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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.

Five questions on the ICC
21 October 2016 by AFP
Once a champion of the International Criminal Court (ICC), South Africa dealt a blow to the world tribunal Friday by announcing its intention to withdraw, a move that came on the heels of a similar move by Burundi. Here are five k [...]
Africa in the dock at the ICC
21 October 2016 by AFP
The International Criminal Court -- dealt a blow Friday with South Africa's decision to withdraw from the tribunal -- has launched nine investigations in eight African countries since its establishment in 2002. A 10th was opened i [...]
S.Africa to pull out of International Criminal Court
21 October 2016 by AFP
South Africa announced Friday that it would withdraw from the International Criminal Court, dealing a major blow to a troubled institution set up to try the world's worst crimes. The decision followed a dispute last year when Suda [...]
Attack on Yemen funeral violated humanitarian law - UN panel, according to IRIN
21 October 2016 by Samuel Oakford, IRIN
A UN panel of experts has accused the Saudi Arabia-led coalition of a deliberate “double tap” airstrike on a funeral gathering in Yemen earlier this month. In a report to the UN Security Council, obtained by IRIN, the panel says t [...]
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20 October 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC convicts Congolese ex-vice president for witness tampering On October 19, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down its first judgment for offences against the administration of justice. Former Congolese Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba and four others were all found guilty. The [...]
20 October 2016 by IRIN
Burundi walks away from the ICC Burundi has become the first country to begin the process of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, retaliation for the ICC’s decision earlier this year to open a preliminary investigation into human rights abuses.  Pre [...]
19 October 2016 by Oliver Slow, Frontier Myanmar
A year after ceasefire deal, what hope for peace in Myanmar? In Myanmar, October 15 marked the first anniversary of the signing of a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) between  the previous government of U Thein Sein  and eight armed groups. Oliver Slow of independent publication Frontier [...]
18 October 2016 by Vony Rambolamanana, Geneva
New-look IRIN opens Geneva office Humanitarian news agency IRIN, which turned independent from the UN in 2015, opened a new office in Geneva on October 12. Since taking its independence, IRIN has had funding concerns, but has now been able to re-launch with suppor [...]
17 October 2016 by Edouard Dropsy (Irin)
Wounds remain raw in Central African Republic The Central African Republic’s new government is struggling to bring an end to three years of war and sectarian violence, its authority undermined by continuing attacks on civilians by the mainly Muslim Séléka and rival Christian [...]
17 October 2016 by Ilya Nuzov
Transitional Justice in Ukraine: Reconciliation or Reconsolidation of Post-Communist Trauma? Shortly after the 2014 Maidan Revolution, during an international armed conflict with Russia in the East of the country, Ukraine adopted a package of four Decommunization Laws addressing its Soviet history. Largely a product of po [...]
17 October 2016 by André Guichaoua
The arrest of Enoch Ruhigira, President Juvenal Habyarimana’s former Chief of Staff JusticeInfo here publishes comments of Paris professor André Guichaoua on the July 20, 2016 arrest in Frankfurt, Germany, of Enoch Ruhigira, last head of presidential staff under Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana.  Professor G [...]
17 October 2016 by François Sergent
Week in Review: Burundi and the ICC, UN concern in CAR, and DRC victims still waiting     The most notable event of the transitional justice week was Burundi’s decision to withdraw its membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The country’s parliament, which is subject to President Pierre Nkurunziza, vote [...]
14 October 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
“Who can put a price on a lost youth?” asks Congolese child soldiers’ lawyer The International Criminal Court (ICC) this week held its first ever hearings on reparations, for the victims of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga. The former head of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) was found guilty of having [...]
14 October 2016 by FIDH
Burundi votes to withdraw from the ICC and interrupts its international cooperation, amid a backdrop of continued international crimes (Paris, Bujumbura) FIDH and its member organisation in Burundi, ITEKA, regret the overwhelming vote by Burundian lawmakers on 12 October 2016 in favour of the withdrawal of Burundi from the International Criminal Court (ICC) Statu [...]
14 October 2016 by AFP
Indigenous Namibians furious over German reparations 'insult' Indigenous Namibians lashed out Friday at Germany for refusing to pay reparations for the genocide of their people a century ago, calling it a "phenomenal" insult to victims' descendents. Germany has been in negotiations with its [...]
13 October 2016 by Obi Anyadike, IRIN
South Sudan's never ending war South Sudan’s conflict has entered a new, more dangerous phase. While there has been no new fighting in the capital, Juba, since a splurge of violence in July, rebellion is spreading across the country. In its wake, refugees are f [...]
13 October 2016 by AFP
People's tribunal accuses Monsanto of 'ecocide' Global activists Friday launched a people's tribunal, accusing giant US seeds firm Monsanto of violating human rights and committing the crime of "ecocide", by posing a "major threat" to the environment. Monsanto, which produces g [...]
12 October 2016 by AFP
Burundi lawmakers vote to quit ICC Burundian lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), taking the nation a step closer to being the first ever to quit the tribunal. The move is the latest snub of the intern [...]
12 October 2016 by AFP
Burundi crisis: from disputed polls to 'genocide' fears Burundi's move to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) has turned the spotlight on months of political turmoil and violence that raised fears of "genocide" in a nation with a history of ethnic conflict. Here are some keys [...]