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.
Tunisia plans amnesty for corrupt public employees
18 July 2017
by Olfa Belhassine, correspondent in Tunisia
With many of its articles removed, Tunisia’s law on “economic reconciliation” looks likely to be adopted by parliament in the coming days. But the text is still imperfect and remains controversial. Two years ago, on July 14, 2015 [...]
17 July 2017
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
As the world celebrates International Justice Day this July 17, the peace versus justice debate continues in Uganda, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and many other countries. On the one hand is the [...]
14 July 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and associate professor at Neuchâtel University
In the 19th century international justice, which is being celebrated this July 17 (The Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted in Rome on July 17, 1998), was a utopian dream. But at the end of the 20th century it b [...]
S.African 'political' murderer in parole limbo
13 July 2017
by AFP
Inside South Africa's maximum security Groenpunt prison, hawk-eyed guards stroll between rows of wooden benches, watching inmates closely as they meet visitors. Among the notorious jail's residents is 51-year-old triple murderer P [...]
12 July 2017
by AFP
Myanmar slammed over visa refusal to UN Rohingya probe
Aung San Suu Kyi's government in Myanmar risks getting bracketed with "pariah states" like North Korea and Syria over its refusal to grant visas to a UN team investigating the plight of Rohingya Muslims, activists said Wednesday. [...]
11 July 2017
by Maxime Domegni, West Africa correspondent
Togo “purification” leaves bitter taste for many
In Togo, the transitional justice process put in place by the authorities seems to be dividing people more than it is reconciling them. And it was amid controversy that the High Commission for Reconciliation and National Unity (HC [...]
10 July 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and associate professor at Neuchâtel University
Uganda’s amnesty law and the peace/justice dilemma
A new amnesty law for Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fighters has been before the Ugandan parliament has since 2015. It would put an end to the existing ambiguity between the general amnesty law of 2000, which is currently in force, [...]
10 July 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Impunity in Mexico, disappointment in Georgia
Transitional justice can take different forms. This week several international and national NGOs called in The Hague for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate crimes in Mexico. They accuse State authorities of “col [...]
10 July 2017
by Tom Smith
Rodrigo Duterte’s first year: a human rights disaster the world prefers to ignore
Rodrigo Duterte’s first year as president of the Philippines should never be forgotten – for all the wrong reasons. For those directly affected by his brutal and lawless “war on drugs”, which has claimed the lives of thousands of [...]
7 July 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
ICC blames South Africa and UN for failure to arrest Sudanese President
Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have deemed that South Africa flouted its duties to the Court when it failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir. But the judges also blamed the UN Security Council for inac [...]
6 July 2017
by AFP
Togo purges its violent past with voodoo ceremonies
The voodoo follower stood bare-chested with beads around his neck in the centre of the public square in Bè, a working class district of Togo's capital, Lome. A dozen priests surrounded him as he made incantations, threw soil and w [...]
5 July 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
“If the ICC fails in Georgia, it will be the same in Afghanistan and Palestine"
Lawyer Nika Jeiranashvili has been based in The Hague for the Open Society for nearly a year monitoring progress of the Georgia case before the International Criminal Court (ICC). In January 2016, ICC judges authorized the opening [...]
5 July 2017
by Human Rights Watch
Central African Republic: Civilians Targeted in War
Armed groups in the Central African Republic have killed civilians with wholesale impunity, spurring more violence in the war-torn country, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 92-page report, “Killing Without C [...]
4 July 2017
by AFP
Burundi becoming a 'violent dictatorship': report
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza and his ruling party have moved the country toward violent dictatorship, rights groups said Tuesday in a report that slams the international community for inaction. A "purge" of ethnic Tutsis [...]
3 July 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor
Geneva conference on Kosovo: a judicial and a humanitarian approach to find the 1658 missing persons
In contexts of political violence, one of the worst forms of psychological torture is not to know what happened to loved ones. And it gets worse with time. Has that person been taken by the army or an armed group? Have they been a [...]
3 July 2017
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Central African Special Court: Don’t forget victims, say NGOs, as Prosecutor sworn in
The Prosecutor of the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic (CAR), Colonel Toussaint Muntazini Mukimapa, and five Central African judges for the Court were sworn in on Friday June 30 Bangui. This ceremony ma [...]
29 June 2017
by Sing Lee, Frontier
Film festival reflects state of Myanmar transition
Myanmar's fifth Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival was an insight into how far the country has progressed in its political transition, with some liberalizatation but a film on conflict in Rakhine state still ba [...]
29 June 2017
by JusticeInfo.Net
French bank BNP accused of “complicity” in Rwanda genocide
Three non-governmental organizations on Thursday filed a lawsuit against French bank BNP Paribas for “complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes”, they announced. Anti-corruption group Sherpa, the Collective of [...]