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.
25 May 2016
by جيريد فيري, IRIN
Following a recent resolution against attacks on healthcare in war zones, the UN should ensure compliance by referring perpetrators to the International Criminal Court for prosecution. That’s one of the recommendations in a report [...]
25 May 2016
by Pierre Hazan
A day of joy or a day of mourning? The battle of remembrance remains as intense as ever between Israelis and Palestinians. Israelis have just celebrated the 68th anniversary of their State, as Palestinians remembered the Nakba, th [...]
24 May 2016
by Alex Batesmith
To many, the overwhelming election victory in November 2015 for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (‘NLD’) has increased the space in Myanmar for both transitional justice and legal sector reform. Yet the transitiona [...]
23 May 2016
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Transitional Justice Debates from Tunisia to Rwanda
Several hot debates took place this week on transitional justice, a field that is naturally controversial because still developing and often faced with extreme situations in very different countries. In Tunisia, for example, an [...]
21 May 2016
by Franck Petit
French Trial Hears About Investigating Genocide in Rwanda
“In the four years I have been investigating, there have been seven or eight crises [with Rwanda]. We thought our investigation there was over, but it’s still ongoing.” These were the words of a French gendarme, neat in his unifor [...]
19 May 2016
by Gerrie Swart, Stellenbosch University
Peace and prosperity continue to elude Africa
Three years ago, to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity, the African Union (AU) signed a solemn declaration to end strife on the continent and to work for peace and prosperity. The decla [...]
18 May 2016
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Swiss NGO Highlights Need to Document War Crimes
In view of the rising number of civilian casualties in armed conflict and the very low number of cases brought against alleged perpetrators of international crimes (genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity), the work of in [...]
17 May 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Senegal: Video of Chad Ex-Dictator’s Trial Hissène Habré, verdict Set for May 30
Human Rights Watch today released a new video, “Hissène Habré: Scenes from an historic trial,” about the trial in Senegal of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré. At the end of the trial on February 11, 2016, the court announ [...]
17 May 2016
by François Sergent
The Week in Review: Rwanda and France
France this week started its second trial linked to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, with two Rwandan mayors in the dock. The two accused are former mayors of Kabarondo (eastern Rwanda), Tito Barahira and Octavien Ngenzi. They are bo [...]
15 May 2016
by Bruno Djito SEGBEDJI, correspondent in Bamako
Women Want Bigger Role in Mali Peace Process
Mali has just adopted a law introducing a 30% quota for women in public posts and electoral bodies. Women in Mali say they are determined to use this new law to play fully their role in the peace process. The country has been in c [...]
13 May 2016
by Franck Petit
Portraits of Two Rwandan Mayors Unfold in Paris Genocide Trial
Since the genocide trial of two Rwandan mayors started at a Paris court on Tuesday, their personalities have become clearer. Tito Barahira, the first to be questioned on his character, spoke quietly and reluctantly in Kinyarwanda. [...]
13 May 2016
by Justice in Conflict, Kate Cronin-Furman
Mass Atrocity Monday, 5/2/2016: The Wagalla Massacre
Hundreds, maybe thousands, of people died on the Wagalla airstrip in early February, 1984. The victims were ethnic Somalis living in Kenya’s North Eastern province. Their killers were members of the Kenyan army, ostensibly investi [...]
13 May 2016
by AFP
Rights groups slam Nepal deal on war crimes amnesty
Human rights groups on Friday slammed a deal between Nepal's ruling parties to withdraw civil war cases from courts and offer amnesty to people accused of abuses during the country's decade-long Maoist insurgency. Former Maoist re [...]
12 May 2016
by The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy
Swiss Government: Make human rights the centre of Bahrain state visit, say NGOs
Six international and local NGOs wrote to the Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs expressing concern over the King of Bahrain’s state visit to Switzerland later this week. King Hamad is expected to arrive in Bern on Thursday 12 May, [...]
11 May 2016
by Pierre Hazan
Kunduz: Is an “Unintentional” Hospital Bombing a War Crime?
Was the apparently mistaken bombing of a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, by US forces a war crime? The American authorities recently completed their investigation, concluding that it was not. MSF, on [...]
10 May 2016
by AFP
Rwandan mayors on trial in France over 1994 genocide
Two former Rwandan mayors went on trial in Paris on Tuesday, accused of orchestrating "massive and systematic summary executions" during the central African country's 1994 genocide. Octavien Ngenzi, 58, and Tito Barahira, 64, are [...]
9 May 2016
by Franck Petit
France Tries Two Rwandan Mayors for Genocide
A second trial linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, originally announced for 2015, is finally set to open on Tuesday May 10 before the Paris Assize Court. It comes two years after the first trial, which saw former Rwandan intellig [...]
9 May 2016
by The Conversation, Carlton Mark Waterhouse
Should the U.S. provide reparations for slavery and Jim Crow?
The debate over reparations in the United States began even before slavery ended in 1865. It continues today. The overwhelming majority of academics studying the issue have supported the calls for compensating black Americans for [...]