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Congo Justice: Word Against Word
Sexual predator? Or unwitting victim of conspiracy? With no DNA tests and little medical evidence, many cases before the Kamituga mobile court come down to testimony—one person's word against another's.
Uganda Must Release Al Amin Kimathi
Human rights in Uganda are being eroded under the guise of preserving national security, and meanwhile, Western powers appear willing to turn a blind eye.
Case Watch: Speeding up Human Rights Justice in Europe
The European Court of Human Rights currently has a backlog of over 140,000 cases that are waiting to be considered. What now?
Congo Justice: What Happened in Fizi
Earlier this year, a mobile court much like the one in Kamituga found a group of soldiers guilty of rape as a crime against humanity. The verdict still resonates.
Justice From the Ground Up
How do you end impunity for the most serious crimes? The International Criminal Court is not the whole answer. Domestic courts must play a role. A new experiment in how this might work in practice is currently underway in eastern Congo.
Congo Justice: The First Verdicts
After days of testimony in Kamituga, crowds throng to hear the mobile court pass judgment on three men. At stake: twenty years in a Congo prison cell.
Don’t Get Arrested in Nigeria
A recent study reported that more than 65 percent of Nigeria’s prison population is being held awaiting trial—a legal limbo that, on average, lasts nearly four years. A new initiative is working to change that.
Congo Justice: Sick in Their Hearts
Many of the crimes being tried before the Kamituga mobile court took place in the nearby town of Mwenga. In conversations with local people, it quickly becomes clear that the experience of the war here is still actively shaping the present.
Congo Justice: Pink Smock v. Police Blue
In eastern Congo, under the tropical sun, the first cases at the Kamituga mobile court are underway. With a crowd looking on, a policeman accused of sexual assault faced testimony from a ten-year-old girl.
Congo Justice: The Defendants Arrive
Hundreds of onlookers gather round, undeterred by the rain and mud, as a mobile court in eastern Congo begins the trial of soldiers and policemen accused of rape. An eyewitness chronicle.
Europe Finds Some Religions More Equal Than Others
By banning headscarves, what message is Europe sending to its Muslim population? That we are open, tolerant and pluralistic, but not towards you?
What Is Complementarity? Q & A with James A. Goldston
Unfamiliar with the concept? You aren't alone. Welcome to the next big thing in international justice.
Time to Turn Legal Victories into Better Lives for Roma
Despite considerable legal gains, discrimination against Roma remains widespread in Europe, and while violence has subsided in some countries, it has increased in others.
When Rape Is a Tool of War
The raw courage demonstrated by Eman al-Obeidy in telling her story of alleged repeated gang rape and torture in Libya is helping change the dialogue in Libya and the Middle East about the use of sexual violence as a weapon of repression.
Justice in Guatemala: Stranger Than Fiction
In a country well-acquainted with murder and twisting tales of deceit, there's a sense of having seen it all. Then along comes the story of Rodrigo Rosenberg.
Dominican Reforms Fall Short
The Dominican Republic is talking up reforms in its discriminatory process for acquiring national identity documents. A closer look reveals a much less encouraging picture.
Khmer Rouge Court at Critical Point
The fate of five suspected perpetrators of mass atrocities remains undecided—and they may never reach trial because of interference from the Cambodian government.
Stateless in Kuwait: Who Are the Bidoon?
Believe it or not, one of the richest countries on earth simply cannot be bothered to document the size of its stateless population, let alone resolve this long-standing problem.
Article 19 Under the Microscope
In the wake of Wikileaks and in the midst of the turmoil across the Middle East and North Africa, today at the UN the Human Rights Committee will reconsider its interpretation of Article 19, which guarantees the right to freedom of expression....
Something Rotten in Denmark
It's rare that statelessness finds its way into the headlines. But with one minister resigning and another now under attack, a fight over citizenship policy is roiling the political scene in Denmark.