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.
On World Press Freedom Day, Tunisian Media Struggling with New Freedoms
2 May 2016
by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
Olfa Belhassine is a journalist for newspaper La Presse in Tunisia and correspondent for JusticeInfo in that country. To mark World Press Freedom Day this May 3, we publish her account of Tunisia’s transition from zero press freed [...]
Swiss mull extradition for Kosovan war crimes suspects: report
2 May 2016
by AFP
Swiss authorities have arrested two Kosovans wanted by Serbia for suspected war crimes, but the question of where to extradite them to is stirring up diplomatic tensions, Swiss media said Monday. The men, whose names were not give [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
1 May 2016
by AFP
Refugees spur German justice to tackle Syrian war crimes
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 [...]
29 April 2016
by Pierre Hazan
Sarajevo Documentary Shows Culture as an Act of Resistance
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 [...]
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 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 [...]