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the Spanish court entrusted with jurisdiction over international crimes committed abroad, reopened the pre-trial investigation into international crimes allegedly committed by a Spanish national during the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone.
War today seems to be the only agenda for some major powers, including a war against justice itself. U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) continue.
In 2009, the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report where it made several recommendations designed to promote justice and reconciliation in post-war Liberia.
On May 27, 2025, the criminal division of the Jura-Bernois-Seeland Regional Court, in Switzerland, found Mr. Alan White, a U.S. citizen, guilty of the offence of defamation committed on July 19, 2021 against Alain Werner, the Director of CM.
Legal news often make fewer headlines on what is — or isn’t — happening on the political or humanitarian front in conflict regions. Yet, important developments continue to occur across all continents.
Liberian President Joseph Boakai should follow through on his commitment to justice and human rights by renewing an executive order key to establishing a war crimes court to address accountability for civil war-era crimes in the country.
This year Liberia will undergo the fourth review of its human rights records, as part of the UPR, a mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council to periodically examine the human rights situation of all UN Member States.
TRIAL International, in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, the CJA, the ECCHR, the FIDH, and REDRESS, published the 2025 edition of the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review.
Kunti Kamara's judgment marked a step forward in the fight against impunity. It sent an important message to both perpetrators and victims of the most serious crimes: these crimes do not go unpunished.
The world urgently needs a public mobilization around humanitarian law and the necessity of maintaining minimum standards of humanity in war.
The current rate of progress, gender equality won’t be achieved for well over a century. Recent data shows that without further action it will take until 2158, which is roughly five generations from now, to reach full gender parity.
The new U.S. administration is targeting both the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Geneva Conventions, as evidenced by the new Secretary of Defense’s stance on international humanitarian law. It is time to wake up, writes Alain Werner.
