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.
3 December 2015
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.net
“Seemingly hopeless battles are the finest ones,” lawyer Raphaël Constant told the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) one day as he was arguing a defence motion for his client Théoneste Bagosora, who was portrayed [...]
3 December 2015
by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
After numerous nominations and awards in international festivals, Tunisian director Leyla Bouzid has just won four prizes at the Carthage film festival (November 21-28 in Tunis) for “As I Open My Eyes”, the story of a group of mus [...]
2 December 2015
by Hirondelle News
Throughout nearly 20 years of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which officially closed on Tuesday, its work has been covered by a small but important project of Fondation Hirondelle, the Hirondelle News Agenc [...]
2 December 2015
by AFP
More than 20 years after Rwandan genocide, killings haunt French military
New documents have come to light in the long-running controversy over whether French troops based in Rwanda at the time of the 1994 genocide failed to prevent the killings of Tutsis. The documents relate to one incident in which h [...]
2 December 2015
by Crispin Dembassa-Kette, IRIN
Pope’s visit highlights CAR’s deep scars
The Pope's visit to this capital city on Sunday is, in his own words, motivated by his desire to “contribute to the dressing of the wounds and opening of the way to a more serene future for Central African Republic and all its cit [...]
2 December 2015
by Carina Tertsakian, Human Rights Watch
Fresh Attempts to Muzzle Free Speech in Burundi
Burundi’s journalists and human rights defenders have had a rough year. A relentless government crackdown has forced almost all of them to flee the country. The assault has been overwhelming: government closure of all the main pri [...]
1 December 2015
by JusticeInfo.net
Kigali demands Archives as Rwanda Tribunal Closes
The Rwandan government repeated its demand Tuesday that the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) be transferred to Rwanda. This came at an official closing ceremony of the Tribunal, which is charged wi [...]
30 November 2015
by JusticeInfo.net
Eight Genocide Suspects still “At Large” as Rwanda Tribunal Closes
As the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) closes its doors this December, eight of the 93 people it indicted are still on the run, including rich businessman Félicien Kabuga, whom the Prosecutor presents as the fina [...]
30 November 2015
by Ephrem Rugiririza
HISTORIC DECISIONS OF THE ICTR
After 20 years, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is officially closing on December 1, although one Appeals decision on the so-called "Butare" case remains outstanding. It is expected on December 14. Below are [...]
30 November 2015
by JusticeInfo.net
Rwanda Tribunal Shows “Impunity is Not an Option"
Human Rights Watch (HRW) was in the forefront of NGOs pushing for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which officially closes its doors on December 1. Géraldine Mattioli-Zeltner, international justice advocacy [...]
30 November 2015
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Kenya sets “Dangerous Precedent” at ICC Assembly
This year’s annual assembly (Assembly of States Parties) of the International Criminal Court was hijacked by a Kenyan offensive to save its Deputy President from the Court, which is trying him for crimes against humanity. Througho [...]
30 November 2015
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
This Week: States of Emergency and the Pope in CAR
Tension between security policies and individual freedoms this week continued to impact on justice and reconciliation processes. Three countries hit by terrorism, France, Mali and Tunisia, have introduced states of emergency, redu [...]
27 November 2015
by Dr Phil Clark
Are International Human Rights Organisations an Impediment to Peace?
On 23 September 2015, the Colombian government and FARC rebels reached an historic agreement on transitional justice, the fifth of six agenda items, paving the way for a final peace deal to be signed by March 2016. In a joint anno [...]
26 November 2015
by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
Tunisia's Anti-Terrorist Law Threatens the Media
On Sunday November 15, Tunisian public television director Mustapha Ben Letaief was fired by Prime Minister Habib Essid over the broadcast of a video. The television had broadcast in its 1 PM news the previous day a video showing [...]
24 November 2015
by Ephrem Rugiririza and Studio Tamani
Mali Truth Commission To Hear Victims in Timbuktu
For its first mission outside the capital Bamako, Mali’s new Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission has chosen Timbuktu, where destruction of religious monuments three years ago have been classed as war crimes for the first [...]
24 November 2015
by Paul Seils
Opinion : Transforming Education, Transforming the Future
In countries emerging from conflict or dictatorship, the risk of recurrence of violence is real. The way in which societies learn about and remember the past – how and why mass atrocity occurred – can enlarge or reduce this risk. [...]
24 November 2015
by AFP
Obama slaps sanctions on crisis-torn Burundi’s Number Two
The US on Monday slapped sanctions on Burundi's Public Security Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni -- the regime's number two -- and three others, linking them to the country's descent into violence. The news came as the government [...]
23 November 2015
by International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
Opinion: History Lessons Help Kenyan Youth See Their Role in Building a Thriving Democracy
Young people in Kenya now have a new tool to help them learn about difficult periods in Kenyan history and discuss justice, democracy, leadership, and their role as Kenyan citizens. It is an interactive, illustrated educational bo [...]