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.
Ukraine: why the ‘show trial’ of British POWs violates Geneva Conventions
14 June 2022
by Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne
The treatment of prisoners of war (POW) in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is a growing issue. Both sides have been accused of violations of the Geneva Conventions that protect combatants when they are no longer able to fi [...]
13 June 2022
by Franck Petit
In the Ukraine conflict, accusations of genocide have been made by both sides. Moscow has sought to justify its armed intervention by saying there is an ongoing genocide against the Russian-speaking population of the Donbass regio [...]
10 June 2022
by Caleb Kazadi
Opened a year ago, the trial concerning ethnic violence in Yumbi, Democratic Republic of Congo, has been at a standstill since the beginning of April. Eighty people are on trial for acts including crimes against humanity during cl [...]
9 June 2022
by Balthazar Nduwayezu
Six months have passed since eight people acquitted or released by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) were transferred by the UN to Niger, supposedly to live freely and permanently. But they are still without pa [...]
7 June 2022
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
In Colombia, the end of a mother’s 20-year quest for a missing daughter
Arnobia Gutiérrez’s quest is about to finally come to an end as soon as she receives, in a solemn ceremony, the remains of her daughter Natalia who had been missing for 20 years after she was recruited as a child by the ELN guerri [...]
3 June 2022
by Yehor Rud
Two Russian soldiers are convicted in Ukraine’s second war crimes trial
On May 31, two Russian servicemen were sentenced to 11 years and 6 month in prison. They had pleaded guilty on a charge of indiscriminate bombing that damaged civilian buildings. This was the second sentence for war crimes by Ukra [...]
2 June 2022
by Hannah El-Hitami
Gambian trial in Germany: the thin line between witness and suspect
In Celle, Germany, a former member of Gambia’s notorious “Junglers” is accused of crimes against humanity. One of his former comrades, with a very similar background, was expected to come as a witness to shed light on the death sq [...]
31 May 2022
by Julia Crawford and Franck Petit
Insights on the digital revolution for war crimes probes in Ukraine
On March 11, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that his office has set up an online portal to collect information on possible war crimes in Ukraine. The Prosecutor General of Ukraine has done the s [...]
30 May 2022
by Céline Bardet
Ukraine: The risk of judging war crimes during war
From the very first days of the conflict, Ukraine launched a legal offensive, while the International Criminal Court also "took up arms" alongside Ukraine. Legal expert and activist Céline Bardet recalls the historical precedent o [...]
26 May 2022
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Reporting atrocities, a testimony from Bucha
As in most conflicts, local and international journalists are often frontline witnesses of crimes. In this new podcast by our Asymmetrical Haircuts partners, Danny Kemp, AFP bureau chief in The Hague, recounts his experience in Uk [...]
26 May 2022
by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia validates Truth Commission's work and promises justice
It is a milestone for the future of The Gambia. On Wednesday 25 May, the government, after five months of deliberation, finally said how it intends to implement the recommendations of the Truth Commission. Justice Minister Dawda J [...]
25 May 2022
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia: Tensions rise ahead of the Truth Commission’s report
Two political crises in two weeks have shaken Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, while its final report is now due to be published just over a month: first, the resignation of retired major and commissioner Carlos Osp [...]
24 May 2022
by Iryna Salii
First Ukraine war crime trial through the eyes of a local court reporter
Under normal circumstances, this trial could have lasted several years. The first war crime trial of a Russian serviceman was one of intense interest and rare speed in Ukraine. A young sergeant, Vadim Shishimarin, who pleaded guil [...]
23 May 2022
by Thierry Cruvellier
Truth in Colombia: “Your sons were innocent people we murdered”
This was the last major public hearing before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Colombia. On May 10 in Soacha, three retired soldiers listened to 13 women tell them about the unbearable and permanent pain of losing their [...]
23 May 2022
by AFP
Russian soldier gets maximum sentence for war crime in Ukraine
“The court has found that [Vadim] Shishimarin is guilty and sentences him to life imprisonment,” judge Sergiy Agafonov said this Monday 23 May, announcing the verdict in the first trial of a Russian military officer, just three mo [...]
20 May 2022
by Molly Quell
Kosovo: two KLA veterans jailed for “witness intimidation”
On Wednesday 18 May, the Kosovo special court based in The Hague decided to strongly sanction two former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) for “obstruction of justice” and “witness intimidation”. At the origin of this ca [...]
19 May 2022
by Lena Bjurström
France: Interpol president suspected of torture
Elected last November to the presidency of Interpol, Emirati General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi is the target in Europe of several judicial complaints for "torture". Already under a first investigation in France, where the internationa [...]
17 May 2022
by Iryna Salii
Ukraine opens first war crime trial of a Russian soldier
On May 13, the Solomianskyi District Court in Kyiv held a preliminary hearing in the first trial of a soldier in the Russian army, Vadim Shishimarin, after the start of the “special operation” launched by the Russian Federation ag [...]
13 May 2022
by Scott Straus
Genocide in Ukraine: what are the roots of the debate?
In Ukraine, genocide is once again in the news. As in nearly every recent humanitarian crisis, in which there has been large-scale violence against civilians, the question arises: is this genocide? Trying to settle the debate defi [...]