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.
Colombia's FARC rebels need a leader
12 September 2017
by Fabio Andres Diaz
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 [...]
Saudi-led strikes against children 'war crimes' in Yeman : HRW
12 September 2017
by AFP
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
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
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 [...]
30 August 2017
by AFP
18,500 Rohingya cross into Bangladesh since fresh Myanmar fighting: IOM
At least 18,500 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh in the last six days since renewed fighting broke out between militants and the army in neighbouring Myanmar, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday. "As of l [...]
30 August 2017
by Pierre Hazan
Lawyer who felled Habré to pursue Gambian Yahya Jammeh
Human rights lawyer Reed Brody became known for working with the victims of General Augusto Pinochet of Chile and Haitian ex-dictator Jean-Claude (“Baby Doc”) Duvalier. More recently, Brody was counsel for victims of former Chadia [...]
29 August 2017
by Derek W. Black
Charlottesville is part of our nation’s moral reckoning
The number and exuberance of white nationalists who descended on Charlottesville sent emotional tremors through the nation. Some worried that this was the beginning of an expanding movement that would hearken us back to darker tim [...]
29 August 2017
by Mark Kersten
Pre-Meditated Madness, the International Criminal Court, and Preliminary Examinations
Attention among observers and scholars of international criminal justice has increasingly focused on what happens before the International Criminal Court (ICC) intervenes in a situation and issues arrest warrants for perpetrators [...]