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.
Socioeconomic oppression and the need to rethink transitional justice
24 February 2020
by Jasmina Brankovic
In South Africa, organized survivors of apartheid violations have increasingly focused on socioeconomic issues. There are continuities, they note, between the colonial and apartheid past and the democratic present. While building [...]
21 February 2020
by Paola Diaz
In 2017, Mexico approved a law on Disappearance of Persons and Disappearances Committed by Individuals, which aims to curb “multi-actor” disappearances. But this law is far from effective. Between 2006 and January 2019, the Nation [...]
20 February 2020
by Marie-Laure Josselin
More than four years after the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in which child welfare was a key point, Canada’s government is reluctant to pay for Indigenous victims of decades-long policies affecting children. [...]
18 February 2020
by Patsy Athanase
Why were two killings on June 5, 1977, the day of France-Albert René’s coup d’Etat, not investigated and prosecuted? And why did the families never receive compensation from the national Fund? On February 14, the Seychelles Truth, [...]
17 February 2020
by Claude Sengenya
Will Tshisekedi act against impunity for serious crimes in Congo?
One year after his inauguration, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has not made any strong gesture against impunity for serious crimes, say civil society organizations. They urge that prosecutions for international crimes, whic [...]
14 February 2020
by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: The Supreme Islamic Council pointed at for its obedience to Jammeh
Their turn may come in response to criticism when the hearings of the Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission resume on Monday, 17 February. The leaders of the Supreme Islamic Council were seriously questioned fo [...]
13 February 2020
by Franck Petit
Sudan: If Al-Bashir can’t go to the ICC, will the ICC go to Al-Bashir?
48 hours after the stunning news that Sudan’s ex-president Omar Al-Bashir would be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has been trying to arrest him for 11 years, the situation is not so straightforward. I [...]
11 February 2020
by Rachel Rushby
Is political populism a threat to transitional justice in Colombia?
Three years after the signing of the Final Peace Agreement between FARC-EP guerrilla group and the Colombian government, could politically motivated criticism of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace derail transitional justice? Rach [...]
11 February 2020
by Meris Musanovic and Arolda Elbasani
Can the Kosovo Specialist Chambers do better than its predecessors?
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers are the latest, contested attempt at delivering justice for unpunished war crimes since the 1999 conflict. Their many predecessors have tried, but largely failed to bring justice to the victims, say [...]
10 February 2020
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Why the acquitted Gbagbo must fight to be free?
As the 2020 presidential campaign kicks off in Ivory Coast, former head of state Laurent Gbagbo, who was acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) more than a year ago, went back before the judges on Thursday 6 February, [...]
10 February 2020
by Gaël Grilhot
Central African Republic: National court gets tough on Bangassou crimes
A verdict was handed down in Bangui on Friday, 7 February after an exceptional trial. Five Anti-balaka militia leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Bangassou (south-ea [...]
7 February 2020
by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisian government to “respond to all TRC demands”
There is a wind of change in Tunisia following several announcements hailed by civil society: upcoming publication in the Official Journal of the truth commission’s report and list of the injured and martyrs of the 2010-2011 democ [...]
5 February 2020
by Grégory Leberger
Central African Republic: Ambitious truth commission plans
It has been a long time in preparation, but a draft law for creation of a Truth, Justice, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission was officially presented to President Faustin Archange Touadéra on January 22. Justice Info examine [...]
4 February 2020
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Can 8,9 million victims have a say in Colombia’s transitional justice?
The way Kankuamo Indians got together two weeks ago, in northern Colombia, to review videos in which military described extra-judicial executions gives an insight into the challenges of victim participation ahead of the first Spec [...]
3 February 2020
by Fin-Jasper Langmack
Reparations in Sierra Leone: news from the periphery of transitional justice
18 years after the official end of the civil war in Sierra Leone, its reparation program is in trouble. While the international community provided much support in the beginning, the program is now largely left to itself. Fin [...]
31 January 2020
by Megan Manion
The ICC in Central African Republic: phantom state, phantom justice
On December 11, the International Criminal Court partially confirmed charges against two former leaders of one of the main armed groups in the Central African Republic. But the ICC’s approach to accountability perpetuates a versio [...]
30 January 2020
by Patsy Athanase
Seychelles: Making sense of a bloody night in the rainforest
The sole survivor of a vicious attack perpetrated in 1983 by a group of army personnel, Bryan Charles Victor, took the stand for two hours on January 13, 2020, at the Seychelles Truth Commission, for an emotional testimony that sh [...]
30 January 2020
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Uncomfortable Justice with Lisa Clifford and her "Militia Man"
Please take a seat and switch off your mobile phones. This week, our partners from Asymmetrical Haircuts invite you with this new podcast to watch a movie in one of the International Criminal Court (ICC) dark rooms. A story of dou [...]
28 January 2020
by Franck Petit
Indigenous Peoples: The Norwegian Truth Commission's timid first steps
Truth commissions for indigenous peoples are growing, not copying but inspired by each other. After Canada and Greenland, and as Finland decides to do the same, Norway is dealing with its heavy past and trying to reconcile with it [...]