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“Any warlord, any militia leader in any part of the DRC should be on notice that we are looking at new ways to forge a stronger partnership with the DRC”. Troubling in light of #ICC’s history with #Congo —collaborating with the State, not speaking justice to its power www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-pro...

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#USA Envoy for Special Missions, Richard Grenell, calls the release of #Kosovo’s ex-President, Hashim #Thaci, from detention by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, where he has been on trial for war crimes since April 2023 balkaninsight.com/2025/02/17/t...

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Of heads of state known to be wanted for atrocity crimes, all except Putin who also covers Europe, are from Africa and Asia @justiceinfonet

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#Eurojust’s “National Authorities Against Impunity (IMPNA) project” aims to widen scope beyond #EU borders of political and legal actions against impunity for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity @eurojust.bsky.social www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/new-eur...

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“Like it or not, the [international] rules-based order is no more”, says @ivodaalder.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/rule...

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For what international law is still worth: “What International Law Says About [#USA President] #Trump’s Proposal to Remove Palestinians From #Gaza” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/w...

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Court in Stockholm convicted a Swedish woman of #genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in #Syria in 2015 against #Yazidi women and children www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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Added to sanctions against the #ICC, also the #USA’s “freeze of foreign funding (through USAID) has begun impacting an international effort to hold #Russia responsible for alleged war crimes in #Ukraine” www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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#UN Security Council warned that the #Afghanistan -based Islamic State-Khorasan (#ISK) remains a significant threat to regional and global security www.voanews.com/a/un-securit...

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#Afghanistan’s “humanitarian situation.… remains extremely dire as a result of decades of armed conflict, economic hardship and natural disasters”, reports the #ICRC. "Afghanistan remained one of the most heavily weapon-contaminated countries in the world” www.icrc.org/en/article/a...

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#USA President, Donald #Trump, adds (see “annex”) the first name on his list of individually targeted sanctions against the International Criminal Court, #ICC: 1. the court’s Chief Prosecutor, Mr. Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, (#UK)

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#ICC condemns the issuance of #USA Executive Order seeking to impose sanctions www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-con...

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Bob Marley, who would have turned 80 yesterday, sang about the international moral order: “That until that day The dream of lasting peace World citizenship Rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued But never attained Now everywhere is war War” —“War”, 1976

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The Dutch government says it "deplores" President Trump's decree against the International Criminal Court. "The activities of the Court are essential in the fight against lawlessness", Minister of Foreign Affairs Caspar Veldkamp said on X. The ICC is established in The Hague.

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#USA President widely sanctions International Criminal Court, #ICC, over alleged “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting #America and our close ally #Israel” — including issuing “baseless arrest warrants” for Benjamin #Netanyahu and Yoav #Gallant www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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"We tried to be constructive, tried to support the rules-based order, but #Mauritius has been completely unreasonable & now it will never be returned." British Members of Parliament, incl. inside #Labour, voice opposition to the deal to cede the #Chagos islands. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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International Criminal Court #ICC opens portal for evidence & information on potential atrocity crimes in the Democratic Republic of the #Congo — particularly in #Goma, North Kivu, following clashes between the military and #M23 (incl. allies) otplink.icc-cpi.int

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#USA deported and now holds “migrants” in a military prison building (Camp 6) at #Guantánamo Bay, #Cuba, that until recently housed “global war on terror” detainees, including suspected Al Qa’ida members and accused conspirators of 9/11 @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social

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What USA’s suspension of USAID could mean for Afghanistan p.dw.com/p/4q46x

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#Kosovo's Specialist Chambers sentenced three former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters to prison terms after international prosecutors made a plea deal with them, in which they admitted witness intimidation and obstruction of justice balkaninsight.com/2025/02/04/k...

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Foundations laid for tribunal to try #Russia leadership for #Ukraine invasion, #EU says. Politicians and lawyers have struggled to find the right courtroom for nearly three years www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire. Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as M23 rebels seize city www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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“Senior legal experts of the European Commission, the European External Action Service, the Council of Europe, Ukraine and 37 States laid down the legal foundations for the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine” ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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Trump withdraws the USA from the United Nations Human Rights Council thehill.com/policy/inter...

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Was a #Guantánamo Bay Confession Voluntary? A Judge Will Soon Decide. “The 9/11 case is at a crossroads in the long running challenge over whether a key confession is tainted by CIA torture” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

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Liberia’s government sets course to establish war crimes tribunal www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...

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International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals — former ICTY — denies Radislav #Krstić’s direct petition for early release www.irmct.org/sites/defaul...

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“Colonial archives hold the violence of the past, but they also carry the potential for anti-colonial futures—if radically reimagined for justice and accessibility” #transitionalhistory

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#SriLanka’s civil war ended nearly 16 years ago, with alleged war crimes committed on all sides. Will the country break with the past? @justiceinfo.bsky.social www.justiceinfo.net/en/140999-sr...

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The brutal reality cloaked by the myth of modern surgical warfare. The USA ‘torture memo’ mondediplo.com/2025/02/03sy...

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Is vengeance ever justice? On the search for an international legal order that removes the need for vengeance mondediplo.com/2025/02/08ju...

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About 100 Marines have landed at Guantanamo Bay to secure President Trump's migrant surge. What we know and what they need to do. w/ @EricSchmittNYT www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

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Records of the American Military Tribunals’ 12 post-#WWII trials of #Nazi leaderships (1946 and 1949) to be digitised #AMT

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With Bart Nauta, we wrote about the international justice community’s — including the #ICC — stance on condemnation, compensation, and convalescence. See: “A Cage Went in Search of a Bird: On the Politics of Condemnation, Compensation and Convalescence” #Mokom.

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#GOMA DISPATCH: Life After a Rebel Takeover, in the Democratic Republic of the #Congo www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/w...

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#USA President orders the housing of tens of thousands of “criminal aliens” at the Navy base at #Guantánamo Bay, #Cuba … a location where the country since 2002 holds prisoners of its war on terror and had war crimes cases against several alleged 9/11 conspirators www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

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#Afghanistan refugees feel 'betrayed' by incoming President Donald #Trump order blocking move to #USA www.bbc.com/news/article...

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République démocratique du #Congo : la rébellion du #M23 et 3 000 à 4 000 soldats rwandais menacent #Goma www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

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Dozens killed in drone attack on hospital in #Sudan’s #Darfur www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

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#Cambodia to punish #KhmerRouge #genocide denial with jail under draft law www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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It is very hard gauging the application’s strength: the 30+ pp. of narrative summarise basic common knowledge, references to general information are redacted, details about the expert witness’ report on the Taliban are withheld, and the responsibility parts are entirely redacted

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🇺🇦 #Ukraine - Finland 🇫🇮 is the stage for an unusual trial where Voislav Torden, a Russian citizen from the Rusich paramilitary group, is charged with #WarCrimes committed in Ukraine. By @nettebjorkqvist.bsky.social www.justiceinfo.net/en/140579-fi...

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#InternationalCriminalCourt Prosecutor wants arrest warrants for #Afghanistan’s #Taliban Supreme Leader, Haibatullah #AKHUNDZADA, & its Justice Chief, Abdul Hakim #HAQQANI — accusing them of the ongoing crime against humanity of #persecution on #gender grounds #ICC www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...

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#ICC seeks answers after #Italy freed suspect (Osama Elmasry Njeem) of crimes against humanity and war crimes in #Libya www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

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USA President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend the USA refugee programme could leave at least 2,000 Afghans in limbo who had previously been approved to resettle edition.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...

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Rights of Prisoners in a Digital Age? #IRMCT denies request of 14 #ICTR prisoners in #Benin to have devices containing case documents returned to them Choosing "to store such information electronically does not transform their electronic devices into documents relating to their legal proceedings”

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#USA swaps prisoners with #Afghanistan www.npr.org/2025/01/21/g...

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#USA President Donald #Trump revokes his predecessor’s executive order that terminated Trump’s earlier sanctions against the #ICC www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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#Italy arrested and released a #Libya general Osama Najim (aka #Almasri), who is wanted by the #ICC warrant for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... www.barrons.com/news/italy-r...

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