The Special Criminal Court was created in 2015 in Bangui – under the sponsorship of the UN – by the government of the Central African Republic, one of the least developed countries, which plunged into a civil war in 2013, writes Alain Werner, director of Civitas Maxima.
He reportedly shouted against Syria’s reintegration into the Arab League and Russia’s presidency of the Security Council. But the vocal advocate for international justice, who served as a prosecutor at Nuremberg, passed away in April at the age of 103. A tribute.
What justice for Iran’s international crimes? OPINION. Outside the UN General Assembly, Iran has just reiterated that its national Hamid Nouri, former prosecutor and prison officer, was illegally convicted in Sweden this summer. Thanks to universal jurisdiction, international justice is progressing, but, sometimes, politics twists the law, as our reporter stated. On July 14, 2022, […]
Liberia: US War Crimes Ambassador’s Visit Rights Groups Call for Justice for Civil Wars-era Crimes (Monrovia, October 4, 2022) – The United States government should stand with victims of civil wars-era crimes in Liberia by signaling its support for a war crimes court to deliver justice and to foster durable peace and stability in the country, eight Liberian and international […]
