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.
22 August 2016
by François Sergent
The transitional justice week was marked by the controversial arrest in Frankfurt of Rwandan Enoch Ruhigira, the last head of presidential staff of Juvénal Habyarimana, on suspicion of genocide. The arrest of Ruhigira, now a citiz [...]
21 August 2016
by Stéphanie Maupas
The trial of Ahmed Al Faqi Al Mahdi, known as Abu Tourab, is to open on Monday August 22 at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This Ansar Dine militiaman was head of the Islamic morality brigade during the occupation of Timbu [...]
19 August 2016
by JusticeInfo correspondents in Frankfurt, Brussels and Wellington
The news didn’t make a big splash in the international media, despite the person’s stature. Enoch Ruhigira, who was the last head of presidential staff under Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, was arrested in July in Germany [...]
19 August 2016
by AFP
Ahmad Al-Faqi al-Mahdi, Islamic enforcer of Timbuktu
Ahmad Al-Faqi Al-Mahdi, whose war crime trial in The Hague opens on Monday, is a quiet Koranic scholar turned ruthless enforcer for jihadists when they occupied the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu. Born around 40 years ago in Agoun [...]
19 August 2016
by AFP
Five things to know about Mali's holy sites
The trial of a Malian jihadist charged with war crimes for orchestrating the 2012 destruction of nine Timbuktu mausoleums and a section of a famous mosque resumes Monday at the International Criminal Court (ICC). How did the monum [...]
18 August 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
“Access and Security” for Tribunal Archives on Rwanda and ex-Yugoslavia
The UN's Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) has just published its access policy for the records it holds, some of which are classified. These records include all the archives of the International Criminal Trib [...]
18 August 2016
by AFP
Argentine judge to probe murder of Spanish poet Lorca
An Argentine judge known for investigating crimes committed during Spain's civil war will probe the murder of poet Federico Garcia Lorca, a victims' association said Thursday. The Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory [...]
15 August 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Rights Defenders Threatened
(Jerusalem) – New anonymous death threats have been made against staff members of a Palestinian human rights organization advocating an investigation by the International Criminal Court into alleged war crimes in Palestine. The Ga [...]
15 August 2016
by Human Rights Watch
South Sudan: Killings, Rapes, Looting in Juba
(Nairobi) – Soldiers killed and raped civilians and extensively looted civilian property, including humanitarian goods, during and after clashes between government and opposition forces in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, in July, 201 [...]
15 August 2016
by François Sergent
Week in Review: Corruption, Conflict and the Search for Reconciliation in Colombia
It was a calm week in transitional justice, but JusticeInfo.net continued to follow the chaotic transition in Tunisia with a look at corruption. In an interview with JusticeInfo, anti-corruption magistrate Ahmed Souab explains t [...]
12 August 2016
by AFP
UN experts warn of "genocidal rhetoric" in Burundi
A United Nations watchdog on Friday urged Burundi to immediately address a long line of abuses, including hundreds of extrajudicial killings and widespread torture and sexual abuse, with disturbing ethnic undertones. The UN Commit [...]
9 August 2016
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
World must help save South Sudan, says expert
In South Sudan, a fragile peace deal signed in August 2015 looks in doubt as fighting again erupted in Juba this July and Vice-President Riek Machar fled the capital. Many civilians have not only died but also been the target of s [...]
8 August 2016
by Jamie Rowen
Rethinking a Truth Commission in Colombia
For nearly six decades, the Colombian government has struggled to quell the country’s armed conflict that has left hundreds of thousands dead, millions displaced, and much of the countryside ungovernable. In June 2015, the Colombi [...]
8 August 2016
by François Sergent and Julia Crawford
Week in Review: South Sudan, Central African Republic and “Victimized Perpetrators”
This week provided some notable developments in transitional justice, despite judicial and other vacations. Allegations of widespread human rights abuses in South Sudan are not new, and the presence of a 12,000-strong UN missio [...]
4 August 2016
by Colonel Toussaint Muntazini Mukimapa
The Congolese experience with the complementary role of the ICC
After more than a decade of operation, it seems that the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is still unknown to many. Indeed, while its creation gave rise to great expectations, today a number of lingering questions ha [...]
3 August 2016
by Cath Collins
New Peruvian law offers hope to relatives of the disappeared
The majestic yet forbidding landscape of the Peruvian highlands hides grim secrets. The country’s Ayacucho region was the cradle of Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path, which waged a total and ultimately futile war against the Per [...]
3 August 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Dispatches: Why is Burundi Ducking Questions About Torture?
In response to the human rights crisis in Burundi, the UN Committee Against Torture held a special session last week to review allegations of torture and other abuses in the country. But the Burundian government shocked everyone i [...]
31 July 2016
by Maxime Domegni, correspondent in Lomé
Togo Still Waiting for Democratic Transition
Togo seems as far as ever from deep political reform, as signalled at a workshop of the High Commission for Reconciliation and National Unity during the week of July 11 to 15. This body was set up two years ago and is supposed to [...]