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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.

Key points in Colombia-FARC deal on post-conflict justice
24 September 2015 by AFP
The Colombian government and FARC rebels signed a breakthrough agreement Wednesday on bringing justice for crimes committed during their half-century conflict. Here are key points of the deal: - The creation of special courts and [...]
Peace in Colombia : a real breakthrough
24 September 2015 by AFP
The Colombian government and FARC rebels will sign a definitive peace deal within six months to end half a century of conflict, President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday, as the two sides announced a major breakthrough.Santos an [...]
DEALING WITH THE PAST WILL TAKE TIME IN SRI LANKA, SAYS ANALYST
23 September 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
Sri Lanka’s new unity government is promising accountability for war crimes, although it has stopped short of accepting an international inquiry. President Maithripala Sirisena, who replaced his hawkish predecessor Mahinda Rajapak [...]
No amnesty for assassins, says Burkina Faso civil rights leader
23 September 2015 by Claude-Olivier Volluz
Rapper and activist Serge Bambara, alias Smockey, was one of the first to condemn the September 16 coup by Burkina Faso’s presidential guard (RSP). He is leader of civil society group Le Balais citoyen (“Sweep it out”) and was als [...]
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22 September 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
“Justice and Memory” at Heart of Habré Trial, Says Expert As former Chadian president Hissène Habré’s war crimes trial continues before the Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal, JusticeInfo.Net recently spoke to Senegalese human rights defender and Amnesty International regional dir [...]
21 September 2015 by AFP
Burkina Faso : timeline Here are the main developments since last week's coup in the west African country of Burkina Faso brought to power Gilbert Diendere, an aide to ousted president Blaise Compaore. Compaore was toppled in October 2014 and fled into e [...]
18 September 2015 by Lewis Mudge Human Rights Watch
opinion: Central African Republic Gripped With Fear A country “gripped with fear” is how the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, described the Central African Republic during a September 4 visit. His words echo what I’ve heard from hundreds of [...]
17 September 2015 by AFP
Burkina Faso, From Compaoré's fall to military coup Key dates in the west African state of Burkina Faso from the fall of ex-president Blaise Compaore to the power grab by the Presidential Security Regiment (RSP) on Thursday.   -- 2014 -- - October 31: After a 27-year rule marked by [...]
17 September 2015 by Romaric Ollo HIEN
Burkina Faso : the end of democratic transition Burkina Faso's presidential guard declared a coup Thursday after arresting the interim president and key government figures as the country prepared for its first elections since the overthrow of longtime leader Blaise Compaore. Li [...]
16 September 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Interview: Habré Trial Important but Not Enough Longstanding Senegalese human rights defender Alioune Tine has since the beginning of this year also been Amnesty International’s regional director for west and central Africa. In an interview with JusticeInfo.Net, he hails the tr [...]
15 September 2015 by Monde Kingsley Nfor and Jennifer Lazuta IRIN
Vote limbo for Central African refugees BERTOUA/DAKAR, 14 September 2015 (IRIN) - Attempts to foster reconciliation in Central African Republic could be derailed if refugees who fled to neighbouring states after a 2013 coup are unable to cast votes in the upcoming presi [...]
15 September 2015 by Robert Carmichael
Did the Khmer Rouge commit genocide? PHNOM PENH, 14 September 2015 (IRIN) - During its short stay in power in the late 1970s, the Khmer Rouge killed about a quarter of Cambodia’s population, but did they commit genocide? After four years of trying surviving senior le [...]
15 September 2015 by JusticeInfo.Net
FEAR AND SUSPICION WITHIN BURUNDI REGIME, SAYS EXPERT Paris University professor André Guichaoua is a leading specialist on the African Great Lakes region. In an exclusive interview with JusticeInfo.Net, he analyses recent developments in Burundi, from when President Pierre Nkurunziz [...]
14 September 2015 by AFP
Ivory Coast president urges reconciliation ahead of key vote Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called on his supporters to "forgive" their political opponents on Sunday, while also urging them to mobilise for upcoming presidential elections in which he is seeking a second term. The ba [...]
11 September 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
BELGIAN CASE ON SIERRA LEONE BLOOD DIAMONDS COULD SET PRECEDENT Michel Desaedeleer, a US and Belgian citizen, was arrested in Spain at the end of August on a European arrest warrant, suspected of enslavement as a crime against humanity and pillage of “blood diamonds” that helped fuel the Sierr [...]
10 September 2015 by Alexis Adele, IRIN
Opinion: three concerns ahead of Côte d’Ivoire poll ABIDJAN, 21 July 2015 (IRIN) - Five years after Côte d’Ivoire’s disputed presidential election threw the country into turmoil and left more than 3,000 dead, its people are set to go to the polls again. Could we see similar unrest [...]
9 September 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
Ukraine gives ICC green light to probe alleged crimes in the East The Ukrainian government on Tuesday gave a green light to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate crimes committed on its territory since February 20, 2014, notably in the east of the country where some 8,000 people [...]
8 September 2015 by AFP
Cambodia : The Forgotten Genocide of The Muslim Minority A member of Cambodia's minority Cham Muslim community Monday recounted the horrors of living under the Khmer Rouge, describing how regime cadres burned Qurans, forced them to eat pork and murdered them en masse. The testimony came [...]
7 September 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Habré Remains Mute as his Trial Restarts True to form, former Chadian President Hissène Habré refused to turn up in person on Monday at the resumption of his trial in Dakar for crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture. The Registrar nevertheless read out his indic [...]