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.
Whatever Happened to "Responsibility to Protect"?
23 December 2015
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Head of Project, associate professor at Neuchâtel University
What has become of the “responsibility to protect” (R2P) ten years after it was adopted by the international community? Has it helped stop the unleashing of violence in certain African countries? Or should we proclaim it dead afte [...]
23 December 2015
by AFP
Burundi security forces carried out executions by shooting people in the head after street battles in the capital earlier this month, Amnesty International said Tuesday, warning of a "deepening human rights crisis". Violence on De [...]
22 December 2015
by Ephrem Rugiririza
Antoine Kaburahe is director of Iwacu (meaning “at home” in the Burundian language), the last surviving independent media group in Burundi. In early September Willy Nyamitwe, chief communications advisor to President Pierre Nkurun [...]
21 December 2015
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Six glass towers of different heights, meant to mirror the sand dunes of the North Sea coast, have since December 14 been the new home of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Now that it has taken possession of these purpose-bu [...]
20 December 2015
by AFP
Clinging to power: the African leaders who won't stand down
Even the fate of Blaise Compaore, who was ousted after a bloody uprising in 2014 after 27 years as president of Burkina Faso, has not been enough to deter other African leaders from clinging to power long after their constitutions [...]
19 December 2015
by Samuel Okiror
Opinion : will peace plan help end Burundi violence
KAMPALA, 18 December 2015 (IRIN) - Plans for the African Union to deploy 5,000 peacekeepers to protect civilians in Burundi have been broadly welcomed, but will they help end months of deadly political unrest ignited by President [...]
18 December 2015
by Olfa Belhassine, Sidi Bouzid
Tunisia Five Years On: The Revolution "stopped In Sidi Bouzid"
They witnessed the spark that ignited the Tunisian revolution. They saw everything, the unfolding of the whole drama that took place on the main street of Sidi Bouzid exactly five years ago. They witnessed the self-immolation of M [...]
18 December 2015
by Carina Tertsakian, Human Rights Watch
Will Rwandans be able to speak their minds in Referendum?
On December 18, Rwandans are being asked to vote on constitutional amendments that would allow President Paul Kagame to run for president again in 2017 – a third term not permitted under the current constitution. The proposed chan [...]
18 December 2015
by IRIN/ Karin Zeitvogel
Fuelled by corruption, South Sudan war enters third year
WASHINGTON, 17 December 2015 (IRIN) - South Sudan is an oil-rich country with fertile soil and a wealth of untapped mineral riches. Pilfering money is easy for those who are so inclined, and the attraction of diverting revenues fo [...]
17 December 2015
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC Rejects First Reparations Demand from an Acquitted Person
Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on December 16 rejected a reparations request from Mathieu Ngudjolo, an alleged militia leader who spent nearly five years in ICC detention but was acquitted of crimes in the easter [...]
17 December 2015
by JusticeInfo.net
Burundi “On Brink of Civil War”
Human rights organizations, governments and experts all agree that Burundi is teetering on the brink of civil war, especially after last week’s attacks on military bases in Bujumbura and ensuing repression by security forces, incl [...]
16 December 2015
by Human Rights Watch
Syria: Stories Behind Photos of Killed Detainees
Nine months of research reveals some of the human stories behind the more than 28,000 photos of deaths in government custody that were smuggled out of Syria and first came to public attention in January 2014, Human Rights said in [...]
16 December 2015
by AFP
Colombia, FARC rebels sign key deal on victims
Colombia's government and FARC guerrillas signed an agreement Tuesday on paying reparations and providing justice for victims of their half-century conflict, a key breakthrough after three years of peace talks. "The national gover [...]
16 December 2015
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Head of Project, associate professor at Neuchâtel University
Genocide denial and the European Court
The murderous January attack on Charlie-Hebdo staff has revived an old question: what limits should be put on freedom of expression? How far can words that are blasphemous or deny genocide be tolerated? This already thorny issue h [...]
15 December 2015
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Was the UN’s Rwanda Tribunal Independent?
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which has officially closed its doors and handed down its last judgment after some 20 years of work, is a bit like the United Nations that set it up after the 1994 genocide in [...]
15 December 2015
by Adama Dieng
We must stop the erosion of International Humanitarian Law
As the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent ended in Geneva (on 10 December), ongoing armed conflicts continue to inflict horror and suffering on civilians. It is lamentable that much of the suffering is [...]
14 December 2015
by JusticeInfo.net
Rwanda Tribunal Cuts Sentences in Last Judgment
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday handed down its last judgment, reducing on appeal the sentences of six genocide convicts. They include ex-Minister of Family Affairs Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, the only w [...]
14 December 2015
by Human Rights Watch
Hissène Habré Trial: Witness Hearings Ending
(Dakar) – The last witness is scheduled to testify on December 15, 2015 in the landmark trial in Senegal of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, Human Rights Watch said today. The lawyers’ closing statements are expected to [...]
14 December 2015
by François Sergent
Transitional justice, climate justice
This week was again dominated by the COP21 environment conference in Paris, where the idea of “climate justice” is included in the final document adopted Saturday, as well as the duty of States to “respect, promote and take accoun [...]