Transitional justice blind spots

Yemen

3 March 2020 by Janet H. Anderson

Looking for ways to address war crimes in Yemen Up until now, the war in Yemen has not noticeably been a major focus for war crimes accountability campaigners. But in recent months some specific attempts have emerged to trace responsibility for war-related killings and sufferin [...]

Zimbabwe

25 September 2019 by Zenzele Ndebele and Lesley Moyo

Zimbabwe: Mugabe is buried, not the past The state funeral for former president Robert Mugabe took place on September 14 in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city. He will never have to answer the crimes committed under his regime. And despite the creation of a truth commission [...]

China

26 March 2019 by Frédéric Burnand

China moves to keep its repression of minorities from investigation China has always taken care to ensure it was not targeted by UN human rights bodies. It long worked behind the scenes, but under Xi Jinping Chinese diplomacy is out in the open. A recent example was in Geneva, where the issue of i [...]

Zimbabwe

12 June 2018 by Dr Thompson Chengeta

The possibility of transitional justice post-Mugabe in Zimbabwe Through a reign of terror and a ruinous economic policy, the ZANU-PF Government of Zimbabwe [GoZ] not only violated the rights of Zimbabweans but broke the relationship between the Government and its citizens. In order to re [...]

Eritrea

4 July 2016 by Vony Rambolamanana

Eritrea Should Be Subject to International investigation, Says UN Commission A Resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on July 1 calls for an African investigation, supported by the international community, into serious crimes in Eritrea. Some of these crimes could qualify as crimes against [...]

Eritrea

12 July 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net

ERITREA CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMISSION FACES CHALLENGES, SAYS CHAIRMAN In June, an inquiry commission of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) published a 500-page report detailing how Eritrea, under Isaias Afwerki's iron-fisted regime for the past 22 years, has created a repressive system [...]

11 June 2015 by Kristy Siegfried IRIN

Eritrea the european big mistake OXFORD, 10 June 2015 (IRIN) - Several nations recently toughened their stance on asylum requests from Eritrea after a Danish report suggested those leaving the country do so largely for economic reasons. The results of a year-long [...]