s Special Court wants to live on
1 August 2025
International justice news, according to AFP
29 October 2025
Paramilitary chief vows united Sudan as his forces are accused of mass killings
29 October 2025
WHO urges Sudan ceasefire after alleged massacres in El-Fasher
29 October 2025
Ukraine slams Russian attack on children's hospital
29 October 2025
Sudan govt accuses RSF of attacking mosques in El-Fasher takeover
29 October 2025
Ukraine says Russia struck children's hospital, wounding several
29 October 2025
Fugitive ex-PM says Bangladesh vote risks deepening divide
28 October 2025
Fears of mass atrocities after Sudan's El-Fasher falls to paramilitaries
28 October 2025
Gambia vows to arrest ex-dictator Jammeh should he return
28 October 2025
Fears of ethnic cleansing after Sudan's El-Fasher falls to paramilitaries
28 October 2025
Warnings grow of executions, ethnic cleansing in Sudan's El-Fasher
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