Human Rights

In 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...

The 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...

The 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...

For 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...

On 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...

Former 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...

On 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...

The 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...

Ethnic profiling, the practice whereby people are singled out for extra strict controls because of the colour of their skin, for example at airports, must cease, the Court of Appeal...

Now that peace seems to be holding in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, attention is turning to the human rights situation and the violations that were reported during the two-year conflict. The...