November 29, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Philip Grant - "Ukraine Is Accelerating a Revival of Universal Jurisdiction"
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November 24, 2022
Africa: Climate Justice - Pressure is Mounting On Fossil Fuel Producers
Climate complaints against States have led to much reflection on legal responsibilities, although COP27 that ended in Egypt on November 20 was silent on this. Responsibilities lead… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Kenya: Why Kenya Is Trying Now Its First Crimes Against Humanity Case
On Monday, nine out of 12 police suspects - including senior commanders - appeared at a Nairobi court, accused of murdering a baby, and other crimes, during a violent crackdown on… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Guinea: September 28 Trial in Conakry - 'It Has Become Like a TV Series'
The appearance of defendants in the September 28, 2009 massacre trial, which has been widely broadcast, has captivated Guineans for several weeks, with two effects. The wide… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Kenya: Gicheru Dead, the Mysteries of ICC's Kenya Case Fall in a Black Hole
Paul Gicheru died in Kenya. The Kenyan lawyer was accused of witness tampering at the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the collapse of a big case on the 2007 electoral… Read more »
November 14, 2022
Kenya: What Can Kenya's First Case for Crimes Against Humanity Achieve?
In Kenya, national prosecutors have recently announced the opening of a first case for crimes against humanity, on the 2017 election violence. This case implicates police officers… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Central African Republic: Special Criminal Court Hands Down First Judgment
On October 31, the Bangui-based Special Criminal Court issued its first verdict. It found three former members of a Central African armed group guilty of crimes against humanity… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Guinea: At Conakry Massacre Trial, Toumba Tells His 'Part of the Truth'
Under questioning since October 19, Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité or "Toumba", a former aide-de-camp to Guinean junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara, has given his version of the… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Liberia: Case in France - 'Too Complicated to Be Tried By Whites'
Since October 10, former Liberian militiaman Kunti Kamara has been on trial in France for complicity in crimes against humanity. His trial mirrors the one held in Switzerland… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Gambia: Trial in Germany - I Posed As a 'Jungler', Defendant Says
On Thursday 20 October, Baboucar "Bai" Lowe has given his first statement in six month of trial in Germany. The Gambian national, an alleged member of a notorious killing squad… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Guinea: Defendants Take The Stand First At Conakry Trial
In Guinea, the floor was given first to the defendants in the trial of the September 28 massacre. At the start of hearings on the substance, the first role went to Moussa… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Rwanda: Waiting for Witnesses At Kabuga's Trial
Nearly 30 years after some 800,000 civilians were murdered in an attempt to eradicate the Tutsi ethnic minority in Rwanda, the man accused of funding weapons purchases and backing… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Guinea: 'We Are Guineans and We Will Judge Guineans'
In Guinea's capital Conakry, the trial of the September 28, 2009 massacre started symbolically thirteen years after the crime, with a grand opening and a three-hour hearing. This… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Gambia: Hopes for Justice Fades 9 Months After the Truth Commission Report
Victims and rights activists have raised concerns about the lack of Gambian government's implementation plan of the 2021 Truth Commission's recommendations. The vetting process is… Read more »
September 26, 2022
Rwanda: Kabuga Trial to Start Amid Defence Conflict
The long-awaited trial of Félicien Kabuga, alleged mastermind of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, is due to start on September 29 in The Hague. However, the accused is appearing… Read more »
September 15, 2022
Liberia: Viktor Bout for Brittney Grinner - A Prisoner Exchange That Forgets Liberia
Viktor Bout, born in former Soviet Union, was once the world's most infamous arms dealer. He was accused to have fueled many wars across the world, in particular in Liberia. In… Read more »
September 05, 2022
Gambia: Govt Fails to Act on Gambia's Truth Commission Recommendations
Activists are voicing the alarm. After its inquiry, the Gambia Truth Commission recommended that some 90 officials, largely in the security sector, be banned from public office or… Read more »
July 22, 2022
Libya: Justice in Libya - A Road to Hope or a Road to Nowhere?
A UN Fact-Finding Mission recently published its third report unveiling more evidence of "crimes against humanity, war crimes, and gross human rights violations" in Libya,… Read more »
July 18, 2022
Gambia: Death Penalty for Former Leaders of the National Intelligence Agency
On July 13, 6 members of the top leadership of the National Intelligence Agency, a place notorious for torture and disappearance under the regime of Yahya Jammeh (1994-2017), were… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Lumumba's Tooth Is Returned, While Still Waiting for Truth
Patrice Emery Lumumba, "father of Congolese independence", was finally buried on June 30 in Kinshasa 61 years after his assassination- This came after former colonial power Belgium… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Rwanda: 'Bucyibaruta Did What He Could'
The genocide trial of former Rwandan prefect Laurent Bucyibaruta enters its final phase this week in Paris. Among the 115 witnesses, experts and civil parties called to testify,… Read more »
June 28, 2022
Africa: Last Stabs in the Darkness At the ICC On the Kenyan Case
As if the historic failure of the Kenyan trial was not bitter enough, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has taken it upon itself, in agreeing to… Read more »
June 27, 2022
Gambia: Swiss Probe Environmental Crimes by Jammeh Collaborator
Three years ago, the Swiss NGO TRIAL International filed a complaint against a Swiss businessman operating in the Gambia with the complicity of its former president Yahya Jammeh,… Read more »
June 23, 2022
West Africa: Banjul Working Towards a Hybrid Gambia-Ecowas Court
In an interview with Justice Info Gambia's Justice minister Dawda Jallow said his government has the political will to deliver justice for past crimes. No clear strategy has been… Read more »
June 10, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Yumbi Massacres - Justice in Slow Motion
Opened a year ago, the trial concerning ethnic violence in Yumbi, Democratic Republic of Congo, has been at a standstill since the beginning of April. Eighty people are on trial… Read more »