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Colombia peace justice
12 October 2016 by Derek Congram, Justice in Conflict
Derek Congram joins Justice in Conflict, as our symposium on peace and justice in Colombia after the referendum continues. Derek is an anthropologist and archaeologist based at the Munk School of Global Affairs. He specializes in [...]
The Way Forward: What the ‘No’ Vote Means for Peace in Colombia
12 October 2016 by Mark Kersten
Sophie Haspeslagh joins JiC for this first installment in our symposium on Peace and Justice in Colombia. Sophie is conducting research the engagement of armed groups and the effects of proscription on peace processes at the Londo [...]
"How do you calculate a lost childhood?" ICC asks
11 October 2016 by AFP
"How do you calculate a lost childhood?" That was the question Tuesday before war crimes judges trying to set the amount of landmark reparations to be paid to former Congolese child soldiers. After years of hearings, trials and ap [...]
Ex-child soldiers face lifetime of stigma in DR Congo, ICC hears
11 October 2016 by AFP
Former child soldiers forced to fight in a brutal Congolese militia over a decade ago remain stigmatised, suicidal and live in constant fear, experts told an international court on Tuesday. The International Criminal Court, the wo [...]
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10 October 2016 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: A Nobel for fragile Colombian peace, crimes in Syria and Burundi Highlight of the transitional justice week was the Nobel Peace Prize awarded on Friday  to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, five days after a referendum in Colombia which was supposed to seal a peace deal between the govern [...]
10 October 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC makes first cautious visit to Israel A prosecution delegation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) visited Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ramallah from October 5 to 10. This was the first visit to Israel and Palestine since the Court opened a preliminary examination [...]
7 October 2016 by JusticeInfo.Net
European Parliament condemns human rights abuses in Rwanda In a resolution adopted in a single reading on October 6, the European Parliament condemns politically motivated trials and attacks on freedom of expression in Rwanda. The Euro MPS called for a revision of the trial of leading opp [...]
7 October 2016 by AFP
Burundi wants to quit ICC to avoid possible charges Burundi announced plans Friday to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a week after the UN began an enquiry into human rights abuses committed since April 2015. "It is perfectly clear that this is a plot to do har [...]
7 October 2016 by Hazel WARD
Colombian President wins surprise Peace Nobel Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Prize Friday for his "resolute" efforts to end five decades of war in his country, despite voters' shock rejection of a historic peace deal.The award was unexpected after voters [...]
6 October 2016 by Philip Kleinfeld
Rwandans feel the pinch as Burundi fallout hits home Walking through Kimironko market in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, you wouldn’t necessarily realise its traders were struggling. Business seems brisk and stalls are overflowing with fruit, vegetables, and huge mounds of dried fish [...]
5 October 2016 by Htun Khaing/Frontier
Myanmar and the protesting monks with no monastery In Myanmar, monks who participated in the protests known as the Saffron Revolution nine years ago have endured persecution and poverty, and many have had to resume their lives as laity. This report by our partner Frontier, an inde [...]
5 October 2016 by Michael Spagat, Royal Holloway and Neil Johnson, University of Miami
Colombia did not vote 'no' in its peace referendum – what the statistics reveal The official line is that the “no” vote won the referendum in Colombia. The internationally lauded peace treaty with the FARC guerillas was rejected, and now nobody knows what the country’s fate will be. But did “no” actually win? [...]
5 October 2016 by Virginia Bouvier
Why did Colombia’s Plebiscite for Peace Fail? Following a plebiscite that rejected by a hair the peace accord between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP that was just signed in Cartagena on September 26, there is much soul-searching, self-critique, and reflection among [...]
4 October 2016 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Could Cambodia be test for new ICC move on land grabs? On September 15, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a policy document on case selection which included for the first time a focus on land-grabbing and environmental crimes in "peace" time. This comes a [...]
4 October 2016 by AFP
UN rights chief urges Security Council veto limit over Syria The UN rights chief on Tuesday called for action to halt the tragedy unfolding in Syria's Aleppo, and urged the Security Council to introduce a limit on its members' veto power. "Faced with such a ghastly avalanche of violence and [...]
3 October 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Burundi accuses Belgium and France as UN launches human rights investigation “Pierre Nkurunziza, his supporters, and all those who chose the path of violence should be aware that they will not get away with their crimes.” This is how Dimitris Christopoulos,  new president of the International Federation fo [...]
3 October 2016 by Jordi MIRO Rodrigo ALMONACID
Why the Colombians said no to the peace agreement   Colombians say they are sick of their country's 52-year civil war. So why did a thin majority of voters reject their biggest chance yet for peace? Forecasts ahead of Sunday's surprise referendum result misjudged how divided Colo [...]
2 October 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Historic peace deal in Colombia, historic judgment at the ICC For the first time in international criminal justice, an accused person was convicted, on September 27, for destruction of cultural and religious heritage.  The day before saw another historic event as the Colombian government and [...]
1 October 2016 by AFP
Shakira joins Colombian stars supporting FARC peace deal Some of Colombia's most famous artists, athletes and writers, from singer Shakira to soccer star Falcao, are lending their support to the peace accord with Marxist rebels that aims to end a half-century of war. Shakira, along with [...]