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.
Week in Review: Tunisian trial and questions on UN judge selection
4 June 2018
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
An important event of the transitional justice week was the start of trial in Tunisia in the case of Kamel Matmati, who was kidnapped by former president Ben Ali’s police, died under torture 27 years ago and his body disappeared w [...]
1 June 2018
by Human Rights Watch
A new United Nations investigation of crimes committed by the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in Iraq was not given the mandate that the situation calls for, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 31, 2018, the United Nations se [...]
31 May 2018
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and professor at Neuchâtel University
International criminal justice puts forward the idea of universal, detached justice delivered by judges who are themselves completely independent and impartial because they are not part of the reality of societies at war whose cri [...]
31 May 2018
by Eden Matiyas
The future of the Malabo Protocol to create an African Court of Justice and Human Rights remains uncertain. Despite hopes that it could add a regional accountability layer and strengthen “African solutions for African problems”, i [...]
30 May 2018
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Opinion : in Nepal, impunity for perpetrators
On the Republican day on 29 May 2018, government released a criminally convicted former parliamentarian and ex-Maoist leader Balkrishna Dhungel from jail, who was arrested by Supreme Court order in October 2017 and other 815 convi [...]
28 May 2018
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Views on the ICC and violence in Mali
Once again this week, questions have been raised about current models of transitional justice and reconciliation procedures. Justice Info spoke to three lawyers and activists from Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire and Georgia, who shared the [...]
25 May 2018
by AFP
War, displacement reshuffle Syria's demographic map
Seven years of war and massive displacement have redrawn Syria's demographic map, erecting borders between the country's ethnic, religious, and political communities that will be hard to erase. Displaced Syrians, analysts, and rig [...]
25 May 2018
by Maxime Domegni
Lawyer Reed Brody believes Gambian ex-dictator can be brought to justice in Ghana
Families of victims of the 2005 massacre of some 50 migrants in The Gambia, along with Ghanaian human rights organizations, launched a new push for the extradition of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh in Accra, Ghana, on Wednes [...]
24 May 2018
by AFP
France upholds landmark Rwandan genocide conviction
France's highest court on Thursday upheld a landmark conviction against a former Rwandan intelligence agent for his role in the country's 1994 genocide. Pascal Simbikangwa, 58, was sentenced to 25 years in 2014 in a trial that mar [...]
24 May 2018
by Ephrem RUGIRIRIZA, JusticeInfo.Net
Special Central African Court must be operational for “long-term stability”
In a report on the Central African Republic (CAR) published on May 18, Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls for more political and financial support to the Special Criminal Court (SCC), which is being set up to try serious crimes commit [...]
23 May 2018
by Eden Matiyas
The challenges of reintegrating child soldiers in South Sudan
One of the most troubling trends of the armed conflict in South Sudan is the use of children as soldiers. South Sudan is among the ten countries with the highest number of child soldiers in the world. Yet political efforts to dis [...]
21 May 2018
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Israeli impunity and Gambian perseverance
This week was marked by the events in Gaza and the possibility that those responsible in Israel might be brought before a court. The violence on May 14, which saw nearly 60 people killed by the Israeli army, has drawn anger and co [...]
17 May 2018
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and professor at Neuchâtel University
Swiss judge delivers harsh criticism of Lebanon Tribunal
Robert Roth, professor of law at the University of Geneva and former judge of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has for the first time explained why he resigned from that court in September 2013. He points in particular to a lack o [...]
17 May 2018
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Palestine to bring Israel before ICC for “war crimes”
The Palestinian Authority is preparing to refer Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes -- a potential key development for a case opened by the Court in 2015. A document referring Israel to the ICC [...]
15 May 2018
by AFP
Burundi: three years of bloody political crisis
The small central African state of Burundi has been mired in a bloody crisis since 2015 over President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid to cling to power, the unrest claiming 1,200 lives. The violence has stoked fears of a return to the 19 [...]
13 May 2018
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Opinion : Nepali war victims demand real reparations and remembrance
In Nepal, the Conflict Victim Common Platform (CVCP) has submitted an advocacy paper on “reparative needs, rights and demands” to the Justice Minister and the country's two transitional justice bodies, in the hope of creating mome [...]
11 May 2018
by AFP
Kosovo war crimes weigh heavy on Serbian film 'The Load' at Cannes
Serbian director Ognjen Glavonic says the topic of his new film, which tackles the lingering horror of the Kosovo war, probably explains why his script was rejected seven times. "Teret" (The Load), which will screen at Cannes on S [...]
7 May 2018
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Sperisen verdict “gives hope to Guatemalan victims”
A 15-year prison sentence handed down by a Geneva court on former Guatemalan police chief Erwin Sperisen for complicity in the 2006 murder of seven prison inmates is an “important step in the fight against impunity for State crime [...]
6 May 2018
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: ICC and universal jurisdiction slowly making a mark
It was an eventful week for transitional justice. Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo called on the oft-criticized International Criminal Court (ICC), whilst Human Right Watch said the ICC is inciting nation [...]