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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.

Myanmar and the protesting monks with no monastery
5 October 2016 by Htun Khaing/Frontier
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 [...]
Colombia did not vote 'no' in its peace referendum – what the statistics reveal
5 October 2016 by Michael Spagat, Royal Holloway and Neil Johnson, University of Miami
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? [...]
Why did Colombia’s Plebiscite for Peace Fail?
5 October 2016 by Virginia Bouvier
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 [...]
Could Cambodia be test for new ICC move on land grabs?
4 October 2016 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
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 [...]
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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 [...]
29 September 2016 by John Fisher
Act Swiftly to End Impunity in Burundi Burundi may have slipped off international news headlines, but killings, disappearances, and torture there continue unabated, and those responsible are getting away with it. That’s why it’s critical that Human Rights Council membe [...]
29 September 2016 by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
“Tunisia must work on tracking assets abroad”, says ICTJ expert Ruben Carranza is director of the Reparations Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and an expert in tracking dictators’ money. It is thanks to him that the Philippines, his home country, managed to r [...]
28 September 2016 by Sithu Aung Myint/ Frontier
Myanmar’s Peace Challenge Myanmar has recently begun important peace talks between armed ethnic groups, known as the Panglong peace conference. The conference is being pushed by Nobel peace prize winner and de-facto new leader of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. [...]
27 September 2016 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Malian Jihadist gets nine years for destroying Timbuktu mausoleums The International Criminal Court (ICC) on September 27 sentenced Malian Jihadist Ahmed Al Faqi Al Mahdi to nine years in jail after he pleaded guilty to destruction of historic monuments in Timbuktu as a war crime. The ICC Prosecu [...]
27 September 2016 by AFP
Malian jihadist jailed for Timbuktu attacks War crimes judges jailed a Malian jihadist Tuesday for nine years for demolishing Timbuktu's fabled shrines, a landmark ruling seen as a warning that destroying mankind's heritage will not go unpunished. In the first such case to [...]
27 September 2016 by AFP
Colombia, FARC rebels sign historic peace deal Colombia's leftist FARC rebel force signed a historic peace accord with the government Monday and apologized to the countless victims of the country's half-century civil war. In an emotional open-air ceremony, President Juan Manue [...]
26 September 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: From Kinshasa to Damascus, a troubled search for transitional justice The tension and violence that marked this week show that the search for transitional justice across the world is difficult. This is despite efforts in some places not only to try suspected criminals but also to make current and fu [...]
26 September 2016 by AFP
Colombian, FARC leaders to sign historic peace deal Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of the FARC rebels, Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, are due to sign a historic peace deal Monday to end a five-decade war. The former enemies will sign the accord at 5:00 pm (22 [...]
24 September 2016 by AFP
Gabon's Ali Bongo: dynastic scion in his father's shadow Ali Bongo, whose re-election victory was upheld by Gabon's constitutional court Saturday, has long sought to emerge from the shadow of his father, Omar Bongo, who ruled the country for 41 years until his death in 2009. Bongo, a st [...]
24 September 2016 by AFP
Gabon court upholds President Ali Bongo's election win Gabon's constitutional court has upheld President's Ali Bongo's re-election victory, rejecting an appeal by rival Jean Ping, who had called for a recount over widespread allegations of fraud. The court, while partially changing th [...]