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.
UN council calls for 'immediate steps' to end ethnic cleansing against Rohingyas in Myanmar
13 September 2017
by AFP
The UN Security Council on Wednesday broke its weeks-long silence on the crisis in Myanmar and called for an end to the violence as UN chief Antonio Guterres said the military campaign amounted to ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Musl [...]
13 September 2017
by Hein Ko So, Frontier
In Myanmar, the recent arrest of a man who gave an interview about his past as a child soldier has brought the issue to a wider audience but also raised fears about the military’s commitment to ending underage recruitment. Ko Aun [...]
12 September 2017
by Mratt Kyaw Thu, Frontier
Hostility greeted three journalists who made a clandestine trip to Maungdaw, in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state, late last month after the security operation had began against those behind the August 25 attacks. When 10 journalis [...]
12 September 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and professor at Neuchâtel University
When should one warn of genocide? Was the UN right to raise the alarm in recent days about a genocidal pattern in the Central African Republic? Is there not a risk that invoking the “crime of crimes” too quickly could devalue the [...]
12 September 2017
by Fabio Andres Diaz
Colombia's FARC rebels need a leader
Ever since Colombia signed its fragile, contested peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in November 2016, the big question has been: What will this no-longer-armed insurgency do next? On Aug. 28, t [...]
12 September 2017
by AFP
Saudi-led strikes against children 'war crimes' in Yeman : HRW
A series of Saudi-led coalition air strikes which killed 26 children in Yemen in June amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. "The attacks, which struck four family homes and a grocery, in one case killing 14 memb [...]
11 September 2017
by François Sergent
Week in Review: Transitional justice challenges in Burundi, Myanmar and Mali
The transitional justice week was marked by the publication of a new report on Burundi by the UN Human Rights Council. This report is even more damning than the previous one with regard to this small country in the Great Lakes reg [...]
11 September 2017
by AFP
Assad may win war but will preside over a ruined Syria
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad appears to be winning the war against those who sought his overthrow, but he will preside over a ruined country with an economy in tatters. "Assad remains in charge of most of the population and m [...]
8 September 2017
by HRW
Unchecked Abuses by the Malian Army, according to HRW
Mali and Burkina Faso military operations to counter the growing presence of Islamist armed groups in central Mali have resulted in serious human rights violations. Since late 2016, Malian forces have committed extrajudicial kill [...]
7 September 2017
by AFP
Kosovo's 'Rambo', Serbia's arch-antagonist, set to be PM
A hero at home but considered a war criminal by Belgrade, Ramush Haradinaj is set to become Kosovo's prime minister just a few months after fighting against extradition to Serbia. If parliament approves his appointment as expected [...]
6 September 2017
by AFP
Recap of Syrian chemical weapons attacks since 2011
United Nations war crimes investigators said Wednesday they have evidence showing the Syrian regime carried out an April sarin gas attack in Idlib province that killed dozens of people. The attack was the latest in a string of che [...]
6 September 2017
by Dominic Burbidge
Kenya’s Supreme Court has given an impossible deadline for the repeat election
The Kenyan Supreme Court has found that the August 8 presidential election result is invalid. It blames the electoral commission, not the declared winner, Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenya’s leading newspaper praises the decision as a step to [...]
5 September 2017
by AiIeen Kimutai
The Kenyan supreme court decision may polarize the population
It has been hailed as a benchmark the Kenyan Supreme Court ruling that nullified the August 8 presidential election results while ordering for a re-run within 60 days. The August 11 election declaration gave the incumbent Uhuru K [...]
4 September 2017
by Frédéric Burnand, correspondent in Geneva
Burundi government remains intransigent, says UN
Despite numerous mediation attempts, Burundi’s government and President do not intend to talk to the opposition, and repression is continuing. The authorities are showing the same intransigence with regard to the Commission of Inq [...]
3 September 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: A victory for rule of law in Africa?
The highlight of the week was undoubtedly Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court of Kenya to invalidate the August 8 presidential election, a first in Africa. Kenya’s media hailed the decision which, as said by daily newspaper Th [...]
3 September 2017
by AFP
Africa takes heart in Kenya election ruling
Opposition leaders across Africa, long frustrated in their campaigns to topple firmly entrenched leaders, are hailing the shock overturn of last month's presidential vote in Kenya, calling it an example for their own countries to [...]
31 August 2017
by David Tolbert
To Prevent Enforced Disappearances, Rethink the Justice and Security Equation
Nearly every city and village in Syria has a story to tell about enforced disappearances: civilians being snatched off the streets or from their homes by the police, Syrian military or an armed group, never to be heard from again. [...]
30 August 2017
by AFP
UN says Venezuela policies designed to 'instil fear'
The widespread rights abuses committed against protestors in Venezuela indicate that the country has implemented a policy of repression aimed at instilling fear in the population, the UN said Wednesday. A fresh UN report warned th [...]
30 August 2017
by Patricia Gossman
Agony of Afghanistan’s Enforced Disappearances, according to HRW
As the world marks International Day of the Disappeared on August 30, learning the fate of the tens of thousands of Afghans who have been victims of enforced disappearance over the past four decades seems ever more remote. For the [...]