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.
Pressure needed to save transitional justice in Nepal
15 April 2018
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Nepal’s government and security forces have been obstructing the country’s transitional justice (TJ) process and threatening human rights activists. But now they say they are ready to address victims’ demands and amend TJ legislat [...]
15 April 2018
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
This week we looked at Gambia, a small West African country forgotten since its successful transition from 22 years of bloody and madcap dictatorship under Yahya Jammeh. But a year after the arrival in power in January 2017 of Pre [...]
11 April 2018
by Oliver Slow/ Frontier
Across Southeast Asia – but especially Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines – journalists are facing arrest, intimidation and violence. On the afternoon of December 12 in Myanmar, Ma Pan Ei Mon asked her husband, Reuters journali [...]
Vojislav Seselj: Unrepentant Serb ultranationalist
11 April 2018
by AFP
Serb academic turned far-right leader Vojislav Seselj, who was found guilty Wednesday by a UN court of crimes against humanity, won notoriety during the 1990s Balkan wars for his incendiary rhetoric and remains defiant in defendin [...]
11 April 2018
by The Conversation, Angela Muvumba Sellström
Preventing sexual violence: lessons from rebel armies in Burundi and Uganda
I conduct research on wartime sexual violence. But hold on. My work focuses on the non-cases: armed political actors which have committed little sexual violence and have a history of disciplining their members’ sexual behaviour. T [...]
10 April 2018
by The Conversation
Rwandans discuss how best to commemorate genocide
Rwanda is commemorating the 24th anniversary of the 1994 Tutsi genocide. This claimed the lives of between 800,000 and one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus over 100 days. This is a good time to reflect on the history of policy an [...]
10 April 2018
by Maxime Domegni, Banjul (special correspondent)
Gambian rapper tells of concerns in the post-Jammeh era
Under Yahya Jammeh's regime, members of the youth movement "Gomsabopa" (believe in yourself) had to flee Gambia at one point to neighbouring Senegal. They also contributed to the "war effort" against Yahya Jammeh at the end of 201 [...]
8 April 2018
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Victims feel ignored in Mali, Gambia and Tunisia
The appearance of the former Islamist police chief of Timbuktu (northern Mali) before the International Criminal Court (ICC) was a highlight of this week in transitional justice. “Al Hassan” is suspected of war crimes and crimes a [...]
5 April 2018
by Julia Crawford, swissinfo.ch
As first group of Libya refugees arrives in Switzerland, who is a refugee and who a migrant?
As Switzerland receives a first group of vulnerable refugees from Libyan detention centres, we take a look at the international response to Libya's migrant crisis. At the end of last year, CNN reports of detained Africans being so [...]
1 April 2018
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Outsider Peter Lewis voted Registrar to reform the International Criminal Court
British jurist Peter Lewis was on March 28 elected new Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Unlike his three predecessors, he is not an insider, but has solid experience as a Crown prosecutor in England and Wales. [...]
29 March 2018
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and professor at Neuchâtel University
Mali should have helped fund rebuilding of Timbuktu heritage, says local archaeologist
In 2012, Jihadist groups seized northern Mali. They occupied the town of Timbuktu, intellectual capital of the Sahara and crossroads of different cultures and religions. The Jihadists methodically destroyed the unique cultural her [...]
29 March 2018
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Ugandan ex-rebel leader not mentally ill, experts tell the ICC
The first stage of Dominic Ongwen’s trial is coming to an end before the International Criminal Court (ICC). In mid-April, prosecutors will call their last witness, and then it will be the turn of the defence to present its case. [...]
28 March 2018
by Hannah Dunphy, Justice Rapid Response
As the Red Dust Settles: Mali Confronts the Truth about a Legacy of War
When Mali created a truth commission to address decades of conflict, it soon required specialized expertise. Working together with a JRR expert, the truth commission now has the tools it needs to bring together victims and gather [...]
27 March 2018
by AFP
UN Syria probe awash with war crime evidence
UN investigators gathering evidence against perpetrators of horrific crimes committed in Syria's seven-year war said Tuesday they had begun sifting through "unprecedented" amounts of information. Catherine Marchi-Uhel, the French [...]
27 March 2018
by AFP
Tunisia votes to end truth tribunal mandate
In a contentious vote late Monday, Tunisia's parliament voted to end the work of a tribunal tasked with healing the wounds of six decades of dictatorship. After two particularly stormy sessions on Saturday and Monday, Tunisian MPs [...]
26 March 2018
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: ICC withdrawals and fragile transitional justice
How should the International Criminal Court react after first Burundi and now the Philippines decided to withdraw their membership? Numerous African countries have also threatened to do the same. Since withdrawal from the ICC only [...]
24 March 2018
by AFP
Argentina : Protesters slam transfer of dictatorship convicts to house arrest
Tens of thousands of people turned out across Argentina Saturday to march against a policy allowing ex-military members convicted of crimes during the country's dictatorship to be moved to house arrest. Demonstrations were held in [...]
22 March 2018
by Stéphanie Maupas,correspondent in The Hague
As Philippines withdraws, “quality justice” is best shield for ICC
After Burundi in 2016, the Philippines decided this March 16 to pull out of the Rome Treaty which created the International Criminal Court (ICC). In both cases, the decision followed announcements by the ICC Prosecutor that she wa [...]
20 March 2018
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Hope for Nepal’s flawed transitional justice?
Nepal’s Commission on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) and victims’ group NEFAD have agreed a common platform, including action on ratifying international instruments on enforced disappearances, effective victims’ protection, [...]