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.
Reparations for victimised perpetrators
22 July 2016
by Dr Luke Moffett Director of the Human Rights Centre Queen's University Belfast
Reparations are often touted as victim focused measures of redressing transitional justice and human rights. However, identifying which victims are eligible for reparations goes to heart of debates about the legitimacy of the vio [...]
World Bank: Human Rights All But Absent in New Policy
21 July 2016
by Human Rights Watch
(Washington, DC, July 21, 2016) – The World Bank has refused to acknowledge its human rights obligations in its new policy framework, Human Rights Watch said today. The bank’s third, and most likely final, draft of its new environ [...]
20 July 2016
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo Editorial Advisor, in N’Djamena
In a society as conservative as Chad’s, taboos were too strong. So, for 25 years, women had remained silent. “There was too much shame and fear,” says Kaltouma Defallah. In her modest house in N’Djamena, a fan tries to cool the ro [...]
18 July 2016
by Vony Rambolamanana in Geneva
CAR Judicial System Needs Complete Overhaul, Says Expert
Restoring a reliable, trustworthy justice system in the Central African Republic (CAR) involves overcoming many challenges. That was the unanimous conclusion of a June 28 meeting at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva with parti [...]
18 July 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Remembering Srebrenica, and the ICC versus Bashir
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 [...]
15 July 2016
by Human Rights Watch, Tunis
Tunisia: Amnesty Bill Would Set Back Transition, says HRW
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 [...]
14 July 2016
by Pierre Hazan, Sarajevo
Syria, Bosnia and Chechnya: The Challenge of Documenting War
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 [...]
13 July 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Uganda and Djibouti Referred to the UN for Non-Cooperation on Bashir Arrest: An Appeal in Vain by the ICC?
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]