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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.

Week in Review: Remembering Srebrenica, and the ICC versus Bashir
18 July 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
On July 11, the world remembered the massacre committed 21 years ago in Srebrenica, in Bosnia-Herzegovina.  This massacre, which the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has categorized as genocide, is [...]
Tunisia: Amnesty Bill Would Set Back Transition, says HRW
15 July 2016 by Human Rights Watch, Tunis
A proposed “economic reconciliation” law will provide amnesty for public officials and state employees for acts related to financial corruption and misuse of public funds. The law would sabotage the mechanism Tunisia already put i [...]
Syria, Bosnia and Chechnya: The Challenge of Documenting War
14 July 2016 by Pierre Hazan, Sarajevo
How should the Syrian war be documented as the number of dead continues to rise? How should the stories of the Bosnian and Chechen conflicts in the 1990s be told? Invited by the WARM festival, journalists, activists and researcher [...]
Uganda and Djibouti Referred to the UN for Non-Cooperation on Bashir Arrest: An Appeal in Vain by the ICC?
13 July 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Can the International Criminal Court (ICC) expect action this time from the United Nations?  The Hague–based permanent court has referred Uganda and Dijbouti to the UN Security Council for refusal to execute the arrest warrants ag [...]
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10 July 2016 by Pierre Hazan
Bosnia Makes Efforts to Tackle Post-War Trauma The figures are staggering: according to the Bosnian authorities, 450,000 people are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 1.4 million have shown at least one symptom of PTSD, out of a population of only four mi [...]
6 July 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
“Missing Persons Are More Than A Humanitarian Issue” The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP)  was marking its 20th anniversary on July 7 in The Hague, where it recently set up offices. The Commission, established in 1996 on an initiative from President Bill Clinton af [...]
4 July 2016 by Vony Rambolamanana
Eritrea Should Be Subject to International investigation, Says UN Commission  A Resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on July 1 calls for an African investigation, supported by the international community, into serious crimes in Eritrea. Some of these crimes could qualify as crimes against [...]
4 July 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Bosnian Serbs Jailed, France Accused, and Calls for Justice in Eritrea The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ended the first half of the year with an important judgment. Before packing their bags for the summer holidays, the ICTY appeals judges on June 30 confirmed the [...]
2 July 2016 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Sri Lanka Court Needs International Judges For Credibility, Say Experts In October, the new Sri Lankan government of President Maithripala Sirisena co-sponsored a UN Human Rights Council Resolution calling for a wide range of transitional justice mechanisms after 26 years of armed conflict with the Ta [...]
2 July 2016 by Vony Rambolamanana
Iraqi Wins UN Sanctions Case Against Switzerland   Khalaf M. Al-Dulimi, the suspected finance boss of Iraqi secret services under Saddam Hussein, has won an important case against Switzerland at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). On June 21, the court confirmed a 2013 de [...]
30 June 2016 by AFP
UN judges uphold 22-year jail term for Bosnian Serb leaders   The Yugoslav war crimes court Thursday threw out an appeal brought by two former top Bosnian Serb officials against their conviction and upheld a 22-year jail term imposed for their roles in the 1990s conflict. Mico Stanisic and [...]
30 June 2016 by AFP
Islamic State makes inroads into Kenya   Recent arrests show the Islamic State's growing presence in East Africa, where they are recruiting young Kenyans for jihad abroad and raising fears some of them will return to threaten the country. Kenyan intelligence agencies e [...]
29 June 2016 by Vony Rambolamanana
“Better for Africans to try Africans,” Says Habré Prosecutor After a long fight by victims of Hissène Habré, the former Chadian dictator was finally brought to justice, convicted and sentenced to life in jail on May 30, 2016, by the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) in Senegal, for war c [...]
28 June 2016 by Human Rights Watch
US, France Backed Convicted Chad Dictator according to HRW The United States and France supported Hissène Habré, the former Chadian dictator who was convicted of atrocity crimes on May 30, 2016, throughout his rule, Human Rights Watch said in two reports released today.The 64-page report, [...]
27 June 2016 by François Sergent
Week in Review: Bemba, Colombia, Hate Speech and Civil Society The International Criminal Court (ICC) sentencing of former Congolese warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail was the highlight of this week in transitional justice. Bemba is the most senior political leader ever convicted b [...]
24 June 2016 by AFP
Decade after Nepal peace pact, war crimes finally probed A handful of faded photographs has long been Suntali Rasaili's only treasured momento of her teenage daughter, allegedly executed by Nepali soldiers at the height of the Maoist insurgency. But a decade after Maoist rebels signed a [...]
23 June 2016 by Mark Kersten, Justice in Conflict
John Bolton says Hillary Clinton Would Join the ICC. Is He Right? In a way, it’s kind of sad. You would think, after all of these years, that former US diplomat John Bolton would get over his almost paranoid fear of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Bolton, who served under George W. Bush [...]
21 June 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
“Transitional justice is well-suited to the Central African Republic” Didier Niewiadowski travelled all over the Central African Republic (CAR) from 2008 to 2012 when he was cooperation and cultural advisor at the French embassy. This academic who also taught law for years in other African countries [...]
21 June 2016 by AFP
18 years in jail for DR Congo's Bemba for war crimes The International Criminal Court Tuesday sentenced former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail, handing down its toughest penalty ever for "sadistic, cruel" rapes and murders by his troops in Central Afri [...]