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Executive Director, TRIAL International. #UniversalJurisdiction #CompétenceUniverselle Soft spot: believes in the rule of law
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🚨 Very interesting justice news from #Finland ⚖️ A Finnish court has sentenced #Russian national Voislav Torden to life imprisonment for #warcrimes committed in #Ukraine’s Luhansk region in 2014. The court dismissed the main... www.justiceinfo.net/en/142773-fi... www.justiceinfo.net/en/142773-fi...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

And then of course there are those heads of state or government that either have not (yet?) been brought to trial, died along the way or were acquitted. 🔹 Rodrigo Duterte – Philippines. Just arrived at the #ICC. Charges: Crimes against humanity related to his "war on drugs" campaign.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

⚖️ A good moment to remind that other heads of state or governments have been convicted for atrocity crimes. As Rodrigo #Duterte is about to arrive later today at the #ICC, history shows that impunity is not absolute. While not all trials in the past respected the rights of the accused—unlike...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

#ICC's biggest catch ever on his way to a prison cell in The Hague! ⚖️ 🇵🇭 ↗️ ✈️ ↘️ 🇳🇱 www.justiceinfo.net/en/142627-ex...

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🚨 🚨 🚨 Huuuuuuuuuuge news. Rodrigo Duterte, #Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on #ICC Warrant www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...

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#Sudan has filed a case against the #UAE at the Int'l Court of Justice #ICJ, accusing it of violating the #Genocide Convention by supporting the RSF, which allegedly committed genocide in West Darfur in 2023. A hearing on emergency measures is expected soon. 🔗 www.justiceinfo.net/en/142364-su...

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A former top Iranian intelligence official has been accused of human rights abuses in a Florida federal lawsuit filed by three men, alleging his involvement in their detention and #torture in #Iran during the 1970s. ​ www.law360.com/articles/230...

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#Ukraine #WarCrimes #Accountability 👋 Good morning, it's the week of March 3rd, 2025, and on Friday a verdict is expected in a historical #warcrimes cases in #Finland. #Russian national Voislav Torden, aka Yan Petrovsky, has been facing accusations... tass.com/world/1907145

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Suggested readings for the War Criminals Book Club: 1. Prosecuting the Powerful, by @stevecrawshaw.bsky.social 2. The Memory Seeker, by @niezen.bsky.social

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Will Frontex ever be found responsible for alleged human rights violations? Analysis of a pending case before the CJEU, by Antje Kunst - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/02/ws-a...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

📰It's out: the @ec.europa.eu has announced its #Omnibus proposal And it's BAD🚨 If adopted as it stands, Omnibus would deliver a devastating blow to the EU’s commitments to climate neutrality & its pledge to uphold human rights on the global stage corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...

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#Afghanistan #ICC Withdrawal from the International Criminal Court: is it that simple? The #Taliban recently announced their intent to withdraw Afghanistan from the International Criminal Court. But can they actually do it? 🧵👇 www.voanews.com/a/taliban-wi...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

#Germany #Israel #Gaza What does it say when an incoming Chancellor poses as one of his very first pronouncements that he will violate international law? #DoubleStandards www.justiceinfo.net/en/141977-me...

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Today marks 3 years since Putin's Russia commenced its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It has been 11 long years since it started its acts of aggression and the brutal war aimed at submitting Ukraine and destroying it as a sovereign state. There will be truth and accountability.

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The decision of the Taliban to withdraw Afghanistan from the #ICC has no legal effect on atrocities already committed, for which Taliban leaders have been targeted with arrest warrants. Taliban withdraw Afghanistan from International Criminal Court: www.voanews.com/a/taliban-wi...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

#Sudan #WarCrimes #ICC #Kenya So... Sudan's RSF deputy commander was in Kenya, and no ICC arrest warrant was issued? On Friday, Abdel Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, deputy commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—a militia accused of war crimes, ethnic cleansing... www.justiceinfo.net/en/141933-su...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 #Switzerland - yes, Switzerland - recognizes it has committed #crimesagainsthumanity. The 🇨🇭 Government has acknowledged that the forced removals and assimilation of Yenish and Manouches/Sinti under the “Children of the Open Road” program amount to crimes against humanity. 🔗 lnkd.in/djEKawJM

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment