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François Sergent
27 November 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Victory for justice in Bosnia, and stigmatized girls in the DRC The life sentence on Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was widely hailed as a victory for international law and justice. Mladic was found guilty of genocid [...]
17 November 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: Victims still waiting for justice in Gambia, Sri Lanka and Laos This week JusticeInfo.net took a closer look at transitional justice issues affecting Gambia, where civil society is campaigning to bring ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh to justice, and Sri Lanka, where the government is dragging its fee [...]
12 November 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: ICC says no to Burundi impunity, DRC starts historic rape trial The International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate crimes committed in Burundi, announced on Thursday, was the highlight of this transitional justice week.  This ICC decision came just two days before Burundi’s withdrawal [...]
4 November 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Afghanistan and the ICC, step back for transitional justice in Tunisia This week has reflected the different faces of transitional justice as it hesitates, moves forward and sometimes moves back.   The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Friday that she will request Cour [...]
29 October 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: CAR's challenges, a trial for Ethiopia, and Burundi withdraws from the ICC A highlight of this week in transitional justice was the visit of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the Central African Republic (CAR).  In this fragile state ravaged by war, Guterres spoke up for the rule of law, the UN mi [...]
15 October 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Human rights activist awarded as dictators cling on As we saw this week, transitional justice still appears far from countries such as Togo, Egypt and Burundi, whose people are still struggling under authoritarian regimes disrespectful of human rights and fundamental freedoms. In T [...]
1 October 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo
Week in Review: Transitional justice under pressure in Tunisia and Myanmar The difficulties of transitional justice were illustrated this week in countries as diverse as Tunisia, Burundi, Myanmar and Nepal. In Tunisia,  a JusticeInfo investigation showed how abuses by the President of the Truth and Digni [...]
24 September 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.Net
Week in Review: When failure to tackle impunity hinders peace The exodus and massacre of Rohingyas, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar, marked the week in transitional justice. French President Emmanuel Macron said this was “genocide”, while the UN Secretary General called it ethnic [...]
18 September 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: How words count in transitional justice Transitional justice is also a question of words, like genocide or ethnic cleansing, resonant with bloody memories of Rwanda or the Balkans. Short of words to describe the massacre of Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar’s army, UN Secreta [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
25 August 2017 by François Sergent JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Disunity over the past Looking again at a divided past is part of transitional justice. How can a country, an institution come to terms with the memory of a past which still divides people? Sylvie Wuhrmann, director of the Fondation de l’Hermitage art g [...]
21 August 2017 by François Sergent (JusticeInfo.net)
Week in Review: Focus on reparations The week in transitional justice was marked by the International Criminal Court’s decision on reparations to be paid following the 2012 destruction of mausoleums in Timbuktu, Mali.  The sum awarded ( 2.7 million Euros) is symbolic [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
29 May 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Surprise clampdown on corruption in Tunisia Tunisia remains in the forefront of transitional justice with a surprise move this week on financial transparency. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed arrested suspected leaders of trafficking and corruption. These people are talked abo [...]
22 May 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Transitional justice is “an art not a science” In an excellent new book, our colleagues at American NGO ICTJ recognize that transitional justice is “an art, not a science”. The International Center for Transitional Justice, a specialist in the field, says that “part of the art [...]
19 May 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
New ICTJ book promotes tailored approach to transitional justice “Justice Mosaics” is the almost poetic title of a welcome new book on transitional justice by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), an American NGO that is specialist in the field. This 400-page book, which can [...]