All Justice Info articles since 2015
All articles published on Justice Info (original and republications) are displayed on this page in chronological order. Only our Hirondelle News archives and the AFP news feed (except for dispatches edited by us) are excluded from this list.
Kosovo elections with war crimes court and international justice in mind
11 June 2017
by AFP
Kosovo voted Sunday for a new parliament that will have to navigate tense relations with Serbia, endemic corruption and possible war crimes indictments for some of its leaders. The early general election is only the third since Ko [...]
Make migrant trafficking crime against humanity: police chiefs
8 June 2017
by AFP
European police and naval chiefs on Thursday called for migrant trafficking of the kind currently taking place in Libya to be declared a crime against humanity. At talks in Rome, senior figures in the fight against the deadly trad [...]
7 June 2017
by AFP
Bosnian nationalists are making "unacceptable provocations" by glorifying convicted war criminals and denying crimes from the 1992-1995 war, the UN prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia said Wednesday. Serge Brammertz urged the Sec [...]
7 June 2017
by François Musseau, correspondent in Madrid
Is the concept of universal jurisdiction, in which Spanish judges used to lead the way, about to come back in Spain? A Bill to this effect is in the parliamentary works, even if it is blocked for the moment by the party in power, [...]
6 June 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Will the ICC take up crimes against migrants in Libya?
Amid the chaos in Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in April denounced a veritable “slave market” where migrants are being sold for forced labour or sexual exploitation. But will the ICC investigate? A few [...]
6 June 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Challenges of confronting the past in CAR and Tunisia
Once again the Central African Republic (CAR) dominated transitional justice news this week. The UN published a damning report on human rights violations in the country, while the Prosecutor of the CAR’s Special Criminal Court, a [...]
2 June 2017
by JusticeInfo.Net
Central African Special Court needs public strategy, says UN
In a report published this week in Bangui, the United Nations documents 620 cases of grave human rights violations committed in the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2015. They include sexual violence, acts of torture in deten [...]
2 June 2017
by Julia Crawford
Will Switzerland dare to prosecute two African leaders the Gambian Sonko and the Liberian Kosiah ?
Human rights NGOs hope Switzerland has the political will to prosecute former Gambian minister Ousman Sonko and former Liberian rebel leader Alieu Kosiah. Sonko is suspected of crimes against humanity while Kosiah is charged with [...]
31 May 2017
by NYAN HLAING LYNN & OLIVER SLOW | FRONTIER
Mixed results at Myanmar peace conference
Myanmar's second 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference in Nay Pyi Taw last week ended with some signs of progress but also highlighted the huge challenges the country faces to finally achieve peace.It began with a good-cop, [...]
31 May 2017
by Frontier Myanmar
ICRC chief pleads for humanitarian access in Myanmar
The International Committee of the Red Cross works to provide relief to people within conflict zones. During a recent visit to tour ICRC projects and meet Myanmar officials, committee president Peter Maurer sat down for an intervi [...]
30 May 2017
by AFP
UN rights council names team to probe Myanmar abuses
The UN rights council on Tuesday named a three-person team to probe alleged atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, a key step in an investigation already rejected by the country's government. The Geneva-based human rights [...]
29 May 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Will Congolese warlord tell ICC of Rwandan and Ugandan roles?
The trial of former militia leader Bosco Ntaganda resumed on May 29 at the International Criminal Court (ICC) with the Defence presenting its case. Ntaganda is charged with 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in It [...]
29 May 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Surprise clampdown on corruption in Tunisia
Tunisia remains in the forefront of transitional justice with a surprise move this week on financial transparency. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed arrested suspected leaders of trafficking and corruption. These people are talked abo [...]
24 May 2017
by AFP
A "stirring documentary about ethnic cleansing on Myanmar's 'Buddhist Bin Laden'
Barbet Schroeder spent months with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin at the height of his power, when corpses would wash up every morning on the shores of Lake Victoria and Kampala was rife with rumours that he was eating his opponents. B [...]
22 May 2017
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
“In CAR, the Touadera regime has totally lost credibility amongst the population"
Recent developments in the Central African Republic (CAR), where more than a hundred civilians and some half a dozen UN peacekeepers were killed this week in new violence, look like warning signs of political rebellion in a contex [...]
22 May 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Transitional justice is “an art not a science”
In an excellent new book, our colleagues at American NGO ICTJ recognize that transitional justice is “an art, not a science”. The International Center for Transitional Justice, a specialist in the field, says that “part of the art [...]
22 May 2017
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Nepal : Politicisation of the supreme court and its impact on justice process in transition
The first women chief justice of the Supreme Court, Shushila Karki, was an independent and strong chief justice who was against the political influence or unwanted interference in judiciary. She has challenged the powerholders thr [...]
19 May 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
New ICTJ book promotes tailored approach to transitional justice
“Justice Mosaics” is the almost poetic title of a welcome new book on transitional justice by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), an American NGO that is specialist in the field. This 400-page book, which can [...]
19 May 2017
by AFP
Two charged for 2004 murder of Gambian journalist Hydara
Two fugitive former army officers have been indicted over the 2004 murder of prominent Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara, judicial sources said. The court in Banjul also separately issued an arrest warrant for ex-interior minister O [...]