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18 November 2019 by Abraham Kouassi
Côte d'Ivoire: justice and reparations under threat With Côte d’Ivoire just a year away from its second presidential election since the 2010-2011 civil war, justice and reparations are under threat of being used as political tools.
31 October 2019 by AFP
Colonial crimes: Kenyans turn to the UN At the beginning of the 20th century, the British colonial administration carried out a mass deportation to seize land for tea plantations in western Kenya. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition to the UN for murder, rap [...]
24 October 2019 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
More time to redress Colombia’s victims. The question is how. In the midst of Colombia’s divisive transition, a rare political consensus emerged over the past two weeks, to extend the landmark 2011 bill that recognized victims of the armed conflict and set out specific measures to redress th [...]
21 October 2019 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Gambia: Jammeh’s wealth to go to his victims A first payment of about 1 million dollars to the new Reparations Fund of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission has been made, announced Gambia’s Minister of Justice on October 7. This is taken from the seized asset [...]
20 June 2019 by Claude Sengenya
DRC: Victims of Kisangani’s “Six-Day War” urge Tshisekedi to act Nineteen years ago, from 5 -10 June  2000, the town of Kisangani in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was the scene of fighting between the armies of Rwanda and Uganda. These two countries supported different factions of [...]
21 May 2019 by Abraham Kouassi
Côte d’Ivoire: Victims say reparations so far are not enough The Ivorian government has provided support to the victims of violent crises in Côte d'Ivoire through the "yako", an individual financial assistance of one million CFA francs (about 1,500 euros). But in Abidjan's neighbourhoods, t [...]
10 December 2018 by Claude Sengenya
Denis Mukwege's interview: “Sacrificing justice for peace has brought neither” This year’s joint Nobel Peace Prize winners, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, a survivor of Daesh sexual slavery in Iraq, today receive their prestigious award in Oslo. In an interview conducted in Bukavu on Novembe [...]
6 December 2018 by Claude Sengenya
Documentary in the Congo of Doctor Justice On December 10, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege will officially receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, alongside Nadia Murad, a Yezidi survivor of wartime rape in Iraq. For nearly 20 years Mukwege, a 63-year-old gynaecologist, has [...]
21 November 2018 by Olfa Belhassine
Hopes and fears in Tunisia over victim reparations Tunisia’s reparations and rehabilitation programme is based on consultations held by the Truth and Dignity Commission in 2017. But six weeks before the end of the Commission’s mandate, victims are protesting against the exclusion [...]
Lundin
26 October 2018 by Julia Crawford
Lundin faces prosecution for Sudan oil war abuses Sweden’s government has given the green light for the Public Prosecutor to charge two top executives of the Stockholm-based Lundin Petroleum company for assisting suspected crimes against humanity in Sudan between 1997 and 2003 by [...]
16 June 2018 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo
Pay more attention to witness protection and reparations, says sexual violence expert Sexual violence in conflict is one of the most important but also hardest crimes to prosecute. Swiss NGO TRIAL International, a partner of JusticeInfo and Fondation Hirondelle that supports victims of international crimes, is putt [...]
12 June 2018 by Julia Zulver, University of Oxford
Feasible Justice: Has Colombia Over-Promised and Under-Delivered Reparations for its 8.6 Million Victims?  Colombia’s unprecedented reparations programme guarantees financial, land restitution, and holistic benefits for millions of victims. With only 7% payment to date, however, the government faces the challenge of making good on pro [...]
13 May 2018 by Ram Kumar Bhandari
Opinion : Nepali war victims demand real reparations and remembrance In Nepal, the Conflict Victim Common Platform (CVCP) has submitted an advocacy paper on “reparative needs, rights and demands” to the Justice Minister and the country's two transitional justice bodies, in the hope of creating mome [...]
24 April 2018 by Stéphanie MAUPAS, The Hague
ICC: Reparation process “makes the Court to be relevant to society, beyond the Courtroom” In 2012, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down its first ever verdict in the trial of Congolese ex-militia leader Thomas Lubanga. Since then, there have been two other confirmed convictions of Congolese Germain Katang [...]