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.
Tunisia: A year of trials under pressure
6 June 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
On May 29, Tunisia’s criminal courts specialized in transitional justice marked their first year of work. About 20% of the expected cases have started. But this comes in a context of strong hostility from the Interior Ministry and [...]
4 June 2019
by Mustapha K. Darboe
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in the Gambia runs a 2,8 million dollars budget for 2019. It is part of a larger effort in transitional justice programs that costs a lot in this poor country. One of the surpri [...]
3 June 2019
by AFP
A report released on June 3 describes as "genocide" the deaths of more than 1200 indigenous women murdered or disappeared in Canada between 1980 and 2012. The Canadian Prime Minister accepted the conclusions of this report, which [...]
3 June 2019
by Sètondji Roland Adjovi
Three years ago, on 30 May 2016, former Chadian President Hissène Habré was convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Extraordinary African Chambers ordered the payment of significant reparations, but since then not [...]
28 May 2019
by Nika Jeiranashvili
How the ICC can still be meaningful in Georgia
Early May, representatives of different organs and sections of the International Criminal Court (ICC) visited Georgia. This is the fourth year of the ICC investigation in this country and not much is known about its whereabouts. N [...]
27 May 2019
by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
War, park rangers and the hopes of Colombia’s transitional justice
What if Colombia’s Special Peace Jurisdiction and Truth Commission investigate the environmental damages caused by conflict, from attacks on pipelines to the murder of park rangers? Environmental lawyers think that there is a uniq [...]
27 May 2019
by Tjitske Lingsma
Welcome to the ICC “Facts and figures”
ICC-facts-and-figures_data-infographic_2019_EN_@JusticeInfoTélécharger When you surf the website of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for “Facts and Figures”, are you properly informed? Not really. We checked the court’s basi [...]
24 May 2019
by Kylie Thomas
South African justice reopens apartheid cases
In 2003, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission had referred 300 cases to the courts. But state agents suspected of serious crimes under apartheid have hardly been prosecuted. 25 years after the end of segregationist rule, South [...]
23 May 2019
by Stephanie van den Berg
The Dutch war crimes unit hits harder on Syrian suspects
On May 21, the Dutch war crimes unit announced the arrest of a former commander of the al-Nusra Front, formerly the Syrian wing of al-Qaeda. After several years of being surpassed by Germany and Sweden when it comes to prosecuting [...]
21 May 2019
by Abraham Kouassi
Côte d’Ivoire: Victims say reparations so far are not enough
The Ivorian government has provided support to the victims of violent crises in Côte d'Ivoire through the "yako", an individual financial assistance of one million CFA francs (about 1,500 euros). But in Abidjan's neighbourhoods, t [...]
20 May 2019
by Hugo Jombwe
Cameroon: Impunity is not an option!
In view of the atrocities being committed in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions Hugo Jombwe, a Cameroonian jurist specialized in international criminal law, hopes that all available legal avenues – national justice, International Crimi [...]
17 May 2019
by Ephrem Rugiririza
Could ICC intervention deter conflict in Cameroon?
In a report published on May 2, the International Crisis Group (ICG) called for the International Criminal Court to intervene on the situation in Cameroon. The armed conflict between government forces and separatists in the countr [...]
16 May 2019
by Tjitske Lingsma
ICC judges at centre of controversy
For years the Office of the Prosecutor was seen as the problematic organ harming the reputation of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Now the ICC judges have triggered multiple controversies on their morality, integrity or in [...]
14 May 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia and the disputed accounts of its truth commission
The Tunisian Court of Audit, which is responsible for the oversight of public funds and is known to operate independently and impartially, published its audit report on the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) at the end of April. I [...]
14 May 2019
by AFP
The missing of Brazzaville's 'Beach', 20 years on
On May 5-14, 1999, Congolese refugees crossed the river between the two Congos and headed back to their homeland. When they reached Brazzaville's port, called "The Beach", they went through a selection process. At least 353 of the [...]
10 May 2019
by Ephrem Rugiririza
Judges urge France to take acquitted Rwandan
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda received cooperation from States to arrest the 73 people it tried, but when it closed in December 2015, it did not find a host country for some of the people who had been acquitted or [...]
9 May 2019
by Thierry Cruvellier
Seychelles: a time for truth in Paradise
On this day of May 9, the seven members of a Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission are due to be inaugurated in the Seychelles. The archipelago is known mainly for its paradise beaches and private islands. But from 1 [...]
7 May 2019
by Franck Petit
Al-Bashir: Jordan should have arrested him, the ICC says again
Appeals judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed unsurprisingly, on Monday, May 6, that Jordan – a member of the Court – should have arrested Omar Al-Bashir when he came to an Arab League summit in March 2017. Th [...]
6 May 2019
by Charles Bouessel
Central Africans still waiting for Truth Commission
Three months ago, a peace agreement was signed between the government and 14 armed groups. It provided for the establishment of a Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission within 90 days. Such a Commission was alrea [...]