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.
9 March 2016
by Dr. Gilad Ben-Nun
In a recent article, JusticeInfo editorial advisor Pierre Hazan looked at the African assault on the International Criminal Court and what it means for the ICC’s legitimacy. Hazan concludes that despite its inherent and ongoing we [...]
Next Kosovo president says 'nothing to hide' from war crimes court
8 March 2016
by AFP
Kosovo's president-elect has pledged to "fully support" a new war crimes court prosecuting members of the guerrilla group he once led -- despite a question mark hanging over whether he himself will be indicted. Hashim Thaci, elect [...]
7 March 2016
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Parity for Women in Peace Processes Needs more Action, says Expert
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and one of the main focuses this year is pushing for parity. Women in conflict countries are often excluded from peace processes. Back in 2000, the United Nations passed Resolution 1325, call [...]
7 March 2016
by Irene Pietropaoli
Corporate Accountability and Transitional Justice in Myanmar
On 1 February 2016 Myanmar convened its first democratically elected parliament after five decades of military rule. Given the role that resource control played in the conflict, addressing corporate accountability in transitional [...]
7 March 2016
by François Sergent
Week in Review: A Historic Case for Mali and for Cultural Heritage
The transitional justice week was marked by confirmation of charges hearings at the International Criminal Court for Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, a Malian Islamist suspected of ordering and participating in destruction of mausoleums in [...]
4 March 2016
by Désiré Nimubona and Samuel Okiror
opinion : in Burundi, the goverment is stalling
There’s been a flurry of high-profile visits to Burundi designed to find a settlement to the political crisis but little evidence yet that anything has been achieved. First came UN Security Council members, followed by US Presid [...]
4 March 2016
by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
“Just Let Us Work in Peace,” says Tunisia Truth Commission Head
Sihem Bensedrine, who was a dissident journalist in the time of ex-President Ben Ali, has since June 9, 2014, been heading Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission. The Commission’s mandate is for four years, renewable once for one [...]
3 March 2016
by AFP
LRA abducts more than 200 in CAR: rights groups
Rebels in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have kidnapped more than 200 people this year in the Central African Republic, a quarter of them children, human rights groups said Thursday. Joseph Kony's Uganda-born rebel movement, inf [...]
3 March 2016
by Dr Simon Robins
Nepal: Engaging with flawed truth-seeking processes
Transitional justice mechanisms unfold in highly particular political contexts, often greatly constrained in what they are able to deliver. Indeed, the truth commission that has become the most visible signifier of a transitional [...]
3 March 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Uganda: Odek's Defection will Undermine LRA Morale, says Expert
Okot George Odek, a top Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel, was captured at the beginning of this month by Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR), which on February 6 handed him over to US Special Forces working along [...]
2 March 2016
by Zoran Culafic, Balkans correspondent
Special Court Stokes Hot Debate in Kosovo
Kosovo’s outgoing President Atifete Jahjaga has ratified an agreement between Kosovo and the Netherlands on a Special Court to try senior Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters for war crimes. But media reports say the process of r [...]
2 March 2016
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Opinion : disappeared in South Asia, all families have the right to truth
This opinion will consider the background and dynamics of enforced disappearance in South Asia and suggest that given the regional nature of this problem, greater awareness and regional collaboration is needed to help address the [...]
1 March 2016
by Maxime Domegni, Lomé correspondent
Togo Transitional Justice Leaves Much to be Done
The transitional justice process in Togo has not allowed its citizens to know more about the perpetrators of the violence that has scarred the country ever since the struggle for independence. Togo has been ruled by the Gnassing [...]
1 March 2016
by Justice Info
ICC Prosecutor issues Draft Policy Paper on Case Selection and Prioritisation, for comment
ICC-CPI
1 March 2016
by Justice Info
How Long Can the ICC Keep Palestine and Israel in Purgatory?
Justice in Conflict
1 March 2016
by Bruno Djito Segbedji, Bamako correspondent
Victims’ Rights and Protection a Challenge for Justice in Mali
Victims are at the heart of Mali’s transitional justice process, aimed at shedding light on grave human rights abuses committed since independence in 1963, especially during numerous rebellions in the North. In this interview with [...]
1 March 2016
by AFP
ICC Unveils War Crimes Charge for 'Callous' Timbuktu Attack
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday accused a Malian jihadist of war crimes for "a callous" 2012 attack on the centuries-old world heritage site of Timbuktu. "We must stand up to the destruction and defacin [...]