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.
Sexual abuse in the Church: Tough task for French justice
28 October 2021
by Clémentine Méténier
The Church of France has covered up a massive crime, but what about the justice system and the statute of limitations? Shocked by the Sauvé report, the Minister of Justice has asked prosecutors to open investigations even if the f [...]
26 October 2021
by Julia Crawford
The cold case of an Iranian dissident assassinated in Switzerland 30 years ago was ordered reopened on September 27 by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court, on suspicions of “genocide or crimes against humanity”. Why?
25 October 2021
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
The detention in Mexico of Rodrigo Granda, a former head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and signatory of Colombia’s peace agreement, sparked a diplomatic storm. Paraguay accuses him of murder, while Colombia is on t [...]
22 October 2021
by Jehanne Henry
The Sudanese people massively filled the streets, yesterday, to protest against the prospect of military rule, underlining tensions between the military and civilian leaders, now at an all-time high. Both sides need to restore cre [...]
21 October 2021
by Janet Anderson
Afghanistan: a war of positions at the ICC
Shortly after his arrival, Karim Khan throws a spanner in the works. A recent statement by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that his Afghanistan probe will not “prioritise” alleged crimes by United States t [...]
19 October 2021
by Clémentine Méténier
French Church, "you must pay !"
In 45 proposals, the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church of France calls for action to compensate, recognize, organize ceremonies and erect memorials. The Church will have to pay reparations, which could reach up [...]
18 October 2021
by Gaëlle Ponselet
Congo métis: "Children of sin" confront the Belgian state
Léa, Monique, Noëlle, Simone and Marie-José were victims of systematic segregation, as were 15,000 other mixed-race children, when Congo was a Belgian colony. The five women living in Belgium and France who were born in the Congo [...]
15 October 2021
by Pierre Hazan
France-Algeria: Having the courage to create a Truth and Memory Commission
Sixty years after the massacre of Algerians demonstrating in Paris on October 17, 1961, for the independence of their country, French president Emmanuel Macron is expected to make a new gesture for remembrance. Macron has taken se [...]
14 October 2021
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia’s TRC gets an extension to jump over the elections
Just as the clock was winding down for Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, its three-year mandate has been extended by an additional nine months. This will allow the Commission to avoid becoming a punching bag during n [...]
11 October 2021
by Hannah El-Hitami
A castle full of stolen goods
Germany is the first country in Europe to announce the return of its share of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria by 2022. Thousands of these art pieces were looted by the British in the late 19th century. But while negotiations about the pr [...]
7 October 2021
by Clémentine Méténier
Xavier Philippe: "The Commission on Sexual Abuse has taken power over the Church”
In France, the Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) on October 5 presented an explosive report. Although this commission does not claim to be directly involved in transitional justice, it has used practices and princip [...]
5 October 2021
by AFP
Sexual abuse in the French Church: hundreds of thousands of victims
The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church in France (Ciase) submitted its report on 5 October. Its revelations are devastating for the Catholic Church. Between 1950 and 2020, at least 216,000 children were sexually [...]
5 October 2021
by Christoph Sperfeldt
Habré is dead but victims’ right for compensation lives on
On September 15, an African Union team arrived in Chad to help starting up the Trust Fund for the Victims of Hissène Habré’s crimes. Habré’s victims have been granted millions of dollars of compensation by two different courts. Ha [...]
4 October 2021
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
The ever expanding drone wars
Drone attacks are a common feature of contemporary wars – and growingly outside conflicts. In the past 20 years, the U.S. has carried out more than 91,000 drone strikes. They have killed between 22,000 and 48,000 civilians. Apolog [...]
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4 October 2021
by Justice Info
The Church and its sexual crimes
The scale of sexual crimes committed by members of the Catholic Church poses an unprecedented justice challenge for many countries on several continents. A multitude of transitional justice mechanisms are at work to uncover the tr [...]
4 October 2021
by Noha Aboueldahab
Why transitional justice in the U.S. must address both domestic and foreign policy
The militarization of U.S. foreign policy has worsened domestic policing practices, especially since 9/11. Few transitional justice initiatives address the transnational impact of crimes committed by state and non-state actors. A [...]
1 October 2021
by Sètondji Roland Adjovi
Colonial crimes: Cultural property should be returned unconditionally
Cultural property stolen from Africa by deception, coercion, or looting must be fully and unconditionally returned. This is the only valid reparation and a prerequisite for other negotiations to take place, writes Beninese jurist [...]
30 September 2021
by Mustapha K. Darboe
In Gambia, reconciliation still on the back burner
The final report of Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission was expected today, but may be further delayed. After nearly three years of transitional justice, the country remains divided, and reconciliation within [...]