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.
Dozen DR Congo child rapists handed life sentences
13 December 2017
by AFP
A dozen militiamen in eastern DR Congo were jailed for life Wednesday for raping about 40 children, including a baby, in what was judged a crime against humanity. The defendants were said to belong to a militia group called "Djesh [...]
Burundi: The Rights Defender Nestor Nibitanga Detained, says HRW
13 December 2017
by Human Rights Watch
Authorities in Burundi have been holding a human rights activist since November 21, 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately release the activist, Nestor Nibitanga, or charge him with a credible offe [...]
12 December 2017
by Human Rights Watch
Gambia’s truth commission bill, to be debated on December 13, 2017, is an important opportunity to shed light on human rights violations committed during the rule of former President Yahya Jammeh, Human Rights Watch said today. Th [...]
12 December 2017
by SU MYAT MON | FRONTIER
Women’s groups in Myanmar's Kachin State say understaffed police with inadequate resources are hampering investigations into human trafficking and contributing to a crime wave in Myitkyina, in which women are often the targets. Si [...]
11 December 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and professor at Neuchâtel University
Was the destruction of Old Mostar Bridge a war crime?
To what extent does the destruction of an architectural masterpiece constitute a war crime if that masterpiece is also used for military purposes? What, too, if the destruction of such a monument, like the Old Mostar Bridge, cause [...]
9 December 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: ICC debates “crime of aggression” as Yemen suffers and Croatia denies
The International Criminal Court’s annual meeting of 123 member countries started this week at the United Nations in New York. This year’s Assembly of States Parties (ASP) is discussing, among other things, whether the "crime of a [...]
7 December 2017
by Frédéric Burnand, correspondent in Geneva
Yemen situation worsening faster than we can respond, says ICRC chief
The violent death of former Yemeni president Ali Abdallah Saleh following his implicit offer to make peace with Saudi Arabia, risks fuelling the proxy war in Yemen between Riyadh and Teheran, according to some analysts, while some [...]
7 December 2017
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Opinion: More justice needed for war victims in Nepal
Nepal’s political elites hail the country’s transition from civil war as a success. But commissions for Truth and Reconciliation and on Enforced Disappeared Persons are not independent, and have not so far done their job. Many cas [...]
5 December 2017
by AFP
Possible 'elements of genocide' in Myanmar: UN rights chief
The UN rights chief called Tuesday for a fresh international investigation into Myanmar's abuses against its Rohingya Muslim minority, warning of possible "elements of genocide". Speaking before a special session of the UN Human R [...]
1 December 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo
Week in Review: ICTY suicide and children’s war drawings question international justice
Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak’s suicide in court, just as he was being sentenced to 20 years in jail, puts a tragic final end to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). It is with those images, [...]
1 December 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and professor at Neuchâtel University
Justice leaves a bitter taste in the Balkans
This December 21, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will close its doors. Never have so many crimes provoked so much investigative work. Never has a war been so documented, examined and analysed [...]
1 December 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Children’s drawings as evidence of war crimes
“Deflagrations: Children’s drawings and adult wars”, a book published by Anamosa, recounts war in 150 children’s drawings. The book is accompanied by an exhibition until December 16 at the André Malraux médiathèque in Strasbourg. [...]
30 November 2017
by AFP
ICC won't prosecute Israel over deadly flotilla raid
The International Criminal Court will not prosecute Israel over the deadly raid on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid toward Gaza in May 2010, it was announced Thursday. "I have ultimately decided to reaffirm my previous decisio [...]
30 November 2017
by AFP
History of the ex-Yugoslav war crimes court
The final verdict of the UN war crimes court for former Yugoslavia was its most dramatic, with a Bosnian Croat commander committing suicide in front of judges who had just upheld his sentence. Here is a snapshot of the Internation [...]
29 November 2017
by AFP
Chaos at UN court as Bosnian Croat defendant 'takes poison' and dies
The UN war crimes court for former Yugoslavia descended into chaos during it last judgement Wednesday when a defendant took poison to protest the upholding of his 20-year jail term. Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak died [...]
28 November 2017
by OLIVER SLOW | FRONTIER
Tepid response to Myanmar-Bangladesh repatriation agreement
Bangladesh and Myanmar say they will start repatriating refugees in two months, amid continued global pressure about the ongoing crisis in Rakhine State, in a move that humanitarian groups have called “premature” as refugees conti [...]
28 November 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and professor at Neuchâtel University
Croat leaders in last ICTY judgment for crimes in Bosnia
Latest UN judges uphold 25-year jail term on Bosnian Croat leader Prlic On November 29, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is to hand down its last judgment before closing its doors in a few wee [...]
27 November 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Victory for justice in Bosnia, and stigmatized girls in the DRC
The life sentence on Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was widely hailed as a victory for international law and justice. Mladic was found guilty of genocid [...]
27 November 2017
by AFP
Herceg-Bosna, bloody separatist bid of Bosnian Croats
Six leaders of a self-proclaimed statelet for Bosnian Croats, declared during the Balkan country's bloody 1990s conflict, hear a verdict Wednesday from UN judges on their appeal against war crimes convictions. Here are details abo [...]