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, ICC and Eurojust: how will that work
5 May 2022
by Julia Crawford
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
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
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
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 [...]
7 April 2022
by Julia Crawford
Ukraine vs Russia: What the European Court of Human Rights can (and can’t) do
The European Court of Human Rights was the first judicial institution to rule against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, ordering “interim measures” including a halt to attacks on civilians and civilian objects. On March 16 [...]
5 April 2022
by Gwenaëlle Lenoir
Ali Kushayb, the first Sudanese on trial at the ICC
The first Sudanese trial at the International Criminal Court opens on Tuesday April 5, with victims and other suspects held in Khartoum watching. This is one of the ICC’s first historic investigations, launched in June 2005. Forme [...]
4 April 2022
by Grace Matsiko
Uganda: Kwoyelo, 13 years in custody without trial
Uganda holds the lamentable world record for the longest pre-trial detention in an international crimes trial. Thomas Kwoyelo, a former colonel in the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army, has been in jail for thirteen years. His trial fo [...]
1 April 2022
by AFP
Pope offers Church's 'apology' to Canada's indigenous people
Pope Francis apologised, on Friday 1st of April, to Indigenous people for abuse committed at church-run residential schools in Canada. The long-awaited apology comes almost a year after the discovery of unmarked graves at the site [...]