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.
Fight against impunity for mass crimes becomes more universal
20 March 2018
by Frédéric Burnand
“Rarely has the fight against impunity been so dynamic” says Geneva-based group TRIAL International. “In 2017, countries in Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America tightened the net on war criminals by resorting to un [...]
19 March 2018
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
At the International Criminal Court (ICC), registrar Herman Von Hebel this week announced that he is withdrawing his candidacy for a new five-year mandate. Von Hebel of the Netherlands had been severely criticized for his financia [...]
15 March 2018
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and professor at Neuchâtel University
In an article that made an impact, American political sociologist Larry Diamond says that since 2006 we have been living through a “democratic recession”. The events of the past few weeks prove him right. The nomination to the pos [...]
15 March 2018
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
The Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Herman von Hebel, decided on March 13 to withdraw as candidate for a new five-year mandate, JusticeInfo.net has learned. Von Hebel of the Netherlands had been sharply critic [...]
14 March 2018
by Julia Crawford
NGOs on the frontline of South Sudan’s forgotten war
As the United Nations Human Rights Council this week heard a new report on abuses in South Sudan, we look at how two Swiss non-governmental groups are working against the odds to help alleviate the suffering of the population. On [...]
14 March 2018
by The Conversation
In Colombia, FARC leader ends presidential bid, giving transitional justice a chance
In a decision with far-reaching consequences for Colombia’s fragile peace process, the FARC – a political party formed by former Marxist guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – has withdrawn from the country’s [...]
14 March 2018
by AFP
Philippines moves to quit ICC: What does it mean?
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced Wednesday a move towards quitting the International Criminal Court, which has launched a preliminary examination of his deadly drug war. Here are five questions and answers on what it [...]
14 March 2018
by AFP
Philippines' Duterte moves to quit International Criminal Court
President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he was pulling the Philippines out of the treaty underpinning the International Criminal Court, which is examining his deadly drug war. The outspoken leader, who is accused of stoking the k [...]
12 March 2018
by AFP
Myanmar events 'bear hallmarks of genocide': UN expert
A top UN rights expert warned Monday that the crackdown on Myanmar's Rohingya minority bears "the hallmarks of genocide" and insisted the government should be held accountable. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled northern Ra [...]
12 March 2018
by François Sergent JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Questions in Tunisia, and Switzerland returns stolen funds
Tunisia’s transition is certainly chaotic, but it is also lively and resilient, as JusticeInfo.net showed this week. This country, last bastion of the Arab Spring, is questioning the future of its transitional justice processes, n [...]
8 March 2018
by Frédéric Burnand, Geneva correspondent
World must act on a litany of crimes, says outgoing Human Rights Commissioner
Presenting his last annual report to the UN Human Rights Council as High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein highlighted a series of mass crimes needing investigation by commissions of inquiry, referral to the Int [...]
8 March 2018
by Julia Crawford
Switzerland : Is the Abacha accord a model for returning ‘dictator funds’?
A recent Swiss agreement with Nigeria and the World Bank to return hundreds of millions in so-called “Abacha funds” is being hailed as a model for how other countries deal with dictators’ assets. But civil society organisations in [...]
8 March 2018
by David E Kiwuwa Associate Professor of International Studies, Princeton Univers
Why China’s removal of term limits is a gift to African Presidents
The recent sitting of the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) rolled out a big surprise development: a proposed removal of presidential term limits. This came among a raft of other constitutional amendments. [...]
4 March 2018
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Rule of law under threat in Tanzania and Tunisia
Tanzania is one of the rare African countries known for being peaceful, democratic and multi-ethnic. Its revered former long-time president Julius Nyerere decided, unlike many of his counterparts, to withdraw from power in 1985. B [...]
4 March 2018
by JusticeInfo.Net
Tanzania's legendary "tranquillity" under threat
Since President John Magufuli’s election in late 2015, Tanzania has been losing its reputation as a haven of “peace and tranquillity” previously envied by its neighbours. Murders and attempted murders of opponents, suspension of m [...]
1 March 2018
by AFP
Sri Lanka launches probe into war-era disappearances
Sri Lanka has appointed commissioners to a special panel tasked with investigating war-era disappearances, three years after President Maithripala Sirisena was elected promising justice for victims of the island's bloody ethnic co [...]
26 February 2018
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC under fire for internal mismanagement
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is again under fire for bad governance. In late January the International Labour Organization (ILO) handed down six judgments denouncing the “illegal” nature of steps taken by ICC Registrar H [...]
26 February 2018
by SITHU AUNG MYINT | FRONTIER
Myanmar's government, the Rakhine crisis and media access
The Myanmar government’s response to an Associated Press report about civilians buried in a mass grave at a northern Rakhine village has again focused attention on a counterproductive media access ban to the area imposed nearly fi [...]
26 February 2018
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: ICC internal management, Tunisia and DRC
This transitional justice week saw an investigation by our correspondent in The Hague into the administrative problems of the International Criminal Court, whose staff management has been sanctioned. This is a singular situation f [...]