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.
Germany: Lessons from the first conviction of an agent of the Syrian regime
1 March 2021
by Hannah El-Hitami
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
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
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
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 [...]
12 February 2021
by AFP
British lawyer Karim Khan elected Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
British human rights lawyer Karim Khan was elected Friday as the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a politically daunting position whose incumbent was slapped with US sanctions.
11 February 2021
by Lena Bjurström
Sweden on the frontline with Syria cases
From the first war crimes trial to the first conviction of a government soldier, Sweden has been a pioneer in Europe in the prosecution of crimes committed in Syria. Today, the Swedish Public Prosecutor's Office remains a leader, [...]
9 February 2021
by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia Truth Commission: Darboe, the faithful silent agent of the NIA
With lot of expectations, a notorious member of a ‘Special Operations Unit’ involved in allegations of torture under Yahya Jammeh’s rule, appeared before the Gambian Truth Commission. Allegedly, Lamin Darboe arrested at least 115 [...]
8 February 2021
by Janet H. Anderson
Last men standing for the ICC prosecutor election
If no consensus is found today there will be a vote. This Monday, the States Parties to the International Criminal Court meet again virtually to decide which of the top three candidates left in a gruelling contest will be the cour [...]
5 February 2021
by Asymmetrical Haircuts
ICC: How to interpret Ongwen's conviction?
Fully responsible and guilty. Yesterday, on February 4th, seventeen years after the Ugandan authorities asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the northern Ugandan conflict, former Lord's Resistance Army commander D [...]
5 February 2021
by Hannah El-Hitami
Syrian and Yazidi trials: why victims’ lawyers want sexual violence considered
Two landmark trials in Germany have been dealing with crimes against humanity and genocide allegedly committed in Syria and Iraq. So far, they have not focused on sexual and gender-based violence. Civil party lawyers in both Koble [...]
4 February 2021
by Ephrem Rugiririza
ICC trial of Dominic Ongwen: Are the spirits there?
The International Criminal Court is to hand down its judgment today February 4 in the case of Ugandan rebel Dominic Ongwen, a former member of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Belief in spirits has been central to the arguments o [...]
4 February 2021
by AFP
ICC finds Ongwen fully responsible of his crimes as a LRA commander
The Ugandan child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander is fully responsible. “The chamber did not find evidence for the claim by the defence that he suffered from any mental disease or that he committed the crimes under [...]
