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15/01/2026

🇬🇲 vs 🇲🇲 - What evidence does the small west African state provide to prove genocidal intent? Seven years ago, Gambia has brought Myanmar to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over genocide against the Rohingya minority. On Monday, hearing on the merits commenced.

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https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/154334-genocide-in-myanmar-the-icj-faces-the-evidence.html

By Janet H. Anderson, our correspondent in The Hague, Netherlands.

What evidence does the small west African state provide to prove genocidal intent? Seven years ago, Gambia has brought Myanmar to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over genocide against the Rohingya minority. On Monday, hearing on the merits commenced.

13/01/2026

« Une vie n’a pas de prix, mais il faut pouvoir réparer. »

- Léa Tavares Mujinga, métisse née d’un Belge et d’une Congolaise, arrachée à sa famille en 1948, a été reconnue victime et indemnisée.

Lisez notre article maintenant, sur Justice Info 👇
Rencontre avec deux métisses du Congo belge indemnisées
https://www.justiceinfo.net/fr/154282-rencontre-avec-deux-metisses-du-congo-belge-indemnisees.html

13/01/2026

🇨🇩 🇧🇪 - Il y a un an, la cour d’appel de Bruxelles rendait une décision historique en déclarant l’État belge coupable de crimes contre l’humanité commis pendant la période coloniale au Congo. Cinq femmes métisses, nées d’un Belge et d’une Congolaise, arrachées à leur famille entre 1948 et 1951 sont reconnues victimes, et indemnisées depuis. Justice Info est allé les rencontrer.

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https://www.justiceinfo.net/fr/154282-rencontre-avec-deux-metisses-du-congo-belge-indemnisees.html

Il y a un an, la cour d’appel de Bruxelles rendait une décision historique déclarant l’État belge coupable de crimes contre l’humanité pendant la période coloniale au Congo. Rencontre avec deux des cinq femmes métisses indemnisées.

12/01/2026

On January 21, 2025, two days after his arrest in a Turin hotel following a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), Osama Almasri Najim, a former head of the Libyan judicial police, was released by Rome and flown back to Tripoli in an Italian government plane.

"Italy is not only a state party but also one of the founding members of the Court, so the message being sent is very problematic." - Päivi Kaukoranta

Find out more in our article 👇
Libya, Italy and the ICC: a long history of discord
https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/154252-libya-italy-icc-long-history-of-discord.html

12/01/2026

🇱🇾 🇮🇹 , and the : a long history of discord. Last year, Italy failed to transfer a Libyan alleged war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court. What were the consequences?

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https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/154252-libya-italy-icc-long-history-of-discord.html

By Margherita Capacci, our correspondent in The Hague.

Last year, Italy failed to transfer a Libyan alleged war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court. What were the consequences?

09/01/2026

"If the US has the authority to kidnap Maduro, why doesn’t the European Union have the authority to kidnap Trump and bring him to The Hague*?" - Michael Carter (Common Defense)

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Maduro: how can justice be served when the prosecutor is the occupying force?
https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/154154-maduro-how-can-justice-be-served-when-the-prosecutor-is-the-occupying-force.html

*The Hague (Netherlands) is the city where the International Criminal Court is based.

09/01/2026

🇺🇸 🇻🇪 [opinion] - Donald Trump celebrated the New Year by marking “his” territory and opening the door to a new division of the world between Washington, Moscow and Beijing. Europe, paralysed, takes note, with its approving silence, of the death of the rule of law.

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https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/154205-trump-on-venezuela-the-rule-of-law-is-naked-lets-not-talk-about-it.html

By Stefan Wolff (for The Conversation France).

Donald Trump celebrated the New Year by marking "his" territory and opening the door to a new division of the world between Washington, Moscow and Beijing. Europe, paralysed, takes note of the death of the rule of law.

08/01/2026

- "There is a possibility that a sealed ICC* warrant may already exist for Maduro for crimes against humanity. If this turns out to be the case, it would place the Trump administration – which is sanctioning ICC judges – in the position of holding a high-value defendant and blocking his surrender for the mass atrocities that define his regime’s legacy. The Venezuelan people will keep waiting for justice, that may now not come at all."

Find out more in our article, on Justice Info 👇
Maduro: how can justice be served when the prosecutor is the occupying force?
https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/154154-maduro-how-can-justice-be-served-when-the-prosecutor-is-the-occupying-force.html

*ICC: International Criminal Court (The Hague / Netherlands)

08/01/2026

🇻🇪 [opinion] - By securing their defendant through illegal military force, the US has also stolen the prospect of accountability for Nicolás Maduro’s victims, analyses the author of this piece, who was present in New York for the first court appearance of the president of Venezuela.

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https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/154154-maduro-how-can-justice-be-served-when-the-prosecutor-is-the-occupying-force.html

By Alannah Travers.

By securing their defendant through illegal military force, the US has also stolen the prospect of accountability for Nicolás Maduro’s victims, analyses the author of this Op-ed.

07/01/2026

Tras la condena del coronel Mejía en Colombia, tras cuatro años, la lentitud del proceso de justicia transicional plantea interrogantes. ¿Dispone la JEP de tiempo suficiente para cumplir su misión? Algunos extractos a continuación 👇

En total tomó 4 años llegar a una sentencia condenatoria desde que su caso fue remitido a la Unidad de Investigación y Enjuiciamiento de la JEP.

En total, la JEP tiene un plazo legal de 10 años para presentar acusaciones y otros cinco años adicionales para concluir sus actividades, incluyendo proferir sentencias contra los máximos responsables y resolver la situación jurídica de unas 12.000 personas. Dado que comenzó a trabajar el 15 de enero de 2008, eso significa que a la justicia transicional le quedan solo dos años más para acusar.

5 preguntas clave:

❔ ¿Puede quedarse la Sala de Reconocimiento sin tiempo para presentar todas las imputaciones que le faltan?

❔ ¿Cambiará la fiscalía de la JEP la visión de que las acusaciones individuales dada la estrechez de los tiempos?

❔ ¿Se verá algún imputado tentado a no reconocer y apostar a que la UIA se quede sin tiempo de acusarlo?

❔ ¿Podría esto dañar el sistema de incentivos de la justicia transicional colombiana, que combina zanahoria y garrote para estimular el reconocimiento de responsabilidad y reducir la cantidad de casos que van a juicio?

❔ ¿Puede esto generar menor satisfacción para las víctimas, que esperan más verdad y más actos públicos de perdón?

Más información en el artículo de Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, en Justice Info 👇
https://www.justiceinfo.net/es/154097-la-condena-del-coronel-mejia-y-los-retos-para-la-justicia-transicional.html

06/01/2026

🇻🇪 [podcast] 🎧 - Yesterday in New York, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty during their first court appearance after being abducted by the US for « narco-terrorism » charges. In this timely podcast from our partners from Asymmetrical Haircuts, two experts – Brian Finucane (International Crisis Group) and Ignacio Jovtis (InterJust) – point out the satisfaction of many Venezuelans at seeing the head of state arrested. They also discuss the proceedings for international crimes allegedly committed under his regime brought before the International Criminal Court and in Argentina, and some of the hopes for a new dynamic beyond the US show of force.

Listen to the podcast now, on Justice Info 👇
https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/154114-maduro-captured-but-what-about-justice.html

In this timely podcast from Asymmetrical Haircuts, two experts point out the satisfaction of many Venezuelans at seeing the head of state arrested. They also discuss the proceedings for international crimes allegedly committed under his regime, and hopes for a new dynamic beyond the US show of force...

06/01/2026

🇨🇴 - El 19 de diciembre, la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz emitió una de sus decisiones más importantes en ocho años de trabajo. El coronel Hernán Mejía Gutiérrez fue condenado a 20 años de prisión tras ser encontrado responsable de 72 ejecuciones extrajudiciales. Pero el tiempo corre para la justicia transicional colombiana.

Lee nuestro artículo ahora, en Justice Info 👇
https://www.justiceinfo.net/es/154097-la-condena-del-coronel-mejia-y-los-retos-para-la-justicia-transicional.html

Por Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, nuestro corresponsal en Colombia.

Con la condena del coronel Mejía, la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) emitió una de sus decisiones más importantes. Pero el tiempo corre para la justicia transicional colombiana.