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.
Rwanda: Presidential Elections in a context of very limited open political space, according to HRW
18 August 2017
by HRW
(Nairobi) – Presidential elections in Rwanda on August 4, 2017, took place in a context of very limited free speech or open political space, Human Rights Watch said today, as President Paul Kagame is sworn in for a seven-year term [...]
16 August 2017
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
On Tuesday August 15, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a new arrest warrant for crimes committed in Libya. Mahmoud al- Werfalli, an ally of Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar, is suspected of war crimes for murde [...]
16 August 2017
by Khin Chan Myae Maung, Frontier
The argument that gender inequality is not an issue in Myanmar is simply not borne out by the facts on the ground.Women’s rights is not a topic that needs a long-winded introduction; it has been a fight that has been taken up by m [...]
15 August 2017
by Olfa Belhassine, correspondent in Tunis
On July 26, Tunisia’s parliament adopted a law to fight violence against women, becoming the first Arab country to do so. This was the culmination of a long struggle by feminists, lasting more than 20 years. MPs present in parliam [...]
14 August 2017
by AFP
ICC to award damages for jihadist Timbuktu destruction
War crimes judges will Thursday hand down a landmark ruling on reparations for the razing of Timbuktu's fabled shrines, but the victims' fund which is to implement the order warned it will not be easy. Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was j [...]
12 August 2017
by Matt Killingsworth, University of Tasmania
South Africa and al-Bashir: pragmatism at the ICC
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has finally handed down it’s highly anticipated judgment on South Africa’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. In a somewhat surprising decision, the court’s pre-trial ch [...]
11 August 2017
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: The high price of impunity in Syria and CAR
This week was marked by the resignation of Swiss war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte from the UN commission investigating crimes in Syria. “This commission does absolutely nothing," explained Del Ponte, accusing UN Security Coun [...]
10 August 2017
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
“Risk of Central African Republic exploding has never been so high”
Dozens of people have been killed in recent weeks of fighting between armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR), as a UN official warned of possible genocide. In this interview Didier Niewiadowski, jurist and former advis [...]
8 August 2017
by AFP
Deadly C. Africa clashes raise genocide fears
Witness reports of killings in the Central African Republic, some targeting aid workers, piled up Tuesday as the UN said it saw "early signs of a genocide" in the conflict-wracked nation. At least 60 people have been killed in rec [...]
8 August 2017
by AFP
UN sees early warning signs of genocide in C. Africa
Renewed clashes in the Central African Republic are early warning signs of genocide, the UN aid chief said Monday, calling for more troops and police to beef up the UN peacekeeping mission in the strife-torn country. Some 180,000 [...]
8 August 2017
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo editorial advisor and associate professor at Neuchâtel University
Syria and the lessons to be learned from Carla Del Ponte’s resignation
Criminals like to commit their crimes in the dark. It is on this assumption that justice must be seen to be done if it is to help prevent crime. And so metaphorically, good triumphs over evil and light over darkness. In internatio [...]
8 August 2017
by AFP
HRW says Israel stripping Palestinians of Jerusalem residency 'war crime'
Human Rights Watch said Tuesday Israel had stripped nearly 15,000 Palestinians from Jerusalem of their right to live in the city since 1967 and warned that it could be a "war crime." "Israel claims to treat Jerusalem as a unified [...]
7 August 2017
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: DR Congo, Tunisia, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire
In this week’s transitional justice review, a rebel leader wanted for crimes against humanity is handed over to the authorities in Kinshasa, civil society in Côte d’Ivoire calls for support to victims raped during the 2010-2011 po [...]
6 August 2017
by AFP
Veteran prosecutor to quit UN Syria probe that 'does nothing'
Veteran former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, who is on a UN commission probing rights abuses in Syria, has said she intends to resign because the body "does absolutely nothing". "I am frustrated, I give up," she told the [...]
6 August 2017
by Marcie Mersky (ICTJ)
A Noble Dream: The Tenacious Pursuit of Justice in Guatemala
Bring General Ríos Montt and other high-ranking members of the military to trial in the Guatemalan courts for genocide? In 1999 it was a noble dream for justice for the thousands of Mayan victims of the country’s civil war, and fo [...]
2 August 2017
by Aïssatou Barry in Conakry
Doubts and Division in Guinea, as President hints at third term
The possibility of a third term for President Alpha Condé is dividing Guinea. Condé himself has made same indications that he wants to run again, but has refused to make an official pronouncement. His supporters are not hiding the [...]
31 July 2017
by Olfa Belhassine, correspondent in Tunis
Guilt and denial at Tunisia’s Truth Commission hearings
Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission launched its public hearings on November 17, 2016 to shed light on nearly 60 years of human rights abuses. With 10 of the 20 planned hearings now having taken place, we look at the Commission [...]
30 July 2017
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: The thorny issue of reparations
There is no justice without reparations. That is all the more true when it comes to international crimes. But the mechanisms of reparation are still problematic, whether at the International Criminal Court (ICC) or in national tra [...]