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.
Afghanistan: a war of positions at the ICC
21 October 2021
by Janet Anderson
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
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
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
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 [...]
- International
- Special focus
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 [...]
28 September 2021
by André Guichaoua
Rwanda : Bagosora, a major player in a genocide without mastermind
The death, on 25 September, of the man who was presented as the brains behind the 1994 genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, attracted little media attention. Sociologist and Rwanda specialist André Guichaoua looks back at the journey [...]
27 September 2021
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Bringing justice home in Kosovo
For more than 20 years, victims in Kosovo told their stories to UN prosecutors and lawyers, to EU judges, again and again. They experienced first-hand the limits and assets of international justice. How can justice be brought back [...]
24 September 2021
by Janet Anderson
The Lebanon Tribunal’s back from the dead – for a moment
In a dramatic declaration, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon said in June it would have to close by the end of July due to lack of funds. Instead, phoenix-like, it’s slimmed down, raised some cash and will be holding appeals hearin [...]