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.
Mpiranya, the last major Rwandan fugitive was dead
12 May 2022
by AFP
He had been announced dead in 2006. The rumour is confirmed since Tuesday by DNA tests performed on his remains in Zimbabwe. Major Protais Mpiranya commanded the presidential guard during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He was wanted [...]
12 May 2022
by Mustapha K. Darboe
Nine former soldiers and members of the infamous “Junglers” hit-squad of former president Yahya Jammeh have returned to Gambia from exile and remain at large. Pending a government White Paper on the implementation of the Truth Com [...]
10 May 2022
by Rita Gay
In three months exactly, the mandate of the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) in Seychelles is due to end. With limited resources and political support, the Commission is struggling to prepare its final r [...]
9 May 2022
by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro
Former Rwandan prefect Laurent Bucyibaruta, 78, goes on trial from May 9 to July 12 before the Paris Court of Assizes for alleged crimes of genocide, complicity in genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity during the Tuts [...]
5 May 2022
by Julia Crawford
Ukraine, ICC and Eurojust: how will that work
On April 25, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor announced that his office has joined a Joint Investigation Team on alleged international crimes in Ukraine, under the auspices of Eurojust, the European Union Agency f [...]
3 May 2022
by Lansana Gberie
Massaquoi acquittal: What has it Wrought?
Lansana Gberie, a renowned expert on the civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, provides an exclusive analysis of the trial of Gibril Massaquoi before a Finnish court, and how it led to a full acquittal on April 29. He worries ab [...]
2 May 2022
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia: The day 10 army officials accused of false positives faced their victims
It was an unprecedented scene in Colombia. On April 27 and 28, in the heart of the mountainous region of Catatumbo, 10 members of the national army admitted to the murder of 120 civilians in front of the victims’ families. A major [...]
29 April 2022
by Thierry Cruvellier
Acquittal of Massaquoi: reality check for Finnish justice
What was supposed to be an innovative and exemplary judicial experiment has turned into an adventurous rush to conviction, with questionable investigative practices and fanciful historical theories. On April 29, by acquitting Gibr [...]
26 April 2022
by Thijs Bouwknegt
Time’s ticking for Ethiopia’s Red Terror trial in the Netherlands
Last week, The Hague Appeals Court completed its long-awaited hearings on old war crimes in Ethiopia. With ongoing conflict in Tigray, the Derg’s “Red Terror” of four decades ago may seem a story of the past. Yet this belated but [...]
25 April 2022
by Mustapha Darboe
Gambian dictatorship’s crimes go on trial in Germany
On April 25, the trial of a former member of a hit squad – known as the “Junglers” – under Yahya Jammeh’s rule in The Gambia opens before a German court. Baboucar “Bai” Lowe is a self-confessed former driver of this paramilitary g [...]
22 April 2022
by Janet H. Anderson
A Nuremberg for Russia’s crime of aggression?
As the debates continue on the international legal response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, our correspondent Janet Anderson has taken some soundings from a range of international law and other experts. Central to the discussi [...]
21 April 2022
by Joseph Mbuyi
In Kasai, justice against all odds
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, this is the third war crimes trial of former members of the Kamuina Nsapu militia. On April 19, seven former members of this rebel movement were convicted for war crimes committed in 2017 in Ka [...]
19 April 2022
by Adriana Rudling
What’s behind the numbers of disappeared in the Colombian armed conflict?
There are conflicting numbers on forced disappearance in Colombia. Over the years, different registers have appeared that have varying scope and purpose. This recently caused alarm with the UN Committee on Forced Disappearance. Re [...]
18 April 2022
by Maxence Helen
Central African Republic: the long bumpy road towards the Special Criminal Court
The Special Criminal Court opens its first trial on April 19. But this mixed court in the Central African Republic, composed of national and international magistrates, is experiencing a serious crisis of confidence. Five years aft [...]
15 April 2022
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Darfur crimes on trial at the ICC
In this podcast, our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts, Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, are discussing the first trial to open before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on crimes committed about 20 years ago in Suda [...]
14 April 2022
by Alexandre Prezanti
How Lukashenko can be held accountable for Putin’s war in Ukraine
The large range of legal avenues opened by Ukraine to respond to Russia’s military aggression does not yet directly target Belarus, although it has been one of Moscow’s most needed strategic helpers. Justice and accountability eff [...]
12 April 2022
by Janet Anderson
Ukraine: “The momentum is there for a tribunal on aggression”
Mykola Gnatovsky, professor of international law at the University of Kyiv, is currently a special advisor to the foreign ministry of Ukraine, and one of the minds behind the lawfare strategy developed by this country in resp [...]
11 April 2022
by Olga Zhuravel
War crimes in Ukraine: Bucha’s hell, through the eyes of a musician
On April 1, Justice Info launched a partnership with Ukrainian journalists to cover war crimes in all regions of the country. A selection of their reports, broadcast in the local media, will be published in our columns. This first [...]
8 April 2022
by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia: A “reconciliation” law that goes against transitional justice
Corruption, tax fraud and misappropriation of public property can now be amnestied in Tunisia. On March 21, President Kaïes Saïed used his expanded executive powers to sign a decree on criminal reconciliation, which adds to a law [...]