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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.

In Search of Justice for Syria
28 May 2015 by Stéphanie Maupas
The indictment against Syrian President Bachar Al-Assad is finally ready. All that is missing is a court to try him. The Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA), an organization set up at the beginning of th [...]
European Arrests Refuel Impunity Debate in Liberia
28 May 2015 by Julia Crawford
Recent arrests of two Liberian war crimes suspects in Belgium and Switzerland are historic, says a lawyer defending victims. They have also reignited debate in Liberia over justice for the victims of that country’s civil war. “The [...]
Rape as a Weapon of War and the Search for Justice
28 May 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
“It’s truly alarming that in conflicts today there is such huge incidence of sexual violence against women, and that in fact they are targeted for rape, sexual violence, destruction of the other group,” says Navanethem Pillay, for [...]
ICC, GAZA AND THE RULES OF WAR
28 May 2015 by Pierre Hazan
In becoming a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this past April, the Palestinian Authority intends to pursue its policy of isolating the Israeli state. How better to achieve this than to watch what is perhaps the hi [...]
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28 May 2015 by Jessie Hronesova
Bosnia : the search for missing persons Myriads of often-unspeakable traumas are generated by wars. Together with killings, rapes, plundering, and mutilations, the trauma of not knowing what happened to loved ones is a burning and everyday issue for thousands of people [...]
27 May 2015 by Julia Crawford
Mixed View of Rwanda Tribunal as it Prepares to Close The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is set to close its doors this year after pronouncing judgment in its last Appeals trial. Whilst this UN body’s contribution to the fight against impunity is not in question, o [...]
27 May 2015 by Julia Crawford
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN SIERRA LEONE – IN BRIEF Context: Sierra Leone’s Civil War (1991-2002) Sierra Leone’s civil war broke out in 1991 when RUF rebels captured towns on the border with Liberia, and was to last for eleven years, leaving tens of thousands dead and many more mai [...]
27 May 2015 by Julia Crawford
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN LIBERIA – IN BRIEF Context: Civil War (1989 – 2003) The legacy of Liberia’s nearly fifteen-year civil war lives on more than a decade after the war’s end. Liberia still struggles to prosecute those responsible for the violence, and develop inclusive [...]
27 May 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza
BURUNDI’S PRO-NKURUNZIZA YOUTH ACCUSED OF SPEARHEADING REPRESSION Arusha, May 21, 2015 (FH) – Torture, muffling victims’ cries of pain, removing their bodies in the night: these are some of the accusations against the youth of the ruling party in Burundi. The warning comes in a letter signed by [...]
27 May 2015 by Julia Crawford
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE FOR SOUTH SUDAN – IN BRIEF Context: South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a bloody, decades-long struggle against the North, often complicated by in-fighting amongst rival southern factions. After independence, former rivals formed a nati [...]
27 May 2015 by JusticeInfo.net
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN TUNISIA – IN BRIEF Context: At the end of 2010, popular uprising in Tunisia launched it on a path to become the pioneer of the so-called Arab Spring, a wind of popular revolt against entrenched dictatorship which changed the Arab world.  The uprisin [...]
27 May 2015 by Olfa Belhassine
TUNISIA'S TRUTH COMMISSION First year Tunisia’s new Truth Commission is now sorting victims’ testimonies on more than 60 years of dictatorship, which it started gathering last December. "Nearly 12,000 complaints have already landed on the desks of the Truth and Dignit [...]
27 May 2015 by Hippolyte Marboua
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC WANTS TO LEARN LESSONS FROM HABRE TRIAL Bangui, May 25, 2015 (FH) – The Central African Republic (CAR) wants to learn lessons from the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC), set up within the Senegalese justice system to try former Chadian president Hissène Habré. It is [...]
27 May 2015 by JusticeInfo
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – IN BRIEF Context: The Central African Republic has been plagued by conflict and military coups ever since independence from France in 1960. The latest conflict broke out in March 2013, when Muslim-dominated Seleka rebels deposed longtime l [...]
14 May 2015 by IRIN (Désiré Nimubona )
Burundi Who is Godefroid Niyombare ? Major-General Godefroid Niyombare on Wednesday announced the ouster of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi over his controversial bid to run for a third term in office. The apparent coup took place after almost two weeks of str [...]
13 May 2015 by AFP
ICC "closely" watching Burundi violence: prosecutor International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warned Friday her office would closely monitor the run-up to elections in Burundi and would not hesitate to prosecute perpetrators of "mass violence". Tensions are risin [...]
12 May 2015 by Stéphanie Maupas
Acquitted Congolese is an ICC Embarrassment The Hague, May 12, 2015 (FH) – Mathieu Ngudjolo, the first person to be acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), was on Monday forcibly sent back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ICC and Dutch authorities dismi [...]
11 May 2015 by Stéphanie Maupas
Testimony of an International Criminal Court Judge Bulgarian judge Ekaterina Trendafilova left The Hague in March after nine years at the International Criminal Court (ICC), during which she presided a court, became an appeals judge and came face to face with most of the ICC accus [...]
27 April 2015 by Hippolyte Marboua
SPECIAL COURT TO TRY SERIOUS CRIMES IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bangui, April 25, 2015 – The Central African Republic is to set up a Special Criminal Court to try serious crimes committed in that country. Members of the transitional parliament on Wednesday approved a law to establish the Court [...]