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.
Opinion : What next for the Burundi peace process?
5 January 2016
by Samuel Okiror
Talks aimed at a settlement to Burundi’s violent political divide are due to start in neighbouring Tanzania on Wednesday, but the government is taking a hard line over what it considers interference in its internal affairs. It ins [...]
Ivory Coast details New Year leniency for 3,100 prisoners
5 January 2016
by AFP
Ivory Coast's justice minister on Monday gave details of President Alassane Ouattara's pledge to show leniency to 3,100 inmates, saying only a small portion of those selected were behind bars for deadly post-election unrest. The [...]
Opinion : In Nepal, the undue indian influence
4 January 2016
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
India has played a significant and influential role in Nepali politics and society related to all the major events of the post-conflict era. In 2005, after a decade long violent conflict (1996-2006), the seven party alliance (SPA) [...]
3 January 2016
by François Sergeant, JusticeInfo.net
The last transitional justice week of 2015 saw presidential elections in the Central African Republic, marking a new step in the long transition of this country ravaged for nearly three years by inter-communal violence. The intern [...]
29 December 2015
by Emmanuel Sehene, Kigali
Kigali Tones Down Criticism as Rwanda Tribunal Closes
As the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) closes its doors, Kigali’s assessment of its work is less critical than in the past. The virulent tone of the past is sometimes even replaced by praise, although Rwanda [...]
23 December 2015
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Head of Project, associate professor at Neuchâtel University
Whatever Happened to "Responsibility to Protect"?
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 'brutal killings' included executions: Amnesty
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
Burundi regime stance is virtual suicide, says independent press boss
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
International Criminal Court Gets a New Home
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 [...]