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.
Central African Republic: the long bumpy road towards the Special Criminal Court
18 April 2022
by Maxence Helen
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
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
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
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 [...]
1 April 2022
by Thierry Cruvellier
Anta Guissé: "The Sankara trial is in line with history”
JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Anta Guissé Lawyer at the Paris Bar For more than 20 years, Franco-Senegalese lawyer Anta Guissé has worked for the defence at international tribunals for Rwanda and Cambodia, as well as the Intern [...]
31 March 2022
by Franck Petit
Georgia, the ICC's testing ground for Ukraine
For the Kremlin, Georgia was a testing ground for what is being played out today in Ukraine on a larger scale, and for the International Criminal Court (ICC) too. In Ukraine, the war started in 2014 triggered an ICC investigation [...]
29 March 2022
by Sergey Vasiliev
The future of justice for Ukraine is domestic
A growing number of states have opened investigations into international crimes committed in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last month. While high-profile international courts like the International Criminal Court have a role to [...]
28 March 2022
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Guatemala: How indigenous women beat paramilitaries
Despite all odds, Guatemala’s highest court has sentenced five former paramilitary soldiers to 30 years in jail for raping 36 indigenous Maya Achi women during the country’s civil war, on January 24. In this new podcast, our partn [...]
25 March 2022
by Julia Crawford and Thierry Cruvellier
Ukraine responds to warfare with “lawfare”
There is a military response, a panoply of economic sanctions, and then there is a judicial offensive unprecedented in its speed and range. Justice is Ukraine’s third weapon in response to the invasion of its territory by the Russ [...]
24 March 2022
by Janet H. Anderson
The unresolved responsibility of Big Oil companies in Nigeria
On March 23 a Dutch court ruled that it was impossible to hold the oil company Shell liable for the 1995 trial and execution of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his fellow Ogoni community leaders. The ‘Ogoni 9’ case has [...]
21 March 2022
by Mustapha K. Darboe
Who got amnesty from Gambia’s Truth commission, and who didn’t
On March 16, Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission submitted its final recommendations to the government on 25 amnesty applications. Eight of them were denied. Former number 2 of the military junta Sanna Saball [...]
17 March 2022
by Molly Quell and Thierry Cruvellier
The International Court of Justice orders Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine
The International Court of Justice sent a strong message to Moscow on Wednesday, telling the Russian Federation to stop the war and cease military activities in Ukraine. It did it through an overwhelming 13-2 decision. However, th [...]