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.
9 March 2017
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
For many of her admirers, Simone Gbagbo, whose trial resumed in her absence Tuesday before an Abidjan court, remains the “Iron Lady”, even behind bars. But for her detractors, she is the “Bloodstained Lady”. Côte d’Ivoire’s former [...]
8 March 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Ukraine and Russia are this week facing off against each other before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. Kiev accuses Moscow of violating two international Conventions, one on funding terrorism and one on the e [...]
7 March 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has been in her post since June 16, 2012, and is now half way through her mandate. In four and a half years she has opened two new cases -- Mali and Georgia -- and issue [...]
7 March 2017
by AFP
South Africa revokes decision to leave ICC: UN
South Africa has formally revoked its controversial decision to leave the International Criminal Court following last month's High Court ruling that such a move would be unconstitutional. Notice of Pretoria's decision to end the w [...]
6 March 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Tunisia’s difficult transition, no justice for Syria and Sri Lanka
In Tunisia, a lawyer is fighting for the decriminalization of cannabis use. The issue might seem marginal in comparison with war crimes and crimes against humanity. But for him, imprisonment of mostly young cannabis users under a [...]
3 March 2017
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Sri Lanka’s victims demand justice, while government plays for time
Sri Lanka’s government this week asked the UN Human Rights Council for more time to fulfil its promises under a 2015 Resolution on justice for civil war victims. The international community welcomed the surprise election of Presid [...]
1 March 2017
by AFP
Syria regime, rebels committed war crimes in Aleppo: UN probe
All Syrian sides that fought in the battle for Aleppo committed war crimes and the deal to evacuate civilians following the rebel defeat was a "crime of forced displacement', a UN probe said Wednesday. The United Nations Commissio [...]
1 March 2017
by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Pennsylvania State University
Dealing with hate: Can America's truth and reconciliation commissions help?
Recent vandalism in Jewish cemeteries in St. Louis and Philadelphia illustrates the all too real problem of hate crime faced by many communities in the United States. Just this February, the Southern Poverty Law Center found that [...]
27 February 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in review: Court blow for South Africa and challenges facing CAR’s Special Court
The transitional justice week was marked notably by a South African court’s decision that the country’s notification of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was unconstitutional. This is at least a victory for th [...]
25 February 2017
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
“UN and African Union should act together to end impunity in the CAR”
In the Central African Republic (CAR), President Touadera’s February 14 nomination of a Prosecutor for the Special Criminal Court* is an important step, but should not raise unrealistic hopes, according to jurist Didier Niewiadows [...]
24 February 2017
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Court ruling against ICC withdrawal an “embarrassment” for South Africa
This week, the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, ruled that the government’s notification to the UN last October of its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was unconstitutional. South Africa’s announcement o [...]
22 February 2017
by AFP
S.African court rules against govt plan to pull out of ICC
A South African court on Wednesday ruled the government's plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was "unconstitutional and invalid", providing a boost to the embattled Hague-based institution.The ICC has been [...]
21 February 2017
by Arnaud Dubus
In Myanmar, "transition has to be built on the voices of the people"
From 2009 to 2015, Matthew Mullen, a lecturer at the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies of Mahidol University, in Thailand, tracked the diverse and complex pathways through which political change came to Myanmar. Instead [...]
21 February 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial adviser and associate professor at the University of Neuchâtel
Challenges of the new Special Court for the CAR
A Special Criminal Court to deal with war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) is now being set up. On February 14, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra appointed as Prosecutor of this Special Court Toussaint Muntazini Muki [...]
20 February 2017
by The Conversation
Lessons from The Gambia to end the impasse in South Sudan
Not for the first time, South Sudan appears on the International Crisis Group watch list of the world’s most volatile conflicts to watch. This is on top of climbing to second on Transparency International’s index of the most corru [...]
20 February 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: CAR and Gambia take positive steps on justice
This week Africa and Africans showed that transitional justice, so often criticized on that continent, can complement national justice. The Central African Republic (CAR) finally appointed a Prosecutor for its future Special Crim [...]
17 February 2017
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Central African Special Court gets Congolese Prosecutor
On February 14, Central African Republic (CAR) president Faustin-Archange Touadéra signed a decree appointing the Prosecutor of the country’s Special Criminal Court (SCC). The appointment of jurist and military man Colonel Toussai [...]