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.
Philippe Sands: “There is an issue of identity and race” in international justice
16 September 2022
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
The renowned lawyer Philippe Sands, a Franco-British law professor and author, is the guest of the Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast, partner of Justice Info. In this free and passionate conversation, Sands reveals how international j [...]
15 September 2022
by James Harding Giahyue
Viktor Bout, born in former Soviet Union, was once the world’s most infamous arms dealer. He was accused to have fueled many wars across the world, in particular in Liberia. In 2012 he was sentenced to 25 years in jail by a U.S. c [...]
13 September 2022
by Olga Ivleva
On September 8, a court in Odesa, southern Ukraine, found Ruslan Yelkin guilty of treason and participation in a terrorist organization. A fighter in the separatist ranks in the Donbass, the man was sentenced to 15 years in prison [...]
12 September 2022
by Clémentine Méténier
Historian and sociologist Guillaume Mouralis, who works on the history of legal practices in post-conflict situations, looks back at the pivotal moment of the Nuremberg Trials, which judged corporate executives at the end of the S [...]
6 September 2022
by Shoshana Levy, Helin Köse and Lucille Vidal
France: Terrorist attacks trial proves an unforeseen experience of restorative justice
As another extraordinary trial opens in France, that of the Nice attack involving 865 civil parties and 8 defendants, we look back at the trial on the November 13, 2015 attacks that closed in July, which turned out to be an unfore [...]
5 September 2022
by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: Suspect officials remain, as government stalls on TRC recommendations
Activists are voicing the alarm. After its inquiry, the Gambia Truth Commission recommended that some 90 officials, largely in the security sector, be banned from public office or prosecuted. The government has committed itse [...]
1 September 2022
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia: new challenges for the military who don’t admit to their crimes
After the last four months major achievements in Colombia in dealing with the past crimes of the military, the new left-wing government now has to deal with the Armed Forces' and defence sector's reluctance to see extrajudici [...]
1 September 2022
by AFP
Five key allegations in the UN's Xinjiang report
The report long-feared by China finally came out, minutes before UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet was due to leave on the evening of 31 August. Summary of the substance of the report, which alleges that Beij [...]
30 August 2022
by Marit de Haan
Is a virtuous model of reparation emerging in Chile?
In Chile, a recent move from the new government on reparation for victims of human rights violations committed during the 2019 uprising could trigger and expresses a radical shift of policy in dealing with human rights violations, [...]
29 August 2022
by Iryna Salii
Ukraine: What it’s like to be lawyer for a Russian fighting your country
On July 29, the Kyiv Court of Appeal reduced to 15 years the sentence of the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes in Ukraine since February 24. Vadim Shishimarin had been sentenced In May to life imprisonment. We met with Vi [...]
26 August 2022
by Robert Odongo
Uganda: Meeting farmers fighting for justice against Total
In the western part of Uganda, about 100,000 people are displaced by a huge oil project mainly run by the French giant Total Energies. The area has been placed under a blanket lockdown by the government. And Total is now subject t [...]
25 August 2022
by Julia Crawford
Five years after the crackdown on Rohingya, “it’s getting worse and worse”
With one million Rohingya still in Bangladesh refugee camps and increased violence after the military coup last year, justice efforts for Myanmar are still in their early stages. But the UN body in Geneva that is gathering evidenc [...]
22 August 2022
by Julia Crawford
Ukraine: What to make of Russia’s copycat justice
A top Russian official said in late July that Moscow had charged 92 members of the Ukrainian armed forces with “crimes against the peace and security of mankind” and opened over 1,300 criminal investigations. Are there any grounds [...]
1 August 2022
by Justice Info
Our best justice stories (2021-2022)
Justice Info is taking a break and will resume publishing on August 22. This is an opportunity to offer you a selection of our best "justice stories" published since September 2021. Six articles where our journalists tell the stor [...]
28 July 2022
by Iryna Salii
War crimes trial in Chernihiv: "There is an oath to carry out the commander's orders"
The war crimes trial of Russian soldier Mykhailo Kulikov is ongoing in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. On February 26, 2022, he allegedly fired one shot from a tank into a civilian high-rise on the outskirts of the city. The new [...]
27 July 2022
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
The Truth Commission’s message to Colombia
On 28 June, Colombia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission unveiled its final report on that country’s 60-year armed conflict. Its central message, gathered in a nearly 900-page chapter on findings and recommendations, focuses les [...]
26 July 2022
by Thierry Cruvellier
ICJ admits genocide case against Myanmar
On July 22, the International Court of Justice rejected Myanmar's arguments that it lacked jurisdiction over charges brought against the Burmese government by Gambia. Almost three years after the case was filed, the court will now [...]
22 July 2022
by Julia Crawford
Justice in Libya: A road to hope or a road to nowhere?
A UN Fact-Finding Mission recently published its third report unveiling more evidence of “crimes against humanity, war crimes, and gross human rights violations” in Libya, including against migrants. National authorities are suppo [...]