Weekly News Recap (21 – 27 September 2026) © Photo by United Nations Photo via Flickr International Justice Section ICJ: Colombia Withdraws Intervention in South Africa v. Israel Genocide Case ECtHR: Finds No Violation of Article 5(1) in UK’s Delayed Prisoner Releases UK: Rwandan Man Appears in Court Charged with Genocide Offences Switzerland: Appeals CourtContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (21 – 27 September 2026)”
Tag Archives: Ethiopia
Weekly News Recap (27 April – 3 May 2026)
Weekly News Recap (27 April – 3 May 2026) © Photo by Razvan Orendovici via Flickr International Justice Section Kosovo: Court Finds OSCE Employee Guilty of Spying for Serbia Czechia: Court Sentences Man to Seven Years After Attempted Synagogue Arson Attack Ivory Coast: Court Sentences Six Men to Life Imprisonment Over 2020 Jihadist Attack ICC:Continue reading “Weekly News Recap (27 April – 3 May 2026)”
Weekly News Recap (10 – 16 November 2025)
Weekly News Recap (10 – 16 November 2025) © Photo by Alisdare Hickson via Flickr International Justice Section IRMCT: Bosnian Croat Official Convicted of War Crimes Granted Early Release Kosovo: Former Serbian Police Officer Convicted of War Crimes in Prizren IRMCT: Rejects Mladić’s Request for Temporary Release Sweden: Appeal Court Upholds First-Ever Genocide Conviction forContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (10 – 16 November 2025)”
Weekly News Recap (19 – 25 May 2025)
Weekly News Recap (19 – 25 May 2025) © Photo by UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia via Flickr International Justice Section Lithuania: Case Filed at ICJ Against Belarus for Migrant Smuggling ECtHR: Germany Violated Protester’s Right to Assembly Over Plastic Visor Conviction Hungary: Moves to Leave ICC Amidst Netanyahu Arrest Warrant ControversyContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (19 – 25 May 2025)”
Weekly News Recap (10 – 16 March 2025)
Weekly News Recap (10 – 16 March 2025) © Photo by fondo andaluz de municipios para la solidaridad internacional via Flickr International Justice Section Guatemala: Journalist José Rubén Zamora Reimprisoned on Money Laundering Charges ICC: Arrest of Former Philippines President Duterte Hailed as Huge Step Towards Accountability ICJ: 45 Statements Received Ahead of Upcoming PublicContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (10 – 16 March 2025)”
Weekly News Recap (9 – 15 December 2024)
Weekly News Recap (9 – 15 December 2024) © Photo by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid via Flickr International Justice Section KSC: Two Deny Witness-Tampering Charges in Kosovo’s Thaci Trial ICJ: DRC Files Declaration of Intervention in Case between Gambia and Myanmar Concerning Application of the Genocide Convention US: Two Former Syrian Air ForceContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (9 – 15 December 2024)”
Weekly News Recap (22 – 28 July 2024)
Weekly News Recap (22 – 28 July 2024) © Photo by United Nations Photo via Flickr International Justice Section Germany: Court Rules No General Danger to Civilians in Syria, Rejecting Asylum Claim On 22 July 2024, a German higher administrative court in Muenster ruled that the long-running conflict in Syria no longer poses a generalContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (22 – 28 July 2024)”
Weekly News Recap (1 – 7 April 2024)
Weekly News Recap (1-7 April 2024) © Photo by Sweveler via Flickr International Justice Section Pakistan: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Prison Sentence Suspended Russia: Russian Court Extends Pre-Trial Detention of Russian-American Journalist until June Serbia: Belgrade Court Proceedings on Yugoslav Army Soldiers’ Alleged War Crimes USA: January 6 Capitol Riot Leader Sentenced to MoreContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (1 – 7 April 2024)”
Ethiopia: Sexual Violence as a War Crime
Women and girls in Ethiopia have been the predominant target of sexual assaults and SGBV resulting in severe harm to their physical and psychological integrity.
The Tigray Crisis: A Genocide in the Making?
Given the recurring pattern of ethnic violence against the Tigrayan population, the risk of mass atrocities amounting to genocide could be imminent.