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.
“Raping a Woman is Against Humanity,” Says Dr. Mukwege
15 March 2016
by Habibou Bangre, correspondent in Kinshasa
Doctor Denis Mukwege arrived back in Kinshasa on Sunday for showings and discussions of two films about his work: “Congo, a Doctor to Save Women” by Angèle Diabang of Senegal, and “The Man who Mends Women” by Thierry Michel and Co [...]
14 March 2016
by François Sergent
JusticeInfo this week paid tribute to International Women’s Day with two stories reflecting women’s under-representation in transitional processes, a situation that is not only detrimental to women but also to reconciliation “Des [...]
UN war crimes prosecutor eyes end to long Karadzic trial
13 March 2016
by AFP
It may have taken over two decades but as the verdict looms in the trial of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, his UN prosecutor says it's never too late for justice. More than 20 years after the excruciating 44-month siege of [...]
11 March 2016
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo Editorial Advisor
Germany’s judicial authorities intend to pursue Nazi war criminals down to the last one, however old they are. As a 95-year-old former Auschwitz nurse Hubert Zafke was due to go on trial on March 14 (the court in the eastern town [...]
11 March 2016
by Daniel Bekele Human Rights Watch
Rwanda turns the clock back on access to justice
Until this month, Rwanda was one of only eight countries that recognized the right of individuals to file complaints directly with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. But just before the court was due to hear a complai [...]
11 March 2016
by AFP
UN blasts rape for wages, child killings in South Sudan
South Sudan has encouraged fighters to rape women in place of wages, while children have been burnt alive, the UN said Friday, calling it one of the world's most "horrendous" human rights situations. Grotesque rights violations co [...]
11 March 2016
by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
Tunisian Women Set their Sights on Parity
On the morning of January 14, 2011, the growing crowd on Avenue Bourguiba in central Tunis was mixed. There were as many women as men demonstrating for dignity, freedom, work, equality, social justice and democracy on that memorab [...]
9 March 2016
by Pierre Hazan
For the Independence of the International Criminal Court
In a recent article, JusticeInfo editorial advisor Pierre Hazan looked at the African assault on the International Criminal Court and what it means for the ICC’s legitimacy. In a response published on this website, Gilad Ben-Nun a [...]
9 March 2016
by Dr. Gilad Ben-Nun
Against the Independence of the International Criminal Court
In a recent article, JusticeInfo editorial advisor Pierre Hazan looked at the African assault on the International Criminal Court and what it means for the ICC’s legitimacy. Hazan concludes that despite its inherent and ongoing we [...]
8 March 2016
by AFP
Next Kosovo president says 'nothing to hide' from war crimes court
Kosovo's president-elect has pledged to "fully support" a new war crimes court prosecuting members of the guerrilla group he once led -- despite a question mark hanging over whether he himself will be indicted. Hashim Thaci, elect [...]
7 March 2016
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Parity for Women in Peace Processes Needs more Action, says Expert
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and one of the main focuses this year is pushing for parity. Women in conflict countries are often excluded from peace processes. Back in 2000, the United Nations passed Resolution 1325, call [...]
7 March 2016
by Irene Pietropaoli
Corporate Accountability and Transitional Justice in Myanmar
On 1 February 2016 Myanmar convened its first democratically elected parliament after five decades of military rule. Given the role that resource control played in the conflict, addressing corporate accountability in transitional [...]
7 March 2016
by François Sergent
Week in Review: A Historic Case for Mali and for Cultural Heritage
The transitional justice week was marked by confirmation of charges hearings at the International Criminal Court for Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, a Malian Islamist suspected of ordering and participating in destruction of mausoleums in [...]
4 March 2016
by Désiré Nimubona and Samuel Okiror
opinion : in Burundi, the goverment is stalling
There’s been a flurry of high-profile visits to Burundi designed to find a settlement to the political crisis but little evidence yet that anything has been achieved. First came UN Security Council members, followed by US Presid [...]
4 March 2016
by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
“Just Let Us Work in Peace,” says Tunisia Truth Commission Head
Sihem Bensedrine, who was a dissident journalist in the time of ex-President Ben Ali, has since June 9, 2014, been heading Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission. The Commission’s mandate is for four years, renewable once for one [...]
3 March 2016
by AFP
LRA abducts more than 200 in CAR: rights groups
Rebels in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have kidnapped more than 200 people this year in the Central African Republic, a quarter of them children, human rights groups said Thursday. Joseph Kony's Uganda-born rebel movement, inf [...]
3 March 2016
by Dr Simon Robins
Nepal: Engaging with flawed truth-seeking processes
Transitional justice mechanisms unfold in highly particular political contexts, often greatly constrained in what they are able to deliver. Indeed, the truth commission that has become the most visible signifier of a transitional [...]