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.
Gambian Ousman Sonko will be tried for crimes against humanity in Switzerland
25 April 2023
by Julia Crawford
This is said to be the highest ranking individual to be prosecuted in Europe under the principle of universal jurisdiction. Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, was officially indicted on April 17 by a Swiss prose [...]
24 April 2023
by Insaf Rezagui and Mohammed Qawasma
The International Criminal Court’s indictment of two Russian leaders including Vladimir Putin increases pressure on its Prosecutor to show the same firmness in other cases. These include Palestine - and Israeli leaders in particul [...]
21 April 2023
by Iryna Salii and Thierry Cruvellier
Last February, journalist and television presenter Anton Krasovsky of Russia Today was sentenced in absentia to 5 years in prison for incitement to the genocide of Ukrainians by a court in Kyiv. A case that is a reminder of the fi [...]
20 April 2023
by Iryna Salii
Two Ukrainians who took jobs in the police during the 9-month Russian occupation of Kherson were sentenced to 12 years in jail, for collaboration, by a court in Kyiv. Ukraine’s justice system is trying more and more of its citizen [...]
18 April 2023
by Maarten van Munster and Joris van Wijk
Mistaken identities: how Angola’s reconciliation process derailed
Almost two decades after the civil war, the Angolan government launched at the end of 2019 a large “reconciliation plan”, supported by transitional justice initiatives that scholars Maarten van Munster and Joris van Wijk are one o [...]
17 April 2023
by Margherita Capacci
Italy sticks to its 20-year gap on international crimes
It is an historical paradox for the country where the Rome Treaty, founding text of the International Criminal Court, was signed: Italy has still not incorporated international crimes into its criminal code and still cannot exerci [...]
14 April 2023
by Matthias Raynal
In Guinea, Dadis opposition gives its version of stadium massacre
This week, the testimony of Ben Youssouf Keïta struck a chord. He is the third opponent of Moussa Dadis Camara’s former regime to testify at the Conakry stadium massacre trial. Victim and eyewitness of the bloody repression of Sep [...]
13 April 2023
by Olivier Beauvallet
Benjamin Ferencz: the man who sought peace through law
Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg Tribunal prosecutor died in the night of April 7 to 8 at the age of 103. French magistrate Olivier Beauvallet, who worked on the French edition of his autobiography, pays tribute with a [...]
11 April 2023
by Julia Crawford
Colonial crimes: the reparations movement stalls in Europe
The wave of restitutions expected after French President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 promise to return stolen art to Africa has hit legal and political roadblocks. But while former colonial powers are shying away, it seems “New World” [...]
7 April 2023
by Rachida Houssou
Why treasures returned to Benin are still in boxes
The November 2021 restitution of 26 art works stolen by French colonists from the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, was celebrated as a model. But these treasures that Benin’s people should finally be able to admire again [...]
6 April 2023
by Mathilde Hautereau-Boutonnet
Climate trials: What to make of multinationals’ string of victories?
After the two recent victories in France and Germany of Total Energies and Volkswagen, the author of this Opinion wonders if it is really useful for environmental NGOs and climate justice activists to sue multinationals.
4 April 2023
by Balthazar Nduwayezu
Doctors say Kabuga trial should be stopped
Is Félicien Kabuga, alleged financier of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, fit to stand trial? This question has been raised ever since his arrest. Last week, at the request of the defence, medical experts took the stand to give their [...]
3 April 2023
by Janet H. Anderson
With ex-Kosovo president Thaçi, the special court big trial opens
Today, the Kosovo tribunal in The Hague plays host to a former head of state in the big showpiece trial of this court. Dealing with events at the tail end of the 1990’s as Kosovo was struggling for liberation from Serbian repressi [...]
31 March 2023
by Gwenaëlle Lenoir
Sudan transitional justice: agreement in sight or a "big lie"?
A supposed "final agreement" to end the political crisis in Sudan has been announced for this Saturday, April 1, between the country’s military junta and civilian coalition, including new commitments on transitional justice demand [...]
30 March 2023
by Caleb Kazadi
Congo: Two top brass on trial for crimes against humanity in Kasai
An important trial in the "Mulombodi" case opened in Kinshasa on March 20, more than six years after the events. This religious site near Kananga airport was the scene of atrocities in September 2016. Two top Congolese police and [...]
28 March 2023
by Maxim Shanahan
Australia's war crimes in Afghanistan: a high-stakes first arrest
In Australia, a first arrest – of a former SAS trooper, Oliver Schultz – in the investigation of alleged war crimes committed by Special Forces in Afghanistan launched two years ago marks a significant development and poses novel [...]
27 March 2023
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia: new FARC indictment puts spotlight on indigenous and Afro victims
Two weeks ago, Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace indicted 10 former regional commanders of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This second indictment against [...]
24 March 2023
by Gaëlle Ponselet
Belgian colonial past: "This issue will come back and demand to be tackled”
At the end of 2022, a special parliamentary commission meant to shed light on the Belgian colonial period ended in bitter failure. What do representatives of the mainly Congolese and Burundian diasporas who participated in this co [...]
23 March 2023
by Olfa Belhassine
In Tunisia, the "falsified" report that threatens transitional justice
Sihem Bensedrine, the former president of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission, is accused of having received bribes to make additions to the commission’s final report. At the heart of the controversy is the Franco-Tunisian Bank [...]