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.
How the military coup in Myanmar impacts international justice
12 March 2021
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
A year ago Aung San Suu Kyi was in The Hague defending Myanmar against accusations of genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Now she is under house arrest following a military coup last month. What does the coup [...]
12 March 2021
by Marion Volkmann-Brandau and Toufah Jallow
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in Gambia has under-investigated and missed acknowledging sexual violence under Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship, Marion Volkmann-Brandau, human rights lawyer, and Toufah Jallow, Gam [...]
11 March 2021
by Mustapha K. Darboe
After establishing that the July 2005 massacre of more than 50 West African migrants was perpetrated by state authorities, Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission has exposed the government’s cover-up that follow [...]
9 March 2021
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has published key findings, including an incomplete and stunning number of civilians murdered by the military and passed off as rebels killed in combat – the infamous “false positive [...]
8 March 2021
by Antoine Harari
Judgment awaited in Alieu Kosiah war crimes trial
The trial of former Liberian rebel fighter Alieu Kosiah ended on March 5 in Switzerland. Accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the early 1990s in Liberia, Kosiah denied being present at the time of the eve [...]
5 March 2021
by Thierry Cruvellier
The Massaquoi Trial: Double or quits before a Finnish court
The first hearings in Gibril Massaquoi’s trial before a Finnish court temporarily relocated to Liberia have outlined the controversial shape of the case. The prosecution is counting on mass witness testimony, while the defence is [...]
4 March 2021
by Ephrem Rugiririza
Burundi’s TRC presents divisive activity report
In 2020, the work of Burundi's Truth and Reconciliation Commission focused on the 1972 massacres, which primarily targeted Hutus. These were grave events, but choosing this period as a priority only fuels accusations that the comm [...]
2 March 2021
by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: Did Jammeh order the killing of migrants?
This is the largest massacre committed during the 22 years of Yahya Jammeh's reign in the Gambia. More than fifty migrants were executed in July 2005. Clear evidence that it was carried out on the orders of the government was so f [...]
1 March 2021
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Justice for Liberia is on the map at last
It has been a very long wait for Liberians to begin to see some accountability on the many crimes committed during their two civil wars between 1989 and 2003. And the change of trend has come from outside the country. After a few [...]
1 March 2021
by Hannah El-Hitami
Germany: Lessons from the first conviction of an agent of the Syrian regime
On February 24 Eyad al-Gharib was the first Syrian regime official to be convicted by a German court for aiding and abetting the torture and detention of protesters in 2011. The minor role the defendant played in those crimes is m [...]
26 February 2021
by Franck Petit
Georgia: Focus on Bensouda’s flagship probe five years on (2/2)
Five years ago, the International Criminal Court opened its first investigation outside the African continent, in Georgia. This is a highly symbolic investigation for Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. She may announce the findings before [...]
25 February 2021
by Franck Petit
Georgia: Focus on Bensouda’s flagship probe five years on (1/2)
Five years ago, the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened its first investigation outside the African continent, in Georgia. This investigation is eminently symbolic for Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, who initiated and led it. She [...]
23 February 2021
by Thierry Cruvellier
Massaquoi trial: Finnish court goes to deepest Liberia
Arriving in Liberia on February 15, Finnish judges, prosecutors, and lawyers spent their first week visiting sites where Gibril Massaquoi, a former rebel commander from Sierra Leone, allegedly committed crimes against humanity. Th [...]
22 February 2021
by Antoine Harari
In Swiss trial, Liberian victims tell chilling tales of Alieu Kosiah
The trial of Alieu Kosiah, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, resumed on February 15 in Switzerland. Six of the seven plaintiffs took the stand to give chilling accounts of crimes they say were committed by the for [...]
19 February 2021
by Charles Thiefaine
Iraqi tribal justice put to the test as Islamic State families return
The upcoming closure of the last camp for internally displaced persons in Iraq, Jeddah 5 in the province of Mosul, raises the issue of the return of families affiliated with the Islamic State, some of whose members were combatants [...]
18 February 2021
by Olfa Belhassine
Fictitious Tunisair jobs: how Ben Ali’s niece filled her pockets
Nepotism, favouritism and abuse of social assets characterize the case of the fictitious Tunisair jobs, which had its third hearing last week before the specialized transitional justice chamber in Tunis. This case involves 15 peop [...]
16 February 2021
by Boubacar Haidara
Mali: these crimes that can never be tried
Since the outbreak of the Malian crisis in 2012, many serious human rights violations remain and are likely to remain unpunished. This is the bitter conclusion of the International Commission of Inquiry on Mali, whose report was f [...]
15 February 2021
by Nicolas Rocca
Seoul court decision reignites Japan-Korea war of memory
A South Korean court has ordered Japan to compensate 12 sex slaves of the Japanese army during occupation of the country, just as the new US administration is urging appeasement between its two regional allies. The court decision [...]
13 February 2021
by Bronwen Cowley
Election of Karim Khan - what battles await the third prosecutor of the International Criminal Court?
IN CAMERA | Episode 2 > British lawyer Karim Khan, on Friday 12 February, has finally won the hotly contested seat of third prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for a nine-year mandate. Khan succeeds the Gambia [...]