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.
Nepal: Transitional uncertainty
19 June 2017
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Over the past two decades, Nepal has suffered greatly, seeing minimal progress on social transformation, transitional justice, criminal accountability, and access to justice. The cyclical nature of Nepali politics and lack of prog [...]
Gabon probes threats to leader before ICC visit
17 June 2017
by AFP
Gabon authorities said Saturday that they were investigating threats by a critic of President Ali Bongo, including an ultimatum to step down before the arrival of an International Criminal Court team next week. The threats include [...]
15 June 2017
by AFP
Burundi security forces and government-allied militia are continuing to torture and kill opponents, UN investigators said Thursday, allegations denied by the government. The investigators from the UN's Commission of Inquiry on Bur [...]
14 June 2017
by JusticeInfo.net
Following elections in Kosovo on Sunday June 11, Ramush Haradinaj is the favourite to be next Prime Minister. Although acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, he is still accused of war crimes b [...]
14 June 2017
by AFP
Rwanda genocide shaped me, Congolese ex-rebel Terminator tells war crimes judges
A former Congolese rebel commander told war crimes judges Wednesday the "horrific events" he saw during Rwanda's 1994 genocide shaped him to vow to do everything he could to prevent "it happening again". Almost two years after his [...]
14 June 2017
by AFP
ICC calls for 'immediate arrest' of Kadhafi son
The International Criminal Court chief's prosecutor on Wednesday called for the "immediate arrest and surrender" of Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, who was reportedly set free by a militia in Libya. An arrest warrant issued by [...]
14 June 2017
by AFP
At UN event, Russia fights back against "fake news" surrounding the battle for Aleppo
Russia fought back Wednesday against what it called "fake news" surrounding the battle for Aleppo, hosting a UN event with a video appearance by the boy whose blood-streaked face became a symbol of the conflict. The August 2016 fo [...]
14 June 2017
by Frédéric Burnand, correspondent in Geneva
Long road to justice for Tunisian torture victim in Switzerland
In 2004, Abdennacer Naït-Liman filed a complaint in Geneva to obtain reparations for torture suffered in the Tunisian Interior Ministry in 1992. However, it was in vain. Now the case of this Tunisian exiled in Switzerland is befor [...]
13 June 2017
by AFP
DRCongo 'Terminator' to tell judges 'he's a human being'
Bosco Ntaganda will give a full account of his role as a Congolese rebel commander in 2002-03 when he takes the stand at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, his lawyer has said. Almost two years after his trial opened, [...]
13 June 2017
by International Center for Transitional Justice
Kenya : Wachira Waheire meets his torturer 20 years later
Wachira Waheire strode into Nairobi’s Sankara Hotel, made his way to the café attached to its lobby and scanned the room carefully. He was meeting someone he had not seen in 20 years, but as he sifted through the faces in the café [...]
11 June 2017
by AFP
Kosovo elections with war crimes court and international justice in mind
Kosovo voted Sunday for a new parliament that will have to navigate tense relations with Serbia, endemic corruption and possible war crimes indictments for some of its leaders. The early general election is only the third since Ko [...]
8 June 2017
by AFP
Make migrant trafficking crime against humanity: police chiefs
European police and naval chiefs on Thursday called for migrant trafficking of the kind currently taking place in Libya to be declared a crime against humanity. At talks in Rome, senior figures in the fight against the deadly trad [...]
7 June 2017
by AFP
Bosnia's glorification of war criminals 'unacceptable': prosecutor
Bosnian nationalists are making "unacceptable provocations" by glorifying convicted war criminals and denying crimes from the 1992-1995 war, the UN prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia said Wednesday. Serge Brammertz urged the Sec [...]
7 June 2017
by François Musseau, correspondent in Madrid
Spanish Left demands return to universal jurisdiction
Is the concept of universal jurisdiction, in which Spanish judges used to lead the way, about to come back in Spain? A Bill to this effect is in the parliamentary works, even if it is blocked for the moment by the party in power, [...]
6 June 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Will the ICC take up crimes against migrants in Libya?
Amid the chaos in Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in April denounced a veritable “slave market” where migrants are being sold for forced labour or sexual exploitation. But will the ICC investigate? A few [...]
6 June 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Challenges of confronting the past in CAR and Tunisia
Once again the Central African Republic (CAR) dominated transitional justice news this week. The UN published a damning report on human rights violations in the country, while the Prosecutor of the CAR’s Special Criminal Court, a [...]
2 June 2017
by JusticeInfo.Net
Central African Special Court needs public strategy, says UN
In a report published this week in Bangui, the United Nations documents 620 cases of grave human rights violations committed in the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2015. They include sexual violence, acts of torture in deten [...]
2 June 2017
by Julia Crawford
Will Switzerland dare to prosecute two African leaders the Gambian Sonko and the Liberian Kosiah ?
Human rights NGOs hope Switzerland has the political will to prosecute former Gambian minister Ousman Sonko and former Liberian rebel leader Alieu Kosiah. Sonko is suspected of crimes against humanity while Kosiah is charged with [...]
31 May 2017
by NYAN HLAING LYNN & OLIVER SLOW | FRONTIER
Mixed results at Myanmar peace conference
Myanmar's second 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference in Nay Pyi Taw last week ended with some signs of progress but also highlighted the huge challenges the country faces to finally achieve peace.It began with a good-cop, [...]