International lenders have been accused of supporting policies that favour the wealthy while at the same time increasing the burden on the poor in developing countries. According to Stealing the...
Read moreDetailsAlthough the Kenyan government’s inaction on the rising cases of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, enforced abductions, and illegal detentions has angered many citizens and civil society organisations, humanitarian justice experts...
Read moreDetailsIn June 2000, the Ugandan and Rwandan armies clashed in Kisangani, in what is now Tshopo province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This so-called “Six-Day War” is one of...
Read moreDetailsThe verdict in the case of former minister Ousman Sonko, expected on May 15, 2024, will be another important milestone, not only for international justice but also the fledgling transitional...
Read moreDetailsThe start of the trial of former Gambian government minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland on January 8 marked another step forward on the long road of the quest for justice...
Read moreDetailsFor the second time in eight years, prominent Burundian journalist Pierre Claver Niyonkuru finds himself in exile in another country, far away from his home and family. An unexpected turn...
Read moreDetailsOn July 17, the world marked International Justice Day, to commemorate the adoption of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC is the...
Read moreDetailsFormer Gambian Interior Minister, Ousman Sonko, has been charged by a Swiss court with crimes against humanity for his alleged involvement in years of repression by the country’s security forces...
Read moreDetailsOn March 29, 2023, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted yes by consensus on Vanuatu's call to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion on...
Read moreDetailsThe Hague, the city of peace and justice, will soon become the seat of a new international organisation: the Ukraine Damage Register. The new international institution, to be set up...
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