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.
Women Victims Step Up As Tunisia Truth Commission Deadline Nears
9 June 2016
by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
Thanks to the efforts of several civil society organizations in Tunisia, the number of cases of women victims filed with the country’s Truth and Dignity Commission has risen significantly from 5% to 21%. With the deadline for fili [...]
9 June 2016
by Jean-Baptiste Nkurunziza and Obi Anyadike, IRIN
A year after President Pierre Nkurunziza controversially decided to stand for a third term in office in Burundi, more than 1,150 people have died in political violence, according to conflict tracking NGO ACLED. Burundi is becoming [...]
9 June 2016
by Obi Anyadike, IRIN
UN whistleblower Anders Kompass, who exposed the sexual abuse of children by French and African peacekeepers in Central African Republic, is to resign in protest over what he sees as the organisation’s failure to hold its senior o [...]
9 June 2016
by Bruno Djito SEGBEDJI, Bamako correspondent
Mali’s Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (CVJR) was created over a year ago and put in place last October, but it has hardly started working. The Commission, which has a three-year mandate (2015-2018), has just finished [...]
7 June 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Central African Republic: Murder by Peacekeepers
Discovery of Mass Grave Provides New Evidence Soldiers from the Republic of Congo killed at least 18 people, including women and children, between December 2013 and June 2015 while serving as peacekeepers in the Central African Re [...]
7 June 2016
by Christine Renaudat, Bogota correspondent
Colombia Puts Civil War Archives Online
The archives of Colombia’s National Centre of Historic Remembrance (CNMH) were put online a month ago. They comprise just over 160,000 documents compiled over four years. They can be freely consulted on the website of the CNMH, wh [...]
7 June 2016
by Pierre Hazan
Fatou Bensouda: “Nobody Should Be Above the Law”
On a recent visit to Geneva, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda granted this interview to JusticeInfo.Net. She strongly rejects accusations that the ICC is delivering one-sided justice and is concerned ab [...]
6 June 2016
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
“Corporate Responsibility for International Crimes Must Be Tackled,” Says Swiss NGO
Swiss NGO TRIAL (Track Impunity Always) is celebrating its 14th anniversary on Monday June 6, renaming itself TRIAL International to reflect an increasingly worldwide role and launching a new website. TRIAL was founded shortly bef [...]
6 June 2016
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: A Historic Judgment for Africa
The life sentence against former Chadian president Hissène Habré handed down on May 30 by the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) in Dakar marks a historic turning point for transitional justice. It is historic because of the gra [...]
6 June 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Palestine: ICC Should Open Formal Probe
Impartial Justice Needed as Occupation Enters 50th Year As the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza entered its 50th year, Human Rights Watch called today on the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to open a form [...]
3 June 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Africa Can Try Its Criminals If There Is Political Will, Says FIDH
The May 30 conviction of former Chadian president Hissène Habré for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed under his rule “shows African countries are well able to try perpetrators of mass crimes in Africa, if they have [...]
2 June 2016
by Human Rights Watch
China: Tell the Truth About Tiananmen on Anniversary
Repression of Rights at Post-1989 Peak Under President Xi The Chinese government should cease its denial about the state’s role in the massacre of unarmed pro-democracy protesters and citizens around June 4, 1989, and acknowledge [...]
1 June 2016
by AFP
Habre trial brings momentum for African justice
The successful prosecution of Chadian dictator Hissene Habre has galvanised the movement for a permanent forum for justice in Africa, but several legal roadblocks stand in the way, according to experts. A special African Union-bac [...]
30 May 2016
by AFP
From exile to trial: major dates since Habre fled Chad
Key dates from former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre's overthrow to his life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity over his brutal 1982-1990 rule, in a landmark trial in Senegal. - Exile in Senegal - -- December 1990 [...]
30 May 2016
by Reed Brody
Hissène Habré - The Long Road to Justice
Over 25 years ago, Souleymane Guengueng, a deeply religious civil servant who watched dozens of his cellmates succumb to torture and disease in Hissène Habré’s Chadian prisons, took an oath that if he ever got out of jail alive, h [...]
30 May 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo
Habré Gets Life Sentence in Historic Judgment
A former African head of State was on Monday convicted by African judges sitting at an African court, in the name of Africa. Former Chadian President Hissène Habré was sentenced to life in jail for crimes against humanity and war [...]
30 May 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Côte d’Ivoire: Simone Gbagbo Trial Begins
Needs to be Fair, Followed by Trials of Pro-Ouattara Commanders The upcoming trial in Côte d’Ivoire of the former Ivorian first lady Simone Gbagbo for crimes against humanity could be a pivotal moment for justice. However, for the [...]