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 Truth Commission report (Part II): Justice and prisons, tools of oppression
3 May 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
Among the mechanisms on which the Bourguiba and Ben Ali regimes relied was the justice system which became a tool of government, and prisons, where all manner of violence and abuse took place. In its section on the mechanisms of s [...]
30 April 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
A meticulous network throughout the country by the one-party State and special agents of the Interior Ministry helped keep Tunisians in subjection for several decades, explains the final report of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commi [...]
26 April 2019
by Mustapha K. Darboe
It was a historical moment this week for all Gambians and for the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). Sanna Sabally, the former number 2 of the military junta led by Yahya Jammeh, came from abroad to come forw [...]
25 April 2019
by Maud Sarliève
Polly Higgins, a major voice against environmental crime
Scottish activist Polly Higgins has been advocating for the recognition of the crime of ecocide for the past decade. She died suddenly on April 21 at the age of 50. Lawyer Maud Sarliève recalls the long struggle of her British pee [...]
25 April 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia: Tension is rising between victims and government
A serious incident occurred on 23 April between victims and the national authorities. One victim of the old regime went so far as to threaten to commit suicide under the nose of an advisor to the head of government. In the middle [...]
18 April 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
Sihem Bensedrine: “France and the World Bank should compensate Tunisian victims”
JUSTICEINFO.NET IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Sihem Bensedrine Head of the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) in Tunisia In Tunisia, the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) has just concluded its work with a final report of two thousand page [...]
16 April 2019
by Franck Petit
Reality check for the ICC in Afghanistan
An exclusive interview with Julian Elderfield, who worked in the prosecution division of the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2012 to February 2019. The prosecutor’s request to open an invest [...]
16 April 2019
by Charles Thiefaine
Iraq: A day with Islamic State suspects at Tel Keppe tribunal
A day at the Tel Keppe anti-terrorist tribunal, north of Mosul. A dozen individuals appear here each day accused of having joined Islamic State. Some are accused of torture, and some have been tortured to obtain confessions. The t [...]
15 April 2019
by Mustapha K. Darboe
The cost of lying to Gambia’s Truth Commission
After the first arrest and indictment of a witness before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission, two other soldiers whose testimonies were deemed untruthful were respectively sued for perjury and dismissed from the a [...]
12 April 2019
by AFP
ICC judges reject the investigation in Afghanistan
This is another blow for the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. On April 12, ICC judges have rejected her request to investigate crimes committed in Afghanistan. It is « not in the interests of justice », they said. T [...]
12 April 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia : the threat of an amnesty
Tunisia_bill_transitional-justice-reconciliationTélécharger The draft of a bill aimed at putting an end to the transitional justice process is circulating within parliamentary groups. This draft envisages an amnesty for all cases [...]
11 April 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
“The Silence of Others”: How a Spanish film on the Franco past resonates with Tunisians
Warmly applauded by the audience of the Tunis Cinémathèque, a Spanish film called "The Silence of Others" has a special resonance for Tunisians. It evokes the denial of remembrance and justice on the Franco dictatorship and remind [...]
9 April 2019
by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: You’d better be truthful before the Truth commission
Last week, a former Army soldier was arrested and charged with murder in the Gambia. It was only two weeks after he had testified – in a way that was deemed uncooperative – before the country’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation [...]
4 April 2019
by Thierry Cruvellier and Ephrem Rugiririza, Justiceinfo.net
Rwanda: The most judged genocide in history
Never before in the history of international justice has a mass crime been judged so much or in so many places as the 1994 genocide in Rwanda against the Tutsis. Rwanda set up more than 12,000 courts to ensure that no one would es [...]
3 April 2019
by Thierry Cruvellier
Philip Gourevitch: living in Rwanda with the genocide (somewhat) behind - Part 1
JUSTICEINFO.NET IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Philip Gourevitch Journalist at The New Yorker and author For the first time Rwandans can look at being in Rwanda in the aftermath of the genocide with the genocide somewhat behind them, says jo [...]
3 April 2019
by Thierry Cruvellier
Philip Gourevitch: “The aftermath of genocide is much harder to understand and therefore to write about” - Part 2
JUSTICEINFO.NET IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Philip Gourevitch Journalist at The New Yorker and author Journalist and writer Philip Gourevitch has kept going back to Rwanda for 24 years. In this second part of an interview with Justiceinfo [...]
1 April 2019
by Victoria Basualdo
The Ford Trial in Argentina, a workers’ victory
On March 15, an Argentine court issued its reasoning behind one of the most significant cases tried in recent years, in which three individuals were found guilty of crimes against humanity, including two former top executives of t [...]