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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.

Confronting darkness in Cambodia's Khmer Rouge stronghold
2 May 2016 by AFP
Standing next to cages that once housed political prisoners, former Khmer Rouge foot soldier Tho Lon gets a surprisingly sympathetic hearing from a clutch of students, despite his work for a regime that wiped out a quarter of Camb [...]
The week in review: from Colombia to Burundi
2 May 2016 by François Sergent
Transitional justice does not always go smoothly with orderly procedures, exemplary trials and fair judgments. This is illustrated in Colombia, where, despite an agreement in principle between FARC rebels and the government signed [...]
Refugees spur German justice to tackle Syrian war crimes
1 May 2016 by AFP
Germany will Tuesday start its first war crimes trial over atrocities in Syria, as a mass refugee influx brings not only witnesses and victims but also suspects into the country. Aria L., a 21-year-old German national and suspecte [...]
Sarajevo Documentary Shows Culture as an Act of Resistance
29 April 2016 by Pierre Hazan
In a packed room, young women in swimsuits parade for the Miss Sarajevo crown, as bombs rain down outside. Then, still with their radiant smiles, they hold up a banner saying “Don’t leave us to be killed” and throw flowers to the [...]
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28 April 2016 by Tom Maliti
Opinion: the ICC in Burundi The announcement by the International Criminal Court that it has opened a preliminary examination into human rights abuses in Burundi could be the first step towards a formal investigation into the killings and disappearances in t [...]
28 April 2016 by Tom Rollins
Seeking justice for Syrian war criminals in the EU Mohamed Abdullah probably arrived in Europe some time last year. In a picture purportedly uploaded to his Facebook page, which has since been deleted, the 31-year-old Syrian stands smiling in front of a car park that is traceable [...]
28 April 2016 by Jared Ferrie
How failure of a peace deal could boost Islamist extremism in Philippines Captain Jimmy Amolay looked across the river at the charred wreckage of a backhoe sitting in shallow, muddy water. Islamist militants blew up the tractor even though it was being used to dredge the river to build a road and preven [...]
28 April 2016 by Phelim Kine
Opinion : Unearthing Indonesia’s 1965-66 Massacre Victims Indonesia’s President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo wants to know where the bodies are buried. Literally. On April 25, Jokowi instructed his security minister, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, to start documenting the location of mass graves of th [...]
27 April 2016 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Non-State Groups are Biggest New Threat to Rules of War, Conference Told  "We are witnessing the greatest humanitarian crisis of our lifetime,” says the website of the first World Humanitarian Summit, to be held in Istanbul in May. And it proclaims that “the World Humanitarian Summit is our chance to e [...]
27 April 2016 by Patricia Gossman
Barring Afghan War Crimes Suspects From the US, says HRW As a matter of government policy, the US bars entry to non-US citizens responsible for “war crimes, crimes against humanity or other serious violations of human rights,” according to a 2011 Presidential Proclamation. However, the [...]
26 April 2016 by Christine Renaudat, Bogota correspondent
Replacing Arms with Ideas in Colombia Colombian political scientist Ariel Avila is a specialist on the country’s guerrilla movement. He talked to JusticeInfo about the last hurdles to overcome before a peace accord can be signed to end 50 years of civil war. At the he [...]
26 April 2016 by Juan Pablo Pérez-León Acevedo
Justice for forced sterilization victims: Pending points in Peru’s transitional justice agenda Justice and redress for alleged victims of forced sterilization have long been prorogued  on Peru’s transitional justice agenda. The Ombudsman (2002) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2003) reported that this practice w [...]
26 April 2016 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Current Burundi Context “Not Conducive to Truth Commission”, says ex-President Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, launched in March by President Pierre Nkurunziza, is seeking 34 million dollars to fund its activities. But former President and Senator for life Sylvestre Ntibantunganya says the pri [...]
25 April 2016 by AFP
A year of crisis in Burundi Burundi has suffered a year of bloody crisis, born of President Pierre Nkurunziza's divisive bid for a third term, which he secured last July. The opposition maintains that Nkurunziza's move was unconstitutional and violated a pea [...]
25 April 2016 by Géraldine Mattioli-Zeltner
Opening of ICC Preliminary Examination in Burundi, "a wake-up call" according to HRW   “The announcement that the International Criminal Court prosecutor is opening a preliminary examination of the situation in Burundi should be a wake-up call that the era of impunity for grave human rights violations in Burundi i [...]
25 April 2016 by AFP
War crimes court opens probe into Burundi as top general is killed A top Tutsi general was gunned down in Burundi on Monday, the latest bloodshed in a year of violent political turmoil that has now prompted a preliminary probe by international prosecutors into a litany of atrocities.A wave of unr [...]
24 April 2016 by Franck Petit, JusticeInfo
Week in Review: Ivorian ex-Presidential Couple on Trial The highlight of the week in transitional justice was the confirmation that former Ivorian First Lady Simone Gbagbo is to stand trial from April 21 for “crimes against humanity” committed in the post-election violence of 2010-2011 [...]
24 April 2016 by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
An “Arab Winter” for Women after the “Arab Spring”? Arab women had hoped revolutions in their countries would bring them greater freedom. But as they face economic hardship, forced exile, sexual violence, early marriage and human trafficking, their situation has regressed in the fi [...]
22 April 2016 by Wilane Paté, Abidjan correspondent
Ivorian Ex-First Lady to be Tried for Crimes against Humanity Côte d’Ivoire’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the last appeal of former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, opening the way for her to be tried for crimes against humanity. The trial is expected to start in Abidjan in May. Simone Gbagb [...]