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.
5 December 2022
by Carles Fernandez-Torne and Pablo Ouziel
In Spain, transitional justice revolutions happen in slow motion. On 21 October, a new Democratic Memory Law created a public prosecutor’s office “for human rights and democratic memory”, to investigate past violations during the [...]
2 December 2022
by Janet H. Anderson
This year's annual meeting of States Parties opens on Monday 5 December in The Hague. The triple combination of the war in Ukraine, the unprecedented involvement of states in the situation, and the zero-increase policy of previous [...]
29 November 2022
by Julia Crawford and Thierry Cruvellier
Philip Grant: “Ukraine is accelerating a revival of universal jurisdiction”
JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Philip Grant Director of TRIAL International Philip Grant, director of TRIAL International, a Swiss NGO that was created 20 years ago, talks to us about the development of universal jurisdiction, t [...]
- Rwanda
- Special focus
29 November 2022
by Justice Info
Félicien Kabuga, the last judgment
Félicien Kabuga played the last of the great roles in the most litigated genocide in history: after having been the last of the great fugitives for a long time, he came to close the proceedings of the UN tribunal in charge of tryi [...]
25 November 2022
by Janet H. Anderson
First Seleka trial at the ICC, behind closed doors
For the first time, the International Criminal Court is dealing with crimes allegedly committed by the ‘Seleka’ rebel forces who pushed then president François Bozizé out of office and installed Michael Djotodia as president of th [...]
24 November 2022
by Benjamin Bibas
Climate justice: Pressure is mounting on fossil fuel producers
Climate complaints against States have led to much reflection on legal responsibilities, although COP27 that ended in Egypt on November 20 was silent on this. Responsibilities lead downstream to fossil fuel companies, on whom pres [...]
22 November 2022
by Kateryna Trokhymchuk
High treason in Crimea: "I don’t understand why I’m punished so severely"
After months of war in Ukraine, a number of treason trials are reaching the stage of conviction. This one concerned Crimea and took place in Lviv. Another verdict took place in Kyiv [read box]. In Lviv, western Ukraine, a 58-year- [...]
21 November 2022
by Maxim Shanahan
War crimes and press freedom battle in Australia
A whistleblower criminal trial and a defamation case involving a high-profile soldier and leading media houses: these are the main justice forums where alleged war crimes by Australian armed forces in Afghanistan are currently bei [...]
18 November 2022
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Hawija: from remote warfare to distant justice
This was only one of its 35 thousands missions. When the Dutch Air Force hit the Iraqi city of Hawija in 2015 as part of the war against Islamic State, it killed 70 civilians. But the impact, in a chain, to the health, to educatio [...]
18 November 2022
by Tom Maliti
Why Kenya is trying now its first crimes against humanity case
On Monday, nine out of 12 police suspects - including senior commanders - appeared at a Nairobi court, accused of murdering a baby, and other crimes, during a violent crackdown on post-election protests five years ago. Kenya’s fir [...]
17 November 2022
by Matthias Raynal
September 28 trial in Conakry: “It has become like a TV series”
The appearance of defendants in the September 28, 2009 massacre trial, which has been widely broadcast, has captivated Guineans for several weeks, with two effects. The wide exposure has given this historic moment the importance i [...]
15 November 2022
by Janet Anderson
Gicheru dead, the mysteries of ICC's Kenya case fall in a black hole
On 26 September 2022, Paul Gicheru died in Kenya. The Kenyan lawyer was accused of witness tampering at the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the collapse of a big case on the 2007 electoral violence that involves the newl [...]
14 November 2022
by Massimo Moratti
Time is running out for war crimes prosecution in Bosnia
“A race against time” is the title of a recent report by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) highlighting the delays in implementation of the country’s strategy for war crimes prosecution. The risk is to see the proce [...]
14 November 2022
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
What can Kenya's first case for crimes against humanity achieve?
In Kenya, national prosecutors have recently announced the opening of a first case for crimes against humanity, on the 2017 election violence. This case implicates police officers in rape, murder and torture, including the death o [...]
10 November 2022
by Iryna Salii
First sentence for sexual violence in the Ukraine war
On November 2, the Novozavodsk District Court of Chernihiv, in northern Ukraine, handed down a sentence in absentia to two Russian servicemen who were accused of abusing residents of an occupied village in Chernihiv region in Marc [...]
8 November 2022
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
The Colombian president Gustavo Petro opens door to a new transitional justice system
Right after taking office as president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro has announced his intention to try and negotiate peace with the country’s remaining armed groups and major organized crime cartels. But it is unclear what kind of t [...]
7 November 2022
by Maud Sarliève
COP 27: When Russian activists dare to take the Kremlin to court
Climate justice now also has a Russian front. On September 11, 2022, a coalition of Russian human rights organizations and activists challenged the country's long-term climate strategy before the Supreme Court on grounds that it w [...]