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: Twenty years of the International Criminal Court
23 July 2018
by Ephrem RUGIRIRIZA, JusticeInfo.Net
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
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
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
17 June 2018
by AFP
Colombia's new president Ivan Duque is an anti-FARC hardliner
Ivan Duque's election victory in Colombia makes him the youngest president in his country's modern history, and gives him a strong mandate to overhaul the government's fragile peace deal with the former rebel group FARC. He campai [...]
16 June 2018
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Pay more attention to witness protection and reparations, says sexual violence expert
Sexual violence in conflict is one of the most important but also hardest crimes to prosecute. Swiss NGO TRIAL International, a partner of JusticeInfo and Fondation Hirondelle that supports victims of international crimes, is putt [...]
12 June 2018
by AFP
Jean-Pierre Bemba, former Congolese warlord and Kabila foe
Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was provisionally freed Tuesday by the International Criminal Court following an acquittal last week, is a former warlord and adversary of Congolese President Joseph Kabila. His interim release relates to a [...]
12 June 2018
by Benjamin Thorne
Legal Witnessing and Mass Human Rights Violations: Remembering Atrocities
International criminal courts and tribunals, such as the ICT for Rwanda, are commonly understood within legal scholarship as the primary tool that is utilized after mass human rights violations. This is so not only in addressing i [...]
12 June 2018
by Julia Zulver, University of Oxford
Feasible Justice: Has Colombia Over-Promised and Under-Delivered Reparations for its 8.6 Million Victims?
Colombia’s unprecedented reparations programme guarantees financial, land restitution, and holistic benefits for millions of victims. With only 7% payment to date, however, the government faces the challenge of making good on pro [...]