A 72-year-old Rwandan man, Vénant R., was extradited to Rwanda on 26 July 2021, according to Dutch news agency NOS. His extradition became more likely when the Appeals Court of The Hague denied his request to forbid it in May 2021. R., born in 1949, has resided for years in the Netherlands, where he first…
On 16 July, the District Court of The Hague convicted Ahmad al K., a 49-year-old Syrian asylum seeker for his involvement in a war crime, the execution of captured officer of the Syrian air force Qussai Mahmoud Al Ali, who was hors de combat (and thus a protected person). A video of the execution, near…
CICJ researchers Mohammad Hossein Mojtahedi and Joris van Wijk recently published an article in the International Journal of Transitional Justice. Balancing justice and long-term security in a post-conflict context is already complex in a secular state, but arguably even more complex in theocratic or highly religious states in which both state and non-state actors respectively…
By Maarten van Munster & Joris van Wijk – It was a landmark speech. On May 26, Angola’s president apologized and asked forgiveness for mass executions that occurred in 1977. He also announced the returning of victims’ remains to their families and the issuance of death certificates. But what does this mean for Angola’s wider…
On 21 April 2021, the District Court of The Hague convicted a 31-year-old Syrian man, Ahmed al-Y., who had applied for asylum in the Netherlands, to a six-year prison sentence on charges of membership of a terrorist organisation and the war crime of outrage upon personal dignity. Ahmed al-Y. lived in Syria in 2015 and…