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.
“Urgent International Action needed on Burundi", says FIDH vice president
10 November 2015
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Dismas Kitenge Senga, a research professor at Kisangani University in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is also vice-president of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), which has been alerting the world for months on [...]
Opinion: Nepal's Transitional Justice Failure
9 November 2015
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Nepal’s multitude of post conflict governments have been controlled and hijacked by alleged perpetrators and violators of human rights. For more than 9 years justice has been a distant dream for thousands of conflict victims. My [...]
7 November 2015
by Carina Tertsakian
Ask anyone in Bujumbura and they will tell you the same thing: dark days lie ahead. Burundi seems to be descending into uncontrolled violence. A frightening lawlessness is taking hold, which some authorities appear to be taking ad [...]
6 November 2015
by AFP
BURUNDI "CLOSE TO CIVIL WAR", WARNS CRISIS GROUP
After months of violence, troubled Burundi risks sliding into civil war, a leading think tank has warned, issuing a "conflict alert" after a string of battles between gunmen. "Burundi again faces the possibility of mass atrocities [...]
6 November 2015
by Hippolyte Marboua (Bangui) and Ephrem Rugiririza
CENTRAL AFRICAN PARLIAMENTARIANS MARCH AGAINST VIOLENCE
In an unusual move, members of the Central African Republic’s transitional parliament (CNT) on Wednesday staged a peaceful march in Bangui denouncing the failure of the transitional government and international forces to end inter [...]
5 November 2015
by Justiceinfo.net avec AFP
Syria regime profits from widescale disappearances: Amnesty
Syria's government is profiting from money charged to families of people trying to find loved ones forceably disappeared in what are crimes against humanity, rights group Amnesty International charged Thursday. The group said the [...]
5 November 2015
by AFP
Myanmar's Suu Kyi says don't 'exaggerate' Rohingya plight
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday said it was important not to "exaggerate" the plight of the nation's persecuted Rohingya, hundreds of thousands of whom have been barred from Sunday's landmark polls. Suu Kyi ha [...]
4 November 2015
by Kate Cronin-Furman
Will Sri Lanka’s New Government Provide Accountability for Civil War Atrocities?
Six years after the end of Sri Lanka’s devastating civil war, a transitional justice process is finally beginning. The consensus adoption this month of a UN Human Rights Council resolution on accountability, cosponsored by Sri Lan [...]
4 November 2015
by International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
Redress Needed for Children Born of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda and Their Mothers
Children born as a result of wartime sexual violence in northern Uganda and their mothers face continued and compounded violations of their rights and dignity, says the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ). Without [...]
4 November 2015
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
SWITZERLAND EXAMINES TORTURE CASE AGAINST BAHRAIN ATTORNEY GENERAL
Human rights activists are hailing news that Swiss authorities have opened a case against Bahrain’s Attorney General Ali Bin Fadhul Al-Buainain, after torture allegations were filed against him. The complaint was filed in Septembe [...]
3 November 2015
by Pierre Hazan
Central African Republic: false promises and a real opportunity for justice
In countries struggling to emerge from conflict, the fight against impunity for war criminals is essential. But to carry out this fight, the national justice system must be effective, and, too often, this is far from being the cas [...]
2 November 2015
by Oumar Dieng, correspondent in Dakar
CHADIAN EX-PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF RAPE
On October 29 in Dakar, the special African court trying former Chadian president Hissène Habré suspended its hearings until November 9. The former strongman of N'Djamena is accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and tortu [...]
1 November 2015
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Weekly Summary: Women and peace, plus African ex-Presidents facing justice
Saturday October 31 marked fifteen years since the UN adopted Resolution 1325 calling for women’s participation at all stages of peace processes. The aim was to ensure that the voice of women, who pay a heavy price in conflicts ar [...]
31 October 2015
by Studio Tamani and JusticeInfo.Net
Joint patrols in view for northern Mali
After four months of hesitation, the Monitoring Committee for the northern Mali peace accord seems to be entering a decisive phase. In its fifth meeting due to start early this week in Bamako, the various parties and the mediation [...]
29 October 2015
by AFP
ICC REJECTS UGANDA HEARINGS FOR FORMER REBEL COMMANDER
Once again, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected the idea of holding court hearings in the country directly concerned by the crimes it is dealing with. In the case of Ugandan Dominic Ongwen, the first and only senio [...]
29 October 2015
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
US “gravely alarmed” as Zanzibar elections cancelled
Simmering electoral tension reached a peak Wednesday on the semi-autonomous Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar, following the vote on October 25. The Chairman of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced that he was cancelling [...]
28 October 2015
by AFP
War crimes, forced cannibalism in S.Sudan conflict, says African Union
Both government and rebels in South Sudan carried out war crimes against civilians and should face justice, an African Union human rights inquiry has said. The AU's Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan lists a string of abuses, in [...]
27 October 2015
by Christine Renaudat
Bogota Centre pioneers remembrance in Colombia
Bogota’s Centre for Remembrance, Peace and Reconciliation (CMPR), opened in December 2012, aims to be a meeting space rather than a museum. The monolithic, earth-coloured building has narrow windows that by night seem to glow lik [...]