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.
Week in Review: Bemba, Colombia, Hate Speech and Civil Society
27 June 2016
by François Sergent
The International Criminal Court (ICC) sentencing of former Congolese warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail was the highlight of this week in transitional justice. Bemba is the most senior political leader ever convicted b [...]
Decade after Nepal peace pact, war crimes finally probed
24 June 2016
by AFP
A handful of faded photographs has long been Suntali Rasaili's only treasured momento of her teenage daughter, allegedly executed by Nepali soldiers at the height of the Maoist insurgency. But a decade after Maoist rebels signed a [...]
23 June 2016
by Mark Kersten, Justice in Conflict
In a way, it’s kind of sad. You would think, after all of these years, that former US diplomat John Bolton would get over his almost paranoid fear of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Bolton, who served under George W. Bush [...]
21 June 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Didier Niewiadowski travelled all over the Central African Republic (CAR) from 2008 to 2012 when he was cooperation and cultural advisor at the French embassy. This academic who also taught law for years in other African countries [...]
21 June 2016
by AFP
18 years in jail for DR Congo's Bemba for war crimes
The International Criminal Court Tuesday sentenced former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail, handing down its toughest penalty ever for "sadistic, cruel" rapes and murders by his troops in Central Afri [...]
20 June 2016
by Cath Collins,Observatorio de Justicia Transicional, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile and Ulster University, Northern Ireland
Argentine anniversary puts truth-justice balance into the spotlight
On 24 March 2016, hundreds of thousands of Argentines flooded the streets around Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the country’s bloody 1976 military coup. The date also marked the UN Day on the R [...]
20 June 2016
by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
Tunisian youth group wages war on “amnesty of the corrupt”
In Tunisia, a growing movement called Manich Msamah (“I will not forgive”) is using the raw voice of the street to try and topple the President’s bill on “economic reconciliation”. No forgiveness without transparency on economic c [...]
20 June 2016
by Carina Tertsakian
Students Jailed for Doodling in Burundi
Earlier this month Burundian intelligence agents arrested eight secondary school students in Muramvya province and accused them of insulting the head of state. Their crime? Drawing and writing phrases like “Get out” or “No to the [...]
20 June 2016
by François Sergent
The week in review: fighting impunity and "cultural cleansing"
Civil society can make transitional justice its own cause. One example is in Tunisia, where the Manich Msamah movement (meaning “I will not forgive”) is campaigning against a draft law on “economic reconciliation” which would in e [...]
18 June 2016
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Syria, Mali and “Cultural Cleansing” as a Weapon of War
With Ahmad al Faqi al Mahdi due to go on trial in two months at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for destroying tombs in Timbuktu, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova came to The Hague to urge protection of world heritage. [...]
18 June 2016
by Aileen Kimutai, Nairobi (Kenya)
Kenya Moves Against "Hate Speech"
When Kenyan police moved early this week to arrest eight parliamentarians for hate speech, it was seen as a right step to stop people, especially politicians, from uttering words that could incite inter-ethnic hatred among Kenyans [...]
17 June 2016
by Pierre Hazan, conseiller éditorial JusticeInfo.net
The trial of Hissene Habre: a pivotal case for international justice in Africa
On May 30, in an African court, history was made. In an unprecedented move, a former president was convicted of human rights abuses by a foreign court. In another historic ruling, the accused was also sentenced on counts of sexual [...]
16 June 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
United Nations Under Fire on Darfur
At a June 14 Security Council meeting, UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous admitted lack of progress in finding a viable political solution to the conflict in Darfur, western Sudan. Five days earli [...]
14 June 2016
by Kimberley Anderson & Jocelyn Kelly
Sexual Violence and Stigma: Time to let Men Talk Too?
Thousands of acts of sexual violence, mostly against women, are documented each year as armed conflict continues to escalate. Yet even if the victims escape, social stigma can be one of the worst consequences they suffer afterward [...]
13 June 2016
by Vony Rambolamanana
New Hope for Families of Congolese Disappeared in Paris Case
On June 3, the Paris Appeals Court handed down a new decision in the case of those who “disappeared on the beach” in the Republic of Congo. It gives new hope to families of the 353 victims who have been waiting since 1999 for just [...]
13 June 2016
by JusticeInfo.net
Fatou Bensouda: ICC Prosecutor Answers Critics
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda granted an interview to JusticeInfo.net. She strongly rejects accusations that the International Criminal Court is delivering one-sided justice and is concerned about the consequences for Africa if so [...]
13 June 2016
by François Sergent
Week In Review: Interview with the ICC Prosecutor, Women and Slaves
Interviewing Fatou Bensouda about transitional justice is like talking to the late, great pianist Glenn Gould for a musician, or to Lionel Messi about football. But JusticeInfo’s editorial advisor Pierre Hazan met in Geneva with I [...]
10 June 2016
by Hazel Haddon, IRIN
For Eritreans, Egypt is the new route to Europe
Like much of Cairo, the sprawling low-income neighbourhood of Ard el-Lewa comes alive in the evening, once the sun has gone down. On warm summer nights, children chase cats along streets too narrow for cars. Tuk-tuks weave between [...]