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Jabateh’s 30-year sentence was upheld once again, even while recognizing that the conduct underlying his fraud convictions did not constitute a crime.
This article highlights the tension between substantive justice and legal finality.
✍️ Kristina Hon, for our blog civitas-maxima.org/finality-in-...
This development reinforces the importance of pursuing justice across borders and addressing the full architecture of international crimes, including the financial networks that sustain them.
Read more: civitas-maxima.org/spanish-cour...
Spain takes a major step toward accountability. 🇪🇸⚖️
A Spanish court has expanded its investigation into Sierra Leone’s blood diamond trade to now include money laundering offences and additional suspects. 👇
Now available in English on our blog:
“The UN does not deliver justice itself, but it holds a vast trove of evidence it must make accessible.”
In this op-ed, Alain Werner, director of CM, explains why unlocking UN archives is key to fighting impunity.
Read more: civitas-maxima.org/the-un-does-...
⚖️ Out today: the 2026 Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review
Published by @trialinternational.bsky.social with Civitas Maxima, CJA, @ecchr.bsky.social, @fidh-official.bsky.social
and @redress.org with support from @uprights.bsky.social.
Read more: civitas-maxima.org/universal-ju...
L’ONU détient des millions de preuves sur les crimes de Daech, mais elles restent largement inaccessibles aux victimes et à leurs avocats.
Pour @letemps.ch, Alain Werner, directeur de Civitas Maxima, appelle à ouvrir ces archives pour rendre la justice possible. ⚖️
👉 À lire et partager sur @heidi.news
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L'article met en lumière une réalité souvent invisible :
➡️ accompagner les victimes expose à des pressions, intimidations et attaques
Mais ces risques ne sont pas les mêmes partout:
En Suisse notamment, les attaques prennent souvent la forme de diffamation.
Au Liberia, elles sont aussi physiques.
À l’occasion de nos rapports annuels, la série de Heidi.news rappelle que la lutte contre l’impunité ne repose pas seulement sur la CPI, mais sur l’engagement d’acteurs multiples : ONG, juristes, victimes.
📢 À lire : article 5 « Aider les victimes, c’est risquer d’être soi-même attaqué »
CM joined @hrw.org and partners in a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council calling on #Liberia to turn renewed momentum on accountability into a fully functioning war crimes court. ⚖️
Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
