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.
23 November 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Handing down its judgment on November 22, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic guilty of genocide in Srebrenica, crimes against humanity and wa [...]
Yugoslav war crimes court helped end era of impunity
23 November 2017
by AFP
Born from the fires engulfing the Balkans in the 1990s, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia closes next month having tried and judged dozens of those behind Europe's worst atrocities since World War II. F [...]
22 November 2017
by AFP
UN judges on Wednesday sentenced former Bosnian Serbian commander Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of genocide and war crimes in the brutal Balkans conflicts over two decades ago. But the man dubbed "The [...]
21 November 2017
by SITHU AUNG MYINT | FRONTIER
Four big challenges to Suu Kyi’s plans for northern Rakhine
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi travelled to Rakhine State this month on her first visit there since taking office. The November 2 trip took her to Sittwe, and to Maungdaw Township in northern Rakhine, where she met Ra [...]
21 November 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Key verdict due on Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is preparing to hand down on November 22 its verdict on Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic. Given the ICTY’s previous convictions of his main associates i [...]
20 November 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Ex-Yugoslavia would be worse off without UN Court, says ICTY Prosecutor
On November 22, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yougoslavia (ICTY) is to hand down its verdict on Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic. This is the last verdict in a trial court of the Tribunal, which wa [...]
19 November 2017
by AFP
Politicians, war criminals: figures in the Balkan wars
The UN court dealing with crimes committed during the wars that followed the break-up of Yugoslavia hands down its penultimate ruling on Wednesday, having delivered 83 convictions. Ahead of the International Criminal Tribunal for [...]
19 November 2017
by AFP
Mladic: Serb crusader charged over siege and slaughter
Ratko Mladic, who faces judgement Wednesday for alleged genocide, believed himself a crusading defender of the Serbs but was dubbed the "Butcher of Bosnia" for mass slaughter at the hands of his forces. The ruthless commander of B [...]
19 November 2017
by AFP
'Butcher of Bosnia' faces historic war crimes verdict
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
Week in Review: Victims still waiting for justice in Gambia, Sri Lanka and Laos
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 [...]