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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.

ATTACKS ON THE PRESS: ARE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR JOURNALISTS ADEQUATE?
19 August 2015 by Anne Bennett
The execution of James Foley by ISIS militants last year received international headlines and highlighted the risks run by journalists, especially freelancers, reporting from war zones. It also questioned the adequacy of protectio [...]
opinion : Fulfilling our Responsibility to Protect in Yemen
18 August 2015 by Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Jennifer Welsh, UN Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect
 According to the latest United Nations estimate, at least 1,916 civilians have been killed in Yemen since 26 March 2015 as a result of the fighting between the Saudi- led coalition, the Houthis, and their respective allies. While [...]
SRI LANKA POLLS COULD BE “CRUCIAL” FOR RECONCILIATION
17 August 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Sri Lanka goes to the polls on Monday August 17 in parliamentary elections. According to a recent International Crisis Group Report, the outcome could be crucial for the fight against corruption and for reconciliation in a country [...]
Born in Shining Path labor camps in Peru
14 August 2015 by AFP
He doesn't know exactly how much time has passed since Shining Path guerrillas kidnapped him and put him to work on a slave-labor farm deep in the Peruvian jungle. The recently rescued man, who cannot be named for security reasons [...]
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12 August 2015 by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis Correspondent
Tunisians Support the Truth Commission “Have you heard of transitional justice?”, “Do you know what kinds of abuses transitional justice deals with?”, “What do you expect of transitional justice?”, “Have you heard of the Truth and Dignity Commission?”, “Do you have con [...]
12 August 2015 by AFP
Regime committing war crimes in besieged Syria area: Amnesty Syria's government is committing war crimes against besieged residents of Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus, with heavy aerial bombardment compounding the misery created by a regime blockade, Amnesty International said Wednesday. In [...]
10 August 2015 by JusticeInfo
RWANDA HAILS DISMISSAL OF SPY CHIEF EXTRADITION CASE The Rwandan government says UK extradition procedures launched in June against its intelligence chief Karenzi Karake were a “travesty of justice”. UK judicial authorities announced Monday that the procedures, based on a Spanish ex [...]
10 August 2015 by Christine Renaudat, Bogota Correspondent
COLOMBIA’S PAIN THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST Doris Salcedo, considered to be one of Colombia’s most important artists, only speaks rarely to the press. This solitude feeds her work, which is a constant quest around violence and absence. It is palpable in her work. Her sculpt [...]
7 August 2015 by Carina Tertsakian
In Burundi rumours and violence are fuelling the uncertainty On Monday morning, panic spread after rumours began circulating on social media that Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, Burundi’s leading human rights activist, had been killed. In reality he was alive and well, working away as usual, docume [...]
7 August 2015 by Pierre Hazan
FORGIVENESS or punishment, a crucial debate This week we bring you JusticeInfo.Net Head of Project Pierre Hazan’s conclusion in our series on policies of forgiveness after mass crimes. Having looked at the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Burundi, former Yugoslavia and Sou [...]
6 August 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
WE HAVE HELPED THE ICC, SAYS DEPARTING US WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR Stephen Rapp has been the US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes since August 2009. On August 7, 2015, he is stepping down from his post. Prior to this post, Rapp was also Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and befor [...]
4 August 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
ICC Should Learn Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire, Says Human Rights Watch Jurist The International Criminal Court (ICC) must broaden its investigation into the 2010-2011 post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire to include violations committed by loyalists of President Alassane Ouattara, Human Rights Watch said [...]
3 August 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
“Guilt Should Not Blind Us” to Rwanda Abuses, Says Expert The surprise June 20, 2015 arrest in London of Rwandan spy chief Karenzi Karake on a Spanish arrest warrant brought strong protest from the Rwandan government. Karake is currently free on bail, pending hearings in October on wheth [...]
31 July 2015 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Head of Project and associate professor at the University of Neuchâtel
Truth without Repentance in South Africa After former Yugoslavia last week, we continue our series on forgiveness with a look at the experience of South Africa and its Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1995-2002). Next week, we will wrap up with a conclusion covering [...]
29 July 2015 by AFP
'Strong evidence' of Israel war crimes on 'Black Friday': Amnesty An analysis of an Israeli assault in the Gaza Strip following the capture of one of its soldiers during last year's war in the Palestinian territory shows "strong evidence" of war crimes, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The [...]
29 July 2015 by AFP
International outcry after Libya sentences Kadhafi son to death A Libyan court Tuesday sentenced a son and eight aides of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi to death for crimes during the 2011 uprising, in a verdict denounced by rights campaigners. The United Nations also said it was "deeply distur [...]
28 July 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.net
Hissène Habré Lawyers Fight Back Lawyers of former Chadian president Hissène Habré, on trial for war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture, are counter-attacking from outside the special court in Dakar which is trying him and which they are boycotting like [...]
27 July 2015 by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis correspondent
Tunisia Transitional Justice Unit Focuses on Victims In November 2014, three partners came together with the idea of creating a transitional justice observatory in Tunisia, a human sciences research unit with a focus on victims. The partners are the Tunis-based Kawakibi Centre for D [...]
24 July 2015 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net Head of Project and associate professor at the University of Neuchâtel
Trading confessions for withdrawal of charges in former Yugoslavia  The introduction of plea bargaining at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) may have saved time and money, but has it served the interests of “truth”? After Rwanda last week, we continue our series [...]