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.
3 November 2022
by Lena Bjurström
On November 2, a French court found former Liberian rebel Kunti Kamara guilty of complicity in crimes against humanity during the civil war 30 years ago. He was also convicted of torture and aggravated acts of barbarism. The court [...]
1 November 2022
by Vianney Ingasso
On October 31, the Bangui-based Special Criminal Court issued its first verdict. It found three former members of a Central African armed group guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in 2019. One of the convict [...]
31 October 2022
by Matthias Raynal
Under questioning since October 19, Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité or "Toumba", a former aide-de-camp to Guinean junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara, has given his version of the facts about the 2009 stadium massacre in the capital Conakry [...]
28 October 2022
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Ukraine: why states are storming the ICJ
Never before have so many states applied to be third parties to a dispute before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). To date, 22 states have applied to intervene in the case between Ukraine and Russia over allegations of gen [...]
28 October 2022
by AFP
First prosecutions for crimes against humanity in Kenya
On October 28, the Director of Public Prosecutions in Kenya announced the indictment of several police officers for crimes against humanity. Some of them are also charged for command responsibility. This is a double first in that [...]
28 October 2022
by Julia Crawford
UN commission on Ukraine crimes “will seek to identify persons and entities” responsible
After an oral update to the UN Human Rights Council last month, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry recently submitted its first report to the UN General Assembly. It has pointed to war crimes by Russian forces in [...]
27 October 2022
by Artur Chemyrys
Ukraine: From "classroom" to prison - one click
How a woman from Cherkasy, in Central Ukraine, got 10 years in prison for treason. Her posts supporting Russia’s invasion on a banned social network attracted the attention of the country’s security services. After a search at her [...]
25 October 2022
by Christine Chaumeau
Cambodian villagers challenge sugar giant in Thai court
Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol, accused of forced displacement, property destruction and land grabbing, is being sued by Cambodian villagers in a class action suit before the Thai courts. This is a David and Goliath battle that is als [...]
24 October 2022
by Lena Bjurström
Liberian case in France: "too complicated to be tried by whites"
Since October 10, former Liberian militiaman Kunti Kamara has been on trial in France for complicity in crimes against humanity. His trial mirrors the one held in Switzerland against a senior officer, Alieu Kosiah, convicted in Ju [...]
21 October 2022
by Hannah El-Hitami
Gambian trial in Germany: I posed as a “Jungler”, defendant says
On Thursday 20 October, Baboucar “Bai” Lowe has given his first statement in six month of trial in Germany. The Gambian national, an alleged member of a notorious killing squad called the “Junglers” accused of crimes against human [...]
20 October 2022
by Lilia Kocherga
Ukraine: Trial of an ordinary citizen betrayed by his phone
A 48-year-old Ukrainian, Roman Shmarev, exchanged maps with his daughter on his phone showing the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Is this a crime? It is in wartime, according to security services who tracked him down and p [...]
18 October 2022
by Caleb Kazadi and Grace Matsiko
What will Congo do with the millions paid by Uganda in reparation?
In September, Uganda paid 65 million dollars to the Democratic Republic of Congo as the first tranche of reparations for its aggression during the 1998-2003 war, pursuant to a ruling by the International Court of Justice. This is [...]
17 October 2022
by Matthias Raynal
Defendants take the stand first at Conakry trial
In Guinea, the floor was given first to the defendants in the trial of the September 28 massacre. At the start of hearings on the substance, the first role went to Moussa Tiégboro Camara and the second to Marcel Guilavogui, respec [...]
14 October 2022
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Is there a right methodology to document war crimes in Myanmar, Syria, Iraq or Ukraine?
“Don’t over document” warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan in a recent meeting held in The Hague with Eurojust, in an address to civil society organizations, referring to situations in Myanmar, Syria [...]
14 October 2022
by Franck Petit
Chad’s president promises to compensate Habré victims
A glimmer of hope for the victims of former president Hissène Habré is being rekindled by the transition in Chad, where Idriss Déby Junior was reappointed president on October 10. Seeking to do what his father failed to do, Déby h [...]
13 October 2022
by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia: artists take up the torch of remembrance
Three recent artistic creations are breaking the silence about Tunisia’s repressive past that has fallen since the Truth and Dignity Commission ended its work three years ago. By working on remembrance, artists are taking up the t [...]
11 October 2022
by Julia Crawford
UN points to Russian crimes and Ukraine justice challenges
Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine has led to a litany of serious abuses against both civilians and combatants, mostly by the Russian side, confirms a recent report based on the findings of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in U [...]
10 October 2022
by AFP
First trial in France on the crimes of Liberia's civil wars
While in Liberia no trial has taken place for the crimes of the civil wars that left at least 250,000 people dead, France is today opening the trial of a field commander, Kunti Kamara. He was fighting in the ranks of an armed grou [...]