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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.

Rohingya crisis: ICC steps in
6 September 2018 by AFP
In a potentially decisive move, judges of the International Criminal Court consider that the crimes committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya people fall under its jurisdiction. The International Criminal Court said Thursday it had jur [...]
Tunisia and the Struggle for Individual Rights, an interview with Slim Laghmani
5 September 2018 by Olfa Belhassine
Emerging from dictatorship also requires legal reforms. In Tunisia, the report of the Commission on individual liberties and equality (Colibe) has sparked controversy by challenging the established social order, especially on equa [...]
Central African human rights defenders say no to amnesty
3 September 2018 by Ephrem Rugiririza
As talks are announced in the Central African Republic between the government and armed groups, the country’s human rights organizations and their international partners such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the In [...]
Week in Review: Congolese warlord’s trial ends, Burmese generals accused of genocide
2 September 2018 by Ephrem Rugiririza
In The Hague, the International Criminal Court (ICC) last week concluded its hearings in the trial of former Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda.  And in New York, UN experts called for international prosecution of top Burmese [...]
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30 August 2018 by Thomas Kean
Rakhine: Time for a new approach The next few months will be an incredibly difficult period for Myanmar, dealing a succession of further blows to the image of the country, its transition and its political leaders, notably State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.  T [...]
30 August 2018 by AFP
Congolese rebel says he is a 'revolutionary' not a criminal Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda told international judges Thursday he was a "revolutionary and not a criminal" as arguments drew to a close in his three-year war crimes trial. Ntaganda, aged around 44, is accused of overseeing ma [...]
27 August 2018 by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis
In Tunisia, calls to scrap the death penalty In an open letter to the Tunisian president, two NGOs urge him to approve a recommendation by the Commission on Individual Liberties and Equality to scrap the death penalty. On August 8, President Beji Caied Essebsi received a let [...]
27 August 2018 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Retrial for Rwandan ex-minister, appeal for Rohingya children The retrial of former Rwandan Planning Minister Augustin Ngirabatware is to take place on September 24 to 28 before the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), which is the residual mechanism of the UN’s Rwanda trib [...]
23 August 2018 by Jennifer Trahan, The Conversation
Unpacking the request for early release by three Rwanda genocide prisoners Three Rwandan prisoners convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda have requested early release from the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. This has drawn widespread anger i [...]
23 August 2018 by UN News Center
UNICEF warns of ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya youth, one year after Myanmar exodus The refugee crisis in Bangladesh sparked by the mass exodus of people from Myanmar almost a year ago risks creating a “lost generation” of Rohingya children who lack the life skills they will need in future, the United Nations Chi [...]
20 August 2018 by Ephrem RUGIRIRIZA, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Ivorian amnesty and Bemba acquittal provoke reactions In Côte d’Ivoire, the main transitional justice focus remained an amnesty granted on August 6 by President Ouattara to 700 people convicted or charged in relation to the post-election crisis of 2010-2011. In an August 17 declarati [...]
15 August 2018 by AFP
Belongings and belonging: the precious objects gathered by fleeing Rohingya The Rohingya had no time to consider what to take as Myanmar forces drove the Muslim minority into Bangladesh in a crackdown a year ago likened by the UN to ethnic cleansing. Some fled with little more than the clothes on their ba [...]
13 August 2018 by Ephrem RUGIRIRIZA, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Opponents amnestied in Côte d’Ivoire and South Sudan In the past week, two African heads of State have granted amnesties to their opponents. In Côte d’Ivoire, the decision was announced on August 6 by President Alassane Ouattara during a speech to mark the 58th independence annivers [...]
9 August 2018 by Maxime Domegni
How to “take a local story and make it a global issue” with digital tools, by Bukkey Shonibbare from “Bring Back Our Girls” Movement “How a local story of girls who have been abducted in an unknown community called Chibok became important and everyone across the world was talking about it”, Bukkey Shonibbare, founder “Girl Child Africa” and one the leaders of B [...]
8 August 2018 by AFP
Ivory Coast ex-first lady Simone Gbagbo freed after amnesty Former Ivory Coast first lady Simone Gbagbo, who had been serving a 20-year jail term, was released on Wednesday, two days after being amnestied by President Alassane Ouattara. After seven years detention, Gbagbo returned to her h [...]
7 August 2018 by AFP
Ivory Coast leader announces amnesty for Simone Gbagbo and 800 others Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Monday announced amnesties for around 800 people, including former first lady Simone Gbagbo who is currently behind bars, in the name of national reconciliation. Last week Ivory Coast's S [...]
6 August 2018 by Ephrem RUGIRIRIZA, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Targeting impunity in the CAR, DR Congo and Palestine MINUSCA, the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic, has called on the nation’s judicial authorities to investigate grave crimes committed in the southeast of the country and take steps to ensure the perpetrators a [...]
6 August 2018 by JusticeInfo.Net
Russia’s involvement in CAR “complicates UN and AU task” Since the beginning of the year, Russian soldiers have become more and more visible in the Central African Republic, notably the capital Bangui, where some of them are now providing close protection for President Faustin Archange [...]
31 July 2018 by Houda Mzioudet, independent journalist
Mobilizing for social justice: Black Tunisian activism in transitional justice Introduction:   With the end of authoritarianism in Tunisia, transitional justice has become the backbone of a battle for social justice, in particular for long-forgotten minorities including Jews, Amazighs and Blacks. The Tunisia [...]