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.
Kosovo: first conviction for war crimes in The Hague
16 December 2022
by AFP
Salih Mustafa was convicted of murder, torture and arbitrary detention in a prison run by Kosovo's Albanian independence guerrilla group, the KLA, which has been in power in Pristina since the 1998-1999 war of independence against [...]
15 December 2022
by Kateryna Trokhymchuk
Separatist combatants from Luhansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine are regularly tried before Ukrainian courts. Ruslan Glotov was one of them back in 2014. In March 2022, he was identified while enlisted to go and fight with the Uk [...]
13 December 2022
by Janet H. Anderson
There was new momentum this month on the idea of creating a special tribunal that would deal with the crime of aggression of Russia against Ukraine. The president of the European Commission declared her support for it, followed by [...]
12 December 2022
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Many victims in Colombia feel that the FARC are still reluctant to fully own up to many of their atrocities. Especially when it comes to crimes committed against leftist politicians and peasants. The 1986 murder of former Congress [...]
9 December 2022
by Otso Kortekangas and Rachael Lorna Johnstone
In Finland, Sámi rights take central stage in national politics
A new bill regulating voters in the Sámi Parliament elections creates political turmoil in Finland. The definition of Sámi is the main point of conflict. The controversy has divided the government coalition and attracted criticism [...]
8 December 2022
by Boubacar Sidiki Haidara
In Timbuktu, ICC reparations bring mixed feelings
In the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trust Fund for Victims has since 2021 been compensating victims of the destruction of the city's holy shrines during the occupation by Jihadists in 20 [...]
5 December 2022
by Carles Fernandez-Torne and Pablo Ouziel
Democratising and decolonising Spain: the limits of the new law on memory
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
Can 2023 be the booster year for the ICC budget?
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 [...]