October 10, 2023
Sudan: The Swedish Prosecutor Who Challenged Lundin Oil
It was prosecutor Magnus Elving who opened the probe into Swedish oil company Lundin, accused of complicity in war crimes in southern Sudan. He is now retired and following from a… Read more »
October 03, 2023
Algeria: General Nezzar Is Weakened, but Not Abandoned By Algiers
"The whole world recognises that Algeria was fighting terrorism, with the exception of the Swiss justice system," said the Algerian foreign minister. He was reacting to… Read more »
August 22, 2023
Rwanda: Final Curtain Falls On Kabuga Trial
It's the end of an era: the last major suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide will not be tried by international justice. On August 7, the Appeals Chamber of the international… Read more »
August 21, 2023
Rwanda: Pierre Basabosé Is 'Mentally Absent' but Will Be Tried
Former Rwandan soldier and businessman Pierre Basabosé is less well known than Félicien Kabuga, whose trial was definitively stopped by a UN court on August 7 because… Read more »
August 24, 2023
Gambia: Why After Four Years Identity of the Exhumed at Army Barracks Remains Unknown?
In four years since the mediatized exhumation of seven bodies in a military camp near Banjul, neither the Truth and Reconciliation commission nor any institution in The Gambia have… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Gambia: The Disappeared in the Gambia, a Missing Investigation
In its recently disclosed implementation plan, the Gambian government says it will set up a task force to complete and expand the work accomplished by the Truth commission on… Read more »
June 23, 2023
Rwanda: Philippe Hategekimana Makes Final Statement, Then Goes Silent
Former Rwandan gendarme Philippe Hategekimana, on trial in Paris for genocide and crimes against humanity, briefly restated his position before his final questioning. Yes, he said,… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Rwanda: Has Trying Kabuga Become Absurd?
There were many objections after the decision by the UN Mechanism in charge of trying Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga to continue the trial through an undefined and… Read more »
June 20, 2023
Rwanda: I Was 10 Years Old in Rwanda in 1994 and Now a Prosecution Witness
A dozen people who were under 15 in 1994 have testified at the genocide trial of former Rwandan gendarme Philippe Hategekimana before a Paris court. With frozen scenes, lost… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Central African Republic: Special Court Hands Down First Reparations Decision
After several months of hesitation, the Special Criminal Court on June 16 handed down in Bangui a first reparations decision in its first and only trial. This decision does not… Read more »
June 13, 2023
South Sudan: ICC - The Never-Ending Nightmare of Darfur's Victims
This is the first trial for serious crimes committed in Darfur. On June 5 in The Hague, the victims' representatives took the floor in the Ali-Kushayb case at the International… Read more »
June 08, 2023
Rwanda: Kabuga - Heading for a Palliative Trial?
According to his judges, Félicien Kabuga can be tried but not convicted. On June 6, a UN tribunal ruled that the Rwandan, aged 88 (or 90, according to him), is no longer fit… Read more »
June 06, 2023
Rwanda: Slowly, the Justice Net Is Closing On the Last Genocide Fugitives
Fulgence Kayishema's arrest on May 24 in South Africa comes 29 years after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It's expected he will be the fourth fugitive from the former UN tribunal for… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Liberia: Appeals Court Convicts Liberian Alieu Kosiah of Crimes Against Humanity
A Swiss appeals court on June 1 confirmed a 20-year prison sentence for Alieu Kosiah, former commander of an armed group in Liberia in the 1990s. Kosiah was already the first… Read more »
June 01, 2023
Gambia: Is the Country a Step Closer to Moving On With Trials and Reparations?
On May 12, the Gambian president Adama Barrow has issued an implementation plan of the 2021 recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. He has… Read more »
May 30, 2023
Guinea: Conakry's Groundbreaking Trial Threatened By Financial Issues
In Guinea, eight months after the start of a historic trial, some lawyers - for both the defence and the victims - have never been paid. On 29 May, they went on strike. They are… Read more »
April 28, 2023
South Africa: Why South Africa Said It Was Leaving the ICC, Then Flip-Flopped
In less than 24 hours, the South African authorities announced their intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) before declaring it a misunderstanding. South… Read more »
April 18, 2023
Angola: Mistaken Identities - How Angola's Reconciliation Process Derailed
Almost two decades after the civil war, the Angolan government launched at the end of 2019 a large "reconciliation plan", supported by transitional justice initiatives that… Read more »
April 14, 2023
Guinea: Dadis Opposition Gives Its Version of Stadium Massacre
This week, the testimony of Ben Youssouf Keïta struck a chord. He is the third opponent of Moussa Dadis Camara's former regime to testify at the Conakry stadium massacre… Read more »
April 07, 2023
Benin: Why Treasures Returned to Benin Are Still in Boxes
The November 2021 restitution of 26 art works stolen by French colonists from the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, was celebrated as a model. But these treasures that… Read more »
March 30, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Two Top Brass On Trial for Crimes Against Humanity in Kasai
An important trial in the "Mulombodi" case opened in Kinshasa on March 20, more than six years after the events. This religious site near Kananga airport was the scene of… Read more »
March 23, 2023
Tunisia: The 'Falsified' Report That Threatens Transitional Justice
The former president of Tunisia's Truth and Dignity Commission is accused of having received bribes to make additions to the commission's final report. At the heart of the… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Rwanda: The Life and Death of the First UN Prison
On February 28, the doors of the first ever UN prison closed on 27 years of memories left by former Rwandan dignitaries but also more ordinary people. Félicien Kabuga, who… Read more »
February 07, 2023
Central African Republic: Truth Commission Struggles to Get Off the Ground
The Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission presented its activity report to the Central African Republic's President on December 30, 2022, more than 18 months… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Tunisia: Will Hope for Transitional Justice Come From Kef?
Closing arguments are announced for January 27 in a trial before a specialized chamber in Kef, northwest Tunisia. The victims are pinning their hopes on this. Given the slowness,… Read more »