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.
'Butcher of Bosnia' faces historic war crimes verdict
19 November 2017
by AFP
UN war crimes judges will on Wednesday hand down a historic verdict against former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, blamed for steering Europe's worst atrocities since World War II. The judgement and possible sentencing b [...]
17 November 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.Net
This week JusticeInfo.net took a closer look at transitional justice issues affecting Gambia, where civil society is campaigning to bring ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh to justice, and Sri Lanka, where the government is dragging its fee [...]
16 November 2017
by AFP
'Mounting evidence' of Myanmar genocide: watchdogs
Myanmar security forces slit the throats of Muslim Rohingya, burned victims alive, and gang-raped women and girls, according to two separate reports detailing mounting evidence of genocide against the minority group. Human Rights [...]
16 November 2017
by Arnaud Dubus, southeast Asia correspondent
A book on “Silent Repression in Laos”, five years after activist disappeared
LaosZtheZSilentZRepressionTélécharger Anne-Sophie Gindroz, an aid worker who was expelled by the Communist government of Laos in late 2012, has just written a book on her experience in that country. “Laos, the silent repression” ( [...]
15 November 2017
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
UN countries must press Sri Lanka on justice, say NGOs
International jurists of the Sri Lanka Monitoring and Accountability Panel (MAP) say Sri Lanka’s government has made no credible progress on its transitional justice commitments, and are urging the international community to get [...]
14 November 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and associate professor at Neuchâtel University
Cambodia's Duch and the analysis of a killer
Psychologist Françoise Sironi has been working with victims of mass violence for a quarter of a century. She was one of the founders of the Primo Levi Centre in Paris which provides care for torture victims. More recently she prov [...]
13 November 2017
by Human Rights Watch
Guatemala: Courts Jeopardizing Fight Against Impunity, according to HRW
The remarkable progress Guatemala has made in prosecuting corruption and abuse could be reversed if the country’s highest courts don’t stop the egregious delays that are keeping powerful defendants from going to trial, Human Righ [...]
13 November 2017
by Human Rights Watch
Guinea: Judges's 2009 Massacre Inquiry break new ground in combatting impunity, according to HRW
The panel of Guinean judges investigating the September 28, 2009 massacre of more than 150 protesters and rape of 100 women by the security forces during a peaceful protest concluded their investigation on November 9 2017, Human R [...]
12 November 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: ICC says no to Burundi impunity, DRC starts historic rape trial
The International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate crimes committed in Burundi, announced on Thursday, was the highlight of this transitional justice week. This ICC decision came just two days before Burundi’s withdrawal [...]
10 November 2017
by Maxime Domegni, West Africa correspondent
“Many options” to bring Jammeh to justice, says murdered Gambian journalist’s son
Baba Hydara is the son of Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara, who was assassinated in 2004. The former regime of President Yahya Jammeh is widely suspected of being behind his murder. Baba Hydara has been fighting ever since to get j [...]
10 November 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC targets Burundi regime crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has approved a full investigation into serious crimes committed in Burundi since April 2015, it announced on Thursday. This investigation will look into suspected crimes against humanity comm [...]
7 November 2017
by The Conversation
Religion is not the only reason for Rohingya displacement from Myanmar
Recent weeks have seen an escalation of violence against the Rohingya in Rakhine, the poorest state of Myanmar. A tide of displaced people are seeking refuge from atrocities – they are fleeing both on foot and by boat to Banglades [...]
7 November 2017
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Opinion: Confronting transitional justice in Nepal
In Nepal, former parliamentarian and prominent Maoist leader Bal Krishna Dhungel was arrested on October 31, 2017 in Kathmandu and sent to jail. He had been found guilty in 2004 of killing Ujjan Kumar Shrestha of Okhaldhunga distr [...]
4 November 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Afghanistan and the ICC, step back for transitional justice in Tunisia
This week has reflected the different faces of transitional justice as it hesitates, moves forward and sometimes moves back. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Friday that she will request Cour [...]
4 November 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC Prosecutor targets Taliban and US crimes in Afghanistan
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is about to ask Court permission to investigate crimes committed in Afghanistan and secret CIA prisons in Europe, she announced on November 3. “In due course, I will file my r [...]
2 November 2017
by NYAN HLAING LYNN in NAY PYI TAW & OLIVER SLOW in YANGON
Myanmar ‘ready to begin repatriation process’ despite disagreements
Myanmar's government says it is ready to begin scrutinising refugees who have fled to Bangladesh in the wake of recent violence in northern Rakhine State – the first step on the path to potential repatriation. Speaking to reporter [...]