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On 23 January 2025, a pre-sentence evidentiary hearing was held in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the case against Laye Sekou Camara, aka K-1.
For decades, hope for justice for victims of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria could be found neither in Syrian courts nor in international tribunals.
Laye Sekou Camara, alleged high-ranking member of the LURD, who was due to stand trial for immigration fraud in Philadelphia beginning on 21 January 2025 has plead guilty to all four counts of immigration fraud.
Laye Sekou Camara, also known by his noms de guerre “General K-1” and “General Dragon Master”, is alleged to have participated in Liberia’s brutal second civil war as a high-ranking member of the LURD.
The dramatic fall of the Syrian regime ten days ago has once again highlighted the growing importance of national jurisdictions in prosecuting the most serious international crimes.
The ICC has attracted global attention with its spectacular arrest warrants against Putin and Netanyahu. However, the return of the Republicans in the United States might seal the ICC’s future inability to act.
(Geneva, 28 November 2024) – Senator Prince Y. Johnson, founder and former leader of the Independent National Patriotic Front (INPFL) during the first Liberian civil war died today.
n 17 October 2024, the ECOWAS Court rendered its decision on Liberia’s failure to investigate the Lutheran Church massacre.
During his visit to Geneva in early October, Civitas Maxima had the pleasure and honor of welcoming Juan Garcés, a Spanish lawyer and former advisor to President Salvador Allende.
Actions to halt the war, stop arms exports, and prosecute perpetrators of crimes: the tragic events that have unfolded since October 7, 2023, in Israel and Palestine have triggered a historically unprecedented wave of global judicial activity.
Anyone working to deliver justice for victims of international crimes knows that the judicial process can be hindered by political considerations at every stage. Recent news has once again reminded us of this harsh truth.
On 2 July, a Spanish businessman was arrested in Málaga for his alleged participation in the illegal trade of so-called blood diamonds and for his alleged complicity in crimes committed during the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone.
