Rwanda: The Residual Debacles of the Residual Mechanism

Since May 2022, Balthazar Nduwayezu has been covering the Félicien Kabuga trial for Justiceinfo. He is a Rwandan journalist based in Arusha, Tanzania, who has covered all… Read more »

Africa: Who Is Julia Sebutinde, the ICJ Judge Who Says 'No'?

In 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has taken three landmark decisions to protect the Palestinian population, including warning Israel against the risk of being… Read more »

Mali: Is the ICC Al Hassan Judgement a Mess or the Future?

In their judgement against former Malian Jihadist Abdoulaziz Al-Hassan, the three judges of the International Criminal Court never fully agreed. And when two of them agreed, it… Read more »

Guinea: In Guinea, Time for Defence Arguments in Massacre Trial

Matthias Raynal is a correspondent in Guinea when, on 28 September 2022, a trial opens for mass crimes, the first in the country's history. 13 years earlier, on the same date, more… Read more »

Central African Republic: Central African Republic - Why the Truth Commission Was Dismissed

Rodrigue Le Roi Benga is a journalist specialising in justice and human rights, science, economics and the environment. A graduate of the Department of Information and… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: How Three Senior Officials Escaped Justice - Kasai

Based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Caleb Kazadi has been Justice Info\'s correspondent since 2021. With a degree in International Relations from the University of… Read more »

Sudan: El-Fasher, a Siege 'Comparable to Gaza'

Surrounded, starving, under artillery fire and awaiting an imminent offensive by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), El-Fasher, the capital of Darfur, is "hell on earth". On Tuesday 11… Read more »

Rwanda: Pascal Hamenyimana and the Timid Reintegration of a Former 'Génocidaire'

In the wake of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro covered the trials of genocide suspects before the specialized chambers of the traditional courts and… Read more »

Guinea: Prosecution Asks for Life Sentences For Stadium Massacre

On trial for the 2009 massacre in Conakry stadium, former junta leader and ex-president of Guinea, Moussa Dadis Camara, risks life in prison, as the prosecutor requested at the end… Read more »

Liberia: The Evidence Battleground for Liberia's War Crimes Court

On May 2nd 2024, Liberian president Joseph Boakai signed an executive order to establish a War and Economic Crimes Court - a historic and long-awaited move in the path of… Read more »

Gambia: Gambia - the End of the Wait-and-See Strategy?

On April 22, two bills expected to kickstart the prosecution process for crimes committed under the 22-year rule of former President Yahya Jammeh were passed at the Gambian… Read more »

Gambia: Ousman Sonko Gets Maximum Punishment

Mariam Sankanu is a Gambian investigative journalist with Malagen, The Gambia's premier media platform specialised in investigative journalism and fact-checking. She had previously… Read more »

Rwanda: Witnesses Defect From the Nkunduwimye Trial

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 »

Nigeria: The ICC On Nigeria - Years of Words, but No Action

How did Africa's most populous country get buried in the recesses of the ICC? Focusing on Ukraine and Gaza, Prosecutor Karim Khan seems to have forgotten a case opened by his… Read more »

Eritrea: Waiting for Eritrean Human Traffickers' Trials in the Netherlands

A year and six months after a string of arrests of human traffickers accused of holding families living in the Netherlands to ransom, Dutch courts are making slow progress towards… Read more »

Rwanda: At Belgian Trial, Two Former Interahamwe Leaders Dodge Testifying

Dieudonné Niyitegeka and Eugène Mbarushimana are the only two surviving former members of the National Committee of the Interahamwe, the militia that spearheaded the… Read more »

Rwanda: Reconciliation Made in Rwanda

In the wake of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro covered the trials of genocide suspects before the specialized chambers of the traditional courts and… Read more »

Rwanda: 2,200 'Génocidaires' Being Released in 2024, Who Are They?

In the wake of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro covered the trials of genocide suspects before the specialized chambers of the traditional courts and… Read more »

Guinea: Was the Stadium Massacre a Crime Against Humanity?

Matthias Raynal is a correspondent in Guinea when, on 28 September 2022, a trial opens for mass crimes, the first in the country's history. 13 years earlier, on the same date, more… Read more »

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 »

Gambia: Sonko Trial - Final Words Before the Verdict

Closing arguments have now ended in the trial of former Gambian interior minister Ousman Sonko at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona. "If a country as rich and… Read more »

Gambia: Ousman Sonko, the 'Mastermind'

On March 4, the prosecution concluded its closing arguments in the trial of Ousman Sonko, in Switzerland. They asked for the former interior minister of the Gambia to be sentenced… Read more »

Gambia: How Gambia's Truth Commission Findings Shaped the Sonko Trial

The trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior minister of The Gambia, resumes today in Switzerland. Parties are expected to present their closing arguments. A striking fact of the… Read more »

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 »

Guinea: Guinea - Frightened Witnesses Desert the Trial

A new phase of the 28 September 2009 massacre trial starts this Monday, February 12, in Guinea with the appearance of a first witness - but in close session. Many fear for their… Read more »