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.
14 April 2016
by JusticeInfo.net
A Rwandan court on Friday sentenced former politician Leon Mugesera to life in prison for inciting the 1994 genocide.Judge Antoine Muhima said Mugesera had taken part in "public incitement to commit genocide" as well as inciting t [...]
ICC's failure to try top Kenyan leaders spells 'doom': ex-PM
14 April 2016
by AFP
The ICC's failure to try top Kenyan leaders for crimes against humanity in the country's worst violence since independence spells "doom" for global efforts to fight impunity, former Kenyan leader Raila Odinga told AFP. Despite thi [...]
13 April 2016
by Wilane Paté, Abidjan correspondent
Côte d’Ivoire’s Prisoners of the New Regime
People arrested in Côte d’Ivoire after the fall of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo come from all walks of life, including former top civilian and military leaders, journalists, students and crop growers. How many are they? The governm [...]
12 April 2016
by Neil Sammonds
The Long Road to Justice for Atrocities in Syria, according to AI
The negotiations set to recommence in Geneva on April 11, 2016 and the recent reduction of hostilities in Syria may represent important steps towards a peaceful solution to more than five years of turmoil. Few would not welcome th [...]
11 April 2016
by André Guichaoua, Sociology Professor at Paris University and Expert on the Great Lakes region of Africa
Realities and Illusions behind Burundi’s “Return to Order”
In March 2016, after a series of visits by high-level international emissaries (UN, AU, etc.), all the Burundian officials I heard on the ground were expressing satisfaction, saying peace had been restored and the political situat [...]
11 April 2016
by François Sergent
The week in review: Kenya's victory?
The International Criminal Court’s decision to drop its trial of Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang marked the week in transitional justice. According to Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, this “mistrial” is [...]
11 April 2016
by AFP
Rights groups say next UN chief must tackle refugee crisis
The next United Nations secretary general must commit to a new global deal for refugees and to end the death penalty during his or her tenure, the world's leading human rights groups said Monday. Amnesty International, Human Right [...]
6 April 2016
by JusticeInfo.Net
Kenya Parties as ICC Drops Ruto Case
The International Criminal Court’s decision to drop charges against Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto, hailed by the President as the end of a “nightmare”, has been celebrated in Kenya as a national victory. The ICC, accused b [...]
6 April 2016
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
A Defeat for the International Criminal Court
Kenya has won its long battle against the International Criminal Court. ICC judges on Tuesday decided to drop the charges against Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto and radio presenter Joshua Sang. The two men had been accused o [...]
5 April 2016
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Editorial Adviser and associate professor at Neuchâtel University
ICTY Reflects Strengths and Weaknesses of International Justice
The history of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) seems a bit like fiction, with its tales of political pressure, witness intimidation, controversial judgments and the assassination of a Serb Prim [...]
5 April 2016
by AFP
ICC to rule on bid to throw out Kenya Ruto case
Deputy Kenyan President William Ruto was to learn later Tuesday if war crimes judges will throw out a case against him for his role in post-election bloodshed which left some 1,300 people dead. The judges at the International Crim [...]
4 April 2016
by François Sergent, Justiceinfo.net
Week in Review: Surprise ICTY Acquittal Upsets a Pattern
The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia’s surprise acquittal of firebrand Serb Vojislav Seselj marked the week in transitional justice, a decision that goes against previous jurisprudence of this UN court. Judges said t [...]
1 April 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Misuse of the justice system in Rwanda, according to HRW
(Nairobi, April 1, 2016) – The conviction of three Rwandan former military officials in a flawed trial is a clear example of the misuse of the justice system to stifle freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today. On March [...]
1 April 2016
by Dr. Sarah A. Son
Planning for Transitional Justice on the Korean Peninsula
In the wake of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea, South Korea faces challenges in preparing for transitional justice ahead of regime change in the North and possible inter-Korean unification. The soon-to- [...]
31 March 2016
by AFP
Politics and war crimes: key figures in Balkan wars
Radical Serb leader Vojislav Seselj was acquitted Thursday on all charges arising from the 1990s Balkan conflicts in the latest verdict handed down by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The court h [...]
31 March 2016
by Michael Scharf, The Conversation
ISIS has changed international law
Two years ago, virtually no one had heard of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In a January 2014 New Yorker interview, President Obama dismissed the group as “Junior Varsity.” Since then, ISIS has emerged as one of the m [...]