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Jean-François Ricard: "We must give ourselves the means to judge these crimes against humanity"

2022-05-08T17:58:28.253Z


INTERVIEW – Ten years after its creation, the judicial center for crimes against humanity is investigating some 160 cases, at the prosecutor's office or under investigation, concerning around thirty countries, from Rwanda to Ukraine.


The judicial center for crimes against humanity, war crimes and offenses was born in 2012. From Ukraine to Rwanda, via the Syrian-Iraqi zone, the head of the national anti-terrorist prosecution (Pnat), Jean-François Ricard, and Aurélie Belliot, in charge of this pole within the Pnat, detail for

Le Figaro

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Some 80 preliminary investigations and 80 judicial inquiries are in progress.

With, at the prosecution, five, soon to be six, magistrates as well as three specialized assistants.

The specialized investigation center has four examining magistrates and three specialized assistants.

In ten years, the number of cases has increased sharply, with great geographic diversification.

About thirty countries are concerned, including Rwanda, the historical origin of the pole, Ukraine, Libya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Sri Lanka and Liberia.

And about forty...

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