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.
CAR, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
8 October 2015
by Crispin Dembassa-Kette
BANGUI, 6 October 2015 (IRIN) - Six days of fighting that ended in Central African Republic’s capital last week has left a heavy toll: dozens dead, hundreds wounded, thousands displaced, and hope of an imminent resolution to the c [...]
7 October 2015
by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
Impunity still rules in the Democratic Republic of Congo, especially in the east, where rebel groups -- and also the Congolese army -- have killed, looted and raped. The government has apparently made some effort to bring justice [...]
7 October 2015
by Désiré Nimubona/IRIN
BUJUMBURA, 5 October 2015 (IRIN) - It's not unusual to find dead bodies in Bujumbura these days. We discover them on the streets, in drainage channels, bushes and rivers. The UN has registered 134 killings since April, when Presid [...]
6 October 2015
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
This paper seeks to clarify the current needs of victims and what victim-centred transitional justice means to them now, more than 8 years after the end of Nepal’s armed conflict (1996-2006) (the “conflict”). The paper aims to und [...]
6 October 2015
by Urko Aiartza Azurtza
Opinion : The missed opportunities by the spanish goverment in Basque Country
Four years ago, the International Conference for the resolution for the Conflict held in Donostia (Conference of Aiete) opened in the Basque Country the opportunity and hope for the definitive resolution of the conflict. After con [...]
5 October 2015
by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
"Tunisia is a test case" says professor Larbi Chouikha
Larbi Chouikha is a professor at the Press and Information Sciences Institute at Manouba University, Tunisia, and author of a book entitled “From the legacy of State control to the uncertainties of the transition: The difficult tr [...]
5 October 2015
by Leila Ulrich
Doing ‘Gender Justice’ in Northern Uganda
‘The microcredit was the biggest benefit I received. It gave me dignity and made me respectable. I can even afford to make myself beautiful. Without that, I couldn’t have found a husband. Nobody wants to marry a woman who was rape [...]
4 October 2015
by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.Net
Transitional justice derailed
The week in transitional justice was marked by a brutal deterioration of the situation in Bangui. Calm returned to the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR) after violence that left dozens dead and injured, and thousands d [...]
1 October 2015
by Franck Petit
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FRENCH PROBE ON SYRIA
The 55,000 photos of mutilated bodies in the “Caesar” report had only just arrived at the headquarters of France’s war crimes office when French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday September 29 made diplomatic use of it at [...]
1 October 2015
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
International community applying failed policy in CAR, says analyst
Thierry Vircoulon is Central Africa project director of the NGO International Crisis Group (ICG), which has already published several reports on the Central African Republic crisis. ICG will shortly release a new report focusing o [...]
1 October 2015
by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.Net Head of Project
REFUGEES AND THE RIGHTS OF THE “RIGHTLESS”
In light of the refugee crisis that is dividing Europe, it is urgent to re-read the German born essayist Hannah Arendt. In one particularly enlightening chapter of her book on the origins of totalitarianism, she notes how a new ca [...]
30 September 2015
by François Sergent, Justiceinfo.net
TIMBUKTU MOSQUE CASE SENDS ICC “SIGNAL” SAYS PARIS PROFESSOR
A Touareg leader from a Malian Islamist group linked to Al-Qaida, suspected of directing the 2012 destruction of mosques in Timbuktu, appeared on Wednesday before the International Criminal Court (ICC). His case is a first in seve [...]
30 September 2015
by AFP
FRANCE STARTS PROBE INTO ASSAD “CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY”
French authorities have launched a “crimes against humanity” probe into Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime for abuses committed in Syria from 2011 to 2013, with Paris calling for action against “the impunity of the assassin [...]
29 September 2015
by Hippolyte Marboua (Bangui), Radio Ndeke Luka/Fondation Hirondelle
HIGH TENSION IN BANGUI
The Central African Republic capital Bangui returned to gradual and only relative calm Tuesday after three days of inter-community violence which left at least 40 dead and 100 injured according to the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR. Some [...]
29 September 2015
by Stéphanie Maupas, Hague correspondent
CONGOLESE SENATOR BEMBA IN NEW ICC TRIAL
Congolese Senator and former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba again faces judges of the International Criminal Court in a new trial that started September 29. On trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the Ce [...]
28 September 2015
by Michael Møller
Opinion : Any one of us may one day need refuge
As the refugee influx continues unabated, it is gratifying to see that our humanity is finally showing signs of life, thanks to generous German, Serbian, Austrian, Greek, Italian and other European citizens. They follow the proud [...]
27 September 2015
by François Sergent
Justice vs impunity, from Burkina to Colombia
Whether in Colombia, Burkina Faso, Mali or the Central African Republic, transitional justice, democracy and reconciliation advanced in fits and starts. The agreement reached between FARC rebels and the Colombian president, symbol [...]
25 September 2015
by Virginia Bouvier
Colombia Breakthrough a Model for Peace Talks
Thursday’s breakthrough in peace talks between Colombia’s government and rebels reveals the outlines of a final deal and puts the grueling process firmly back on track, says USIP’s Virginia Bouvier. The agreement may serve as a mo [...]