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.
Burundi and ICC: Chronicle of a divorce foretold
30 October 2017
by Louis-Marie Nindorera (Bujumbura)
Burundi's withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) entered into force on October 27, 2017. It is the final act of a divorce proceeding that began well before it was formally notified to the UN Se [...]
29 October 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
A highlight of this week in transitional justice was the visit of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the Central African Republic (CAR). In this fragile state ravaged by war, Guterres spoke up for the rule of law, the UN mi [...]
27 October 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
On October 30 a Dutch court is due to open the war crimes trial of Eshetu Alemu, 63, ex-member of the regime of former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. He is accused of war crimes, torture and illegal detentions. The tria [...]
27 October 2017
by AFP
Burundi becomes first nation to leave ICC
Burundi on Friday became the first ever nation to leave the International Criminal Court, set up some 15 years ago to prosecute those behind the world's worst atrocities. "Burundi's withdrawal from the Rome Statute will take effec [...]
24 October 2017
by Dustin Barter, Frontier
Myanmar: The forgotten war in Kachin State
As the crisis in Rakhine grabs headlines, little attention is being paid to blocked aid deliveries, displacement and indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Myanmar's Kachin and northern Shan states. As displacement continues in no [...]
24 October 2017
by AFP
Uhuru Kenyatta: president from father to son
Uhuru Kenyatta, who is set to win a second and final term in Thursday's election re-run, is the son of Kenya's founding president and a man who epitomises the country's elite. The 55-year-old US-educated multi-millionaire, whose f [...]
21 October 2017
by François Sergent and Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: “Historic” judgment for Liberia and the ICC under more fire
This week saw transitional justice faced once again with classic tensions between law and politics, justice and peace. As the ICC, supposed to be the “police force” of international justice, came under more fire, a US court delive [...]
19 October 2017
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Liberian found guilty of war crimes-linked charges in “historic” US case
A court in Philadelphia on Wednesday found Mohammed Jabbateh (“Jungle Jabbah”) guilty of charges related to atrocities committed during the first Liberian civil war (1989-96). His two-week trial was the first time that Liberian wa [...]
19 October 2017
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Nepal: "I have been naming the people responsible for my father’s disappearance"
The conflicting parties’ alliance (Nepali Congress and Maoist Centre) to share power in the government has destroyed the norms of justice and the agenda set by the Peoples’ Movement. They abused their authority without addressing [...]
18 October 2017
by Sean Gleeson, Frontier
Myanmar: Karen rebels urge nonviolent solution to Rakhine crisis on ceasefire anniversary
One of Myanmar’s leading non-state armed groups has urged the government to find a “politically dignified and nonviolent” resolution to the humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State, warning that failure to do so could jeopardise the g [...]
18 October 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and professor at Neuchâtel University
ICC scandal: Who is watching the sheriff?
A consortium of media known as the European Investigative Collaboration (EIC), of which French investigative website Mediapart is a member, has revealed certain facts that are embarrassing to the International Criminal Court (ICC) [...]
18 October 2017
by André Guichaoua
Elections in Africa: democratic rituals matter even though the outlook is bleak
The multi-party systems established in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia in the early 1990s have endured despite electoral violence. But democratic hopes have been dashed or perverted throughout the rest of the region. The governments bu [...]
18 October 2017
by Aileen Kimutai, Nairobi
Is judicial wrangling fuelling Kenya's election turmoil?
Kenya's annulled presidential elections have thrown the country into the worst political crisis since the 2008 post-election violence which saw over 1,000 people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Tension is high as the s [...]
18 October 2017
by AFP
Criminal justice a rare commodity in Central African Republic
At Bouar appeal court, presiding judge Aime Pascal Delimo twiddles his thumbs, surveys his empty office and then, with a sigh, closes his door to leave early. Delimo wields jurisdiction over territory in western Central African Re [...]
17 October 2017
by ICTJ
Is the United States Ready for a Truth-Telling Process?
Fania Davis thinks the time has come for a truth-telling process about racial injustice in the United States. A noted activist and the founding director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY), Davis has confronted systema [...]
15 October 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Human rights activist awarded as dictators cling on
As we saw this week, transitional justice still appears far from countries such as Togo, Egypt and Burundi, whose people are still struggling under authoritarian regimes disrespectful of human rights and fundamental freedoms. In T [...]
11 October 2017
by Frédéric Burnand, correspondent in Geneva
Persecuted Egyptian activist wins human rights award
Egyptian Mohamed Zaree on Tuesday received in Geneva the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. The award honours his commitment despite personal risk. It also serves as a protest against the Egyptian Presiden [...]