The African Union and the European Union successfully concluded the fifth AU-EU expert seminar on transitional justice, held from June 19 to 20, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria. Hosted under the Initiative for Transitional Justice in Africa, the seminar brought together more than 50 experts, policymakers, researchers, and civil society representatives to discuss the critical role of reparations in fostering justice, reconciliation, and sustainable peace.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy formally approved plans to set up a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.  

The special tribunal will be created through an agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe, the continent’s top human rights body.  

Artists in Serbia have criticized the appointment of a nationalist ex-paramilitary chief as the head of the National Theatre board, as the authorities crack down on the culture sector days before an expected new wave of anti-government protests.  

At least 16 people have been killed and 400 injured in Kenya as a nationwide demonstration to honor those killed during last year’s anti-government protests turned chaotic, with police clashing with protesters in different parts of the country. 

A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced him to seven years in prison, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan’s southern island, which has a heavy American troop presence.  

At Brazil’s Supreme Court, Lt. Col. Mauro Cid testified against his onetime ally, former Defense Minister Gen. Walter Braga Netto. Cid testified that Braga Netto took part in a meeting in November 2022 during which military officials discussed plans to stop current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office.  

At least 120 children have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique in recent days, Human Rights Watch said, warning of a rise in abductions in the country’s troubled Cabo Delgado province.  

A United Nations peacekeeper was killed during an attack by armed men in Central African Republic, the UN said as the Security Council expressed concerns over growing attacks against peacekeepers in the country.  

A judge in El Salvador ordered that a lawyer and well-known critic of President Nayib Bukele remain in jail as his prosecution on charges of money laundering proceeds in a blow to critics pushing back against the government.