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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.

Nepal’s draft transitional justice amendments must be improved, say victims
31 July 2018 by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Civil war victims in Nepal do not accept the government’s latest draft amendment to the Transitional Justice Act (TJA), which is a political compromise. They demand a strong foundation for justice and a guarantee of non-repetition [...]
Week in Review: Mali elections raise hopes
30 July 2018 by Ephrem RUGIRIRIZA, JusticeInfo.Net
The eyes of the world are on Mali, where voters went to the polls on Sunday July 29 in presidential elections. It is hoped these polls will help the country emerge from its current stalemate in implementation of the 2015 peace acc [...]
DRC: High Military Court confirms all condemnations in child rape case
27 July 2018 by TRIAL International
On July  26, 2018, the High Military Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (HMC) has confirmed the condemnation of all 11 accused in the Kavumu case. The first instance judgment had seen them condemned for rape as crimes a [...]
Peace accord criticized as Malians go to the polls
26 July 2018 by Sidi AHMED in Bamako
Malians go to the polls on July 29 in presidential elections. Many issues have been discussed in the candidates’ campaign meetings, including the peace agreement signed in 2015 which provides for a transitional justice process. Th [...]
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25 July 2018 by YE MON/ Frontier
Controversy, progress at Myanmar's third Panglong peace conference  Although Myanmar's National League for Democracy government had planned to hold the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conferences twice a year, the third session of the gatherings intended to bring an end to civil conflict was po [...]
23 July 2018 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC Information and Outreach for Palestine victims Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ordered the opening of an outreach programme for victims of the situation in Palestine, marking a new twist in the handling of this case. On July 13, 2018, three judges ordered [...]
23 July 2018 by Ephrem RUGIRIRIZA, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Twenty years of the International Criminal Court This week was marked by the celebration on July 17 of 20 years since the signing of the Rome treaty which founded the International Criminal Court (ICC). Despite its difficulties in arresting top suspects like Sudanese president O [...]
21 July 2018 by AFP
Rwandan academic's genocide life sentence overturned A linguistics professor's life sentence and conviction for direct involvement in Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been overturned but his nine year sentence for downplaying the bloodshed upheld, his lawyer said Saturday. Former trade un [...]
17 July 2018 by Mariam Salehi
Political resistance: how cross-cutting frictions drive and define transitional justice in Tunisia Transitional justice is inherently political. It emerges from political concerns, influences politics and power structures. In a transitional society, transitional justice has an important role to play in shaping the ‘new politica [...]
16 July 2018 by Ephrem RUGIRIRIZA, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Bangui rejects hate message, Euro-MPs make an appeal Central Africans from all sides have come out strongly against a message calling on Christians to avenge the deaths of priests and members of the faithful killed in recent days. That call came in a communiqué from the “Church Defe [...]
16 July 2018 by Stéphanie MAUPAS, The Hague
“If the ICC had jurisdiction in Syria, it might save many lives” On July 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrates the 20th anniversary of its founding document, the Rome treaty. Interview with Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW). Justice Info: What is the s [...]
9 July 2018 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
EU needs Special Representative on International Justice, say Euro-MPs A group of European Parliament members have asked top EU diplomat Federica Mogherini to appoint as a matter of urgency a special representative on international humanitarian law and international justice. In a letter sent on June [...]
6 July 2018 by AFP
France upholds life sentences for Rwanda genocide mayors A French court on Friday upheld life sentences for two former Rwandan mayors for taking part in the massacre of hundreds of ethnic Tutsis during the country's 1994 genocide. Octavien Ngenzi, 60, and Tito Barahira, 67, had launched [...]
5 July 2018 by Stéphanie Maupas,correspondent in The Hague
ICC Prosecutor says Bemba acquittal based on false testimony As the International Criminal Court (ICC) prepared to hold a hearing this July 5 in a second, witness tampering case against Congolese Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba and his co-accused, the Prosecutor says his acquittal in early June f [...]
22 June 2018 by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Opinion : transitional justice amendment in Nepal not "acceptable" , according to victims The government of Nepal is preparing to register a new bill of controversial and highly contested transitional justice act in the parliament after 3 and half years of two transitional bodies formed in February 2015. In a historic [...]
21 June 2018 by Frédéric Burnand, correspondent in Geneva
"Recognizing sexual violence in conflict is part of sexual equality" Better fighting sexual violence in conflict, prosecuting perpetrators more efficiently and strengthening judicial procedures so that victims can get justice and reparation – this was the focus of a conference organized in Geneva b [...]
20 June 2018 by AFP
War-ravaged South Sudan at a glance South Sudan, the world's newest country, has been mired in a devastating civil war for more than four years, with tens of thousands of people killed, nearly four million displaced and its economy in ruins. War broke out when Presi [...]
18 June 2018 by AFP
Spain's new government to remove Franco's remains from mausoleum Spain's new Socialist government is determined to remove the remains of Francisco Franco from a vast mausoleum near Madrid and turn it into a place of "reconciliation" for a country still coming to terms with the dictator's legacy [...]
18 June 2018 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Sexual violence in conflict: how international guidelines can help investigators Swiss NGO TRIAL International, a partner of JusticeInfo that supports victims of international crimes, is putting the spotlight on sexual violence in conflict at a series of events in Geneva on June 18-19 to mark its fifteenth ann [...]