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.
Rebuilding history? Debate rages over lost Afghan Buddhas
30 November 2016
by AFP
For centuries they stood, two monumental ancient statues of Buddha carved into the cliffs of Bamiyan, loved and revered by generations of Afghans -- only to be pulverised by the Taliban in an act of cultural genocide. It felt like [...]
29 November 2016
by Christine Renaudat, correspondent in Bogota,
In Colombia, FARC rebels and the government last week signed a revised peace deal to end half a decade of civil war. But the opposition says changes are only cosmetic, and it is not clear how justice will be applied to certain sec [...]
28 November 2016
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
It was once again a week of contrasts for transitional justice, notably in Cambodia, The Hague, South Sudan, Bosnia and Nepal, reflecting how paths to national reconciliation and their difficulties differ from country to country. [...]
25 November 2016
by Sam JAHAN / and Caroline HENSHAW in YANGON
Myanmar is engaged in "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims, a UN official has said, as reports emerged Friday of troops shooting at villagers as they tried to flee. Thousands of desperate Rohingya have flooded over the border in [...]
23 November 2016
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Transitional justice failing in Nepal 10 years after peace deal
Nepal is this week marking the 10th anniversary of its comprehensive peace agreement (CPA) that ended the decade-long armed conflict (1996-2006) and shaped a peaceful orientation towards a new democratic Nepal. But the legacy of v [...]
23 November 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
UN struggles to act as South Sudan conflict continues
After a long debate last week, the United Nations Security Council failed to agree on action in the face of continuing massive abuses against civilians in South Sudan. A proposal supported by Washington and its Western allies on a [...]
23 November 2016
by Bénédicte Jeannerod
Burundi, a Country of Fear and Violence, says human rights activist Pierre Claver
For the past year and a half, the Burundian government has brutally crushed any form of dissent. Since the crisis triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a controversial third term began, hundreds of peopl [...]
23 November 2016
by AFP
Court upholds life sentences for Khmer Rouge leaders
Cambodia's UN-backed court upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders on Wednesday for crimes against humanity, in a verdict welcomed by survivors of the brutal regime. "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, 90, and ex- [...]
22 November 2016
by Basma Elmahdy
Bosnia: "Compensation empowers war crimes survivors", says TRIAL
Bringing justice to female survivors of wartime rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina is still a main concern in the field of international justice. “Over 20 years after the end of the conflict, wartime victims are still paying a high pr [...]
21 November 2016
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC African protest continues but does not spread
At the opening of the International Criminal Court’s 15th Assembly of States Parties on November 16, protest against the Court by some African countries continued but did not, for the moment, spread. The withdrawal announcements i [...]
21 November 2016
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Tears for Tunisia and the ICC, money for the CAR
The first public hearings of victims started this week in Tunisia while the International Criminal Court (ICC), holding its annual Assembly of States Parties, suffered criticism and a new symbolic departure – that of Russia, which [...]
18 November 2016
by AFP
Anger and tears as Tunisians relive torture years
As anger erupted and the tears began to flow, four hours of testimony on live television by abuse victims shone a rare spotlight on the crimes of Tunisia's dark dictatorship years. In a plain white room inside a night club once ow [...]
18 November 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Moscow Holds International Justice in Contempt, says HRW
Yesterday, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin issued an order to notify the United Nations that Russia was withdrawing its signature from the Rome Statute, the treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Russia never ratified [...]
17 November 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
“Donors should have been firmer” before meeting on Central African Republic
A donor conference for the Central African Republic is taking place Thursday November 17 in Brussels, with participants including the country’s new president Faustin-Archange Touadéra. His record after nearly a year in office is d [...]
17 November 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Central African Republic: Support the Special Criminal Court
(Brussels) – Donor countries meeting in Brussels on November 17, 2016, should support the Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court, 17 Central African and international human rights non-governmental organizations said in [...]
16 November 2016
by FIDH
ASP 15: Five Recommendations to Strengthen the International Criminal Court
(The Hague) On the occasion of the 15th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the ICC Statute, which takes place in the Hague from 16 to 24 November 2016, FIDH presents its position paper with five recommendations to [...]
16 November 2016
by Human Rights Watch
ICC: Defend Core Principles, says HRW
Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should protect the court’s ability to fully and fairly provide justice for the worst international crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent withdrawals from the court [...]
15 November 2016
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Afghan and US crimes top ICC Prosecutor’s report on preliminary probes
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has just released an annual report on her preliminary examinations. For the moment , Fatou Bensouda has not announced that she is opening any new investigation or closing an [...]