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March 15
Ethiopia: Martin Schibbye (Journalist) - 'Sweden Believed in Lundin'
Six months have passed since the start of the longest trial in Swedish history, which will last another two years. Time for a first assessment by one of its most assiduous… Read more »
February 29
Uganda: The Wild Reparations Order of the ICC
On February 28, judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced their decision on reparations to victims in the case of Dominic Ongwen, a former Ugandan rebel commander… Read more »
December 11, 2023
Rwanda: 'What Judicial Truth Without Material Evidence?'
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December 08, 2023
Sudan: Lundin, the Trial That 'Should Never Have Taken Place'
The Lundin trial has now reached the end of its thirteenth week, with 90 weeks still to go. Torgny Wetterberg, defending Ian Lundin, on November 29 began his presentation of the… Read more »
December 07, 2023
Rwanda: 'They Were Founders of a Ruthless Militia in Kigali'
Gaëlle Ponselet, a journalist who has been specializing on judicial news for some 10 years, covers a large number of trials taking place in Brussels, whether they be conflicts… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 09, 2022
Rwanda: The Punishment of the Stateless ICTR 'Migrants'
Six months have passed since eight people acquitted or released by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) were transferred by the UN to Niger, supposedly to live… Read more »
May 16, 2022
Rwanda: Kabuga - Still No Trial Two Years After His Arrest
The trial of Félicien Kabuga, octogenarian alleged mastermind of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, was initially announced for the end of 2021, but it has not begun and no one can… Read more »
May 10, 2022
Seychelles: Seychelles Truth Commission Completes Its Mandate in Hardship
In three months exactly, the mandate of the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) in Seychelles is due to end. With limited resources and political support,… Read more »
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