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.
More Crimes Prosecuted under Universal Jurisdiction, says Report
29 February 2016
by François Sergent, Justiceinfo.net
For the second year running, rights groups TRIAL, FIBGAR, ECCHR and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) are publishing an annual report on universal jurisdiction, entitled “Make way for Justice”. Under the univers [...]
29 February 2016
by François Sergent
The limits of transitional justice could be seen this week in places like Tunisia, Nepal, Togo and South Africa. In Nepal, several NGOs including TRIAL and REDRESS launched a campaign demanding justice for victims. The war there b [...]
Why are Timbuktu's shrines revered and who destroyed them?
28 February 2016
by AFP
The trial of a Malian jihadist charged with war crimes for ordering the 2012 destruction of 14 mausoleums of Muslim saints resumes next week at the International Criminal Court (ICC). How did the monuments come to be considered so [...]
Destruction of Timbuktu goes before ICC judges
28 February 2016
by AFP
Prosecutors Tuesday will unveil charges against an alleged Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist accused of destroying monuments at the fabled city of Timbuktu in an unprecedented case before the world's only permanent war crimes court. Ahmad [...]
27 February 2016
by AFP
Germany's twilight Nazi trials about more than justice
Germany is putting on trial several former members of the Nazi SS this year -- but seven decades after the war, they are in their 90s and unlikely to end up behind bars. Yet that doesn't diminish the importance of the legal procee [...]
26 February 2016
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Opinion : justice for the victims in Nepal
The decade-long Maoist insurgency and the state counter-insurgency (1996-2006) was a time when terrible things happened to a lot of Nepalis, but since most of the victims have little voice, many of these stories have yet to be hea [...]
26 February 2016
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
NGOs Demand Real Rights for Victims in Nepal
This year will mark 10 years since the end of Nepal’s conflict, in which grave human rights abuses were committed by both government forces and Maoist rebels. For years, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) has repeated [...]
25 February 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Burundi: Abductions, Killings Spread Fear
UN Security Council Should Press for Deployment of International Police Presence (Nairobi, The Burundian authorities are targeting perceived opponents with increased brutality, Human Rights Watch said today. Government forces are [...]
25 February 2016
by AFP
UN probe decries 'war crimes' by all sides in Libya chaos
All sides in Libya's chaotic conflict are likely guilty of war crimes, including torturing, raping and executing prisoners, the UN said Thursday, urging the world to do more to bring the perpetrators to justice. "A multitude of ac [...]
24 February 2016
by Justice Info
Amnesty International annual report 2015/2016 : institutions that protect human rights are in danger
Amnesty International
24 February 2016
by AFP
Amnesty slams Europe's 'shameful' response on refugees
European countries' "shameful" response to the migrant crisis and their efforts to counter the threat of attacks risk undermining their historic commitment to human rights, Amnesty International warned on Wednesday. The London-b [...]
23 February 2016
by Wilane Paté, correspondent in Abidjan
Gbagbo Trial Stokes Divisions in Côte d’Ivoire
In Côte d’Ivoire, people have very different views about the trial of their ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and his former minister Charles Blé Goudé, which started on January 28 at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, [...]
23 February 2016
by ICTJ
South Africa: Impunity, Political Interference Emerge Below Veneer of a Celebrated Reconciliation Process
After 33 years in the relentless pursuit of truth and accountability the family of anti-apartheid activist Nokuthula Simelane will finally see justice done. On 8 February 2016, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced th [...]
23 February 2016
by AFP
Burundi president agrees to hold talks to end crisis
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has agreed to hold talks to end a 10-month-old crisis, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday, but the main opposition group dismissed the plan as a "false opening". After meeting with Nk [...]
23 February 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Ugandan Polls Criticized as Museveni Rival Harassed
Since the end of campaigning for February 18 elections that extended Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s 30-year rule, his main rival has been either under house arrest or detained by police. Dr. Kizza Besigye was arrested by pol [...]
22 February 2016
by François Sergent, Justiceinfo.net
Week in Review: Lebanon’s Missing Persons and Africa vs the ICC
Transitional justice is not just about big trials, Truth Commissions and reconciliation processes. This week, Justiceinfo.net looked at the missing persons from Lebanon’s wars, forgotten by history and by a weak State. A governmen [...]
20 February 2016
by Human Rights Watch
Opinion : Move Ahead With Ex-Dictator Case in Haiti
(Mexico City, Washington, DC, Quebec City, and Paris, February 19, 2016) – The current critical political situation in Haiti should not be used as an excuse to deny justice to the victims of human rights violations during the regi [...]
18 February 2016
by JusticeInfo.Net
Cause of Burundi’s Conflict “is not Rwanda”
Relations between Burundi and Rwanda are deteriorating, amid accusations and protests in Bujumbura against Kigali’s alleged interference. But Rwanda has always denied these allegations, saying Burundians must solve their own prob [...]