#LundinTrial (crimes in Sudan / trial in Sweden) - Alex Schneiter's defence in brief 👇 ... #WarCrimes #UniversalJurisdiction

#WarWords - 🗨️ "In Sudan, the problem is not only the existence of legal offences related to collaboration or aiding armed actors. Many legal systems recognise such crimes." 👇 Quotes by Eglal Hamid, Sudanese writer and policy commentator #CollaborationTrials #language #WarLanguage

123 countries have voted for a UN resolution recognising slavery of Africans as "the gravest crime against humanity". They are calling for reparative justice. Quote from Maurizio Delli Santi's article 👇 #SlaveTrade #slavery #CrimeAgainstHumanity

#JusticeInGuatemala - “For all of us who have sought justice and fought against impunity, this is a sigh of relief,” Rosalina Tuyuc, told Justice Info regarding Porras’s imminent departure from the Attorney General’s Office. #IndigenousRights #impunity #corruption #transitionalJustice

#InternationalCriminalCourt - Excerpt from Karim Khan’s interview with Mehdi Hasan: “Can you confirm today that you had no sexual relations with this woman who worked for you [and] under you?” asks Hassan. “Well, I didn't,” answers Khan. More below 👇

#LundinTrial in Sweden - The defence’s closing theme was the reverse of the prosecution’s. The prosecution says war enabled oil. The defence says oil required peace. “It was not fighting, but peace, that made operations possible.” #WarAndPeace #WarCrimes #UniversalJurisdiction

Crimes in Syria + Trial in Germany = #UniversalJurisdiction - 3 quotes from the accused, Fahd Al-Hamid (Syrian former prison guard / defector). #Syria #JusticeForSyria #defectors

#Syria: excerpts from our report 👉 “My son is not a terrorist!” Om Eyhab screamed, as the crowded court held its breath and listened. “I am Om Eyhab Al-Mhamid,” she added. “You killed him in Ramadan, on August 15, 2012, because he was handing out bread ... #AtefNajibTrial #TransitionalJustice

When the US uses #militaryAI in Iran, to what extent are the use of AI to carry out these strikes and the error (at Minab School) committed lawful under #InternationalLaw? Quotes from Luis Perez 👇 #Iran #Minab #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #IHL #AI

#Iran - “During war, human rights violations don’t get attention and there is less political cost for the regime,” says Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, an Iranian exile in Norway who is director of the NGO Iran Human Rights. #WarCrimes #HumanRights #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #IHL

#Whistleblowers and #TransitionalJustice in Gambia - Didier Gbery, Gambia's representative for the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), said a strong legal and institutional measure should be in place for proper vetting to ensure a safe working environment for victims.

Australian #WarCrimes in #Afghanistan - Professor Donald Rothwell, of The Australian National University, says that the Schultz case “is the test case for how the law works, and how the procedures will be applied before the courts”.

#InternationalCriminalCourt #KarimKhan - A statement by the coalition of NGOs from Francophone Africa for the ICC has been addressed to the ASP bureau, insisting on the integrity of the process. Quote from Ali Ouattara, the coordinator 👇

#JusticeReporters in #Syria [video] - On 18/04, Justice Info hosted a panel discussion at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy. The full recording of this discussion (50min) is available on the event website and on YouTube. 👇 #IJF26 #InternationalJournalism #Perugia #journalism

Will you be in Perugia (Italy) tomorrow, Saturday morning? Don’t miss our panel discussion: "Justice at last? Covering Syrian justice playing out on multiple stages" The event will be live streamed 👉 www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20... #InternationalJournalism #IJF26 #Perugia #HumanRights

#Lafarge: This is a “historic” verdict that is “proportionate to the extreme gravity of the facts”, says Cannelle Lavite, co-director of the Business and Human Rights Program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) which was recognized as a civil party. @ecchr.bsky.social

#InternationalJournalism - This week, from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 April, Justice Info will be attending the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy. #Perugia #IJF26 #InternationalJustice #JusticeReporting

#Lundin executives accused in Sweden of complicity in war crimes commited in Sudan - “The company operated in an environment of maximum insecurity - and that was seen as an advantage, because it kept competitors away.”

#deportation from #Belarus to #Lithuania - It's a “huge issue”, confirms Marieke De Hoon (University of Amsterdam), who has visited the country regularly, with “migrants being pushed into their [Lithuanian] territory” & the pushback. #HumanRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #InternationalCriminalCourt

David Deng (lawyer): “Ultimately the onus is on South Sudanese to make something happen, and unfortunately we have a culture of dependency, which has come with decades of international intervention. We have to find a way of overcoming that.” #SouthSudan #TransitionalJustice

#USsanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and NGOs 👉 Elizabeth Evenson, international justice director at the US-based Human Rights Watch, wishes to assure of her organisation’s continued commitment. #InternationalCriminalCourt @humanrightswatch.bsky.social

#Palestine - "We know it is not easy to work in human rights: you might be arrested, deported, or even killed working in this field. But it is a human and noble act, and we will continue." - Issam Younis (Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, palestinian NGO) #USsanctions

#DigitalSovereignty - “The sanctions have been an eye-opening moment for the court, as well as NGOs and individuals working in the field of justice and accountability, on the level of dependency on US tech and the US financial systems.” – Zoé Paris @coalitionfortheicc.org #ICC #USsanctions

Question from Justice Info to Richard J. Rogers (Human rights lawyer) 👉 In what sense the sanctions against ICC senior prosecutors and judges are a clear departure from past practices? #InternationalCriminalCourt #sanctions

Read below (thread) the first paragraphs of our article analysing the state scandal behind the reparations process in The Gambia following Yahya Jammeh's dictatorship. 👇 FYI: Transparency International (@anticorruption.bsky.social) #Gambia #YahyahJammeh #corruption

Sexual misconduct allegations against Karim Khan (prosecutor of the International Criminal Court): how is the investigation progressing? A few quotes from our article to clarify matters 👇 #KarimKhan #InternationalCriminalCourt

The US in #Haiti 👉 William O’Neill, say the Trump administration’s main policy goals in Haiti, as stated by the US ambassador to that country, are to prevent a total collapse of the state, and prevent mass Haitian migration to the United States. #HumanRights #gangs

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#JusticeInBangladesh - Former Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam (predecessor of Aminul Islam, the new prosecutor close to the opposing political party) expressed confidence that the three tribunal’s verdicts delivered during his tenure would withstand scrutiny on appeal.

#Ukraine #deportation - 19,546 children. 16 notices of suspicion. 10 defendants. 0 verdict. Why? Thread 👇