April 05
Rwanda: Reconciliation Made in Rwanda
In the wake of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro covered the trials of genocide suspects before the specialized chambers of the traditional courts and… Read more »
April 02
Rwanda: 2,200 'Génocidaires' Being Released in 2024, Who Are They?
In the wake of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro covered the trials of genocide suspects before the specialized chambers of the traditional courts and… Read more »
March 29
Guinea: Was the Stadium Massacre a Crime Against Humanity?
Matthias Raynal is a correspondent in Guinea when, on 28 September 2022, a trial opens for mass crimes, the first in the country's history. 13 years earlier, on the same date, more… Read more »
March 15
Ethiopia: Martin Schibbye (Journalist) - 'Sweden Believed in Lundin'
Six months have passed since the start of the longest trial in Swedish history, which will last another two years. Time for a first assessment by one of its most assiduous… Read more »
March 07
Gambia: Ousman Sonko, the 'Mastermind'
On March 4, the prosecution concluded its closing arguments in the trial of Ousman Sonko, in Switzerland. They asked for the former interior minister of the Gambia to be sentenced… Read more »
February 12
Guinea: Guinea - Frightened Witnesses Desert the Trial
A new phase of the 28 September 2009 massacre trial starts this Monday, February 12, in Guinea with the appearance of a first witness - but in close session. Many fear for their… Read more »
December 11, 2023
Rwanda: 'What Judicial Truth Without Material Evidence?'
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December 08, 2023
Sudan: Lundin, the Trial That 'Should Never Have Taken Place'
The Lundin trial has now reached the end of its thirteenth week, with 90 weeks still to go. Torgny Wetterberg, defending Ian Lundin, on November 29 began his presentation of the… Read more »
November 21, 2023
Guinea: Guinea Massacre Trial - It's Time for the Witnesses
Matthias Raynal is a correspondent in Guinea when, on 28 September 2022, a trial opens for mass crimes, the first in the country's history. 13 years earlier, on the same date, more… Read more »
October 30, 2023
Guinea: Conakry Massacre Trial Resumes
Matthias Raynal is a correspondent in Guinea when, on 28 September 2022, a trial opens for mass crimes, the first in the country's history. 13 years earlier, on the same date, more… Read more »
October 13, 2023
Africa: The Weak Hope of an ICC Investigation Into Palestine
Janet H Anderson is one of JusticeInfo's correspondents in The Hague. As a freelance journalist she's been covering international justice - Rwanda, The Hague, Sierra Leone, Uganda… Read more »
August 24, 2023
Gambia: Why After Four Years Identity of the Exhumed at Army Barracks Remains Unknown?
In four years since the mediatized exhumation of seven bodies in a military camp near Banjul, neither the Truth and Reconciliation commission nor any institution in The Gambia have… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Gambia: The Disappeared in the Gambia, a Missing Investigation
In its recently disclosed implementation plan, the Gambian government says it will set up a task force to complete and expand the work accomplished by the Truth commission on… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Central African Republic: Special Court Hands Down First Reparations Decision
After several months of hesitation, the Special Criminal Court on June 16 handed down in Bangui a first reparations decision in its first and only trial. This decision does not… Read more »
June 13, 2023
South Sudan: ICC - The Never-Ending Nightmare of Darfur's Victims
This is the first trial for serious crimes committed in Darfur. On June 5 in The Hague, the victims' representatives took the floor in the Ali-Kushayb case at the International… Read more »
June 01, 2023
Gambia: Is the Country a Step Closer to Moving On With Trials and Reparations?
On May 12, the Gambian president Adama Barrow has issued an implementation plan of the 2021 recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. He has… Read more »
April 14, 2023
Guinea: Dadis Opposition Gives Its Version of Stadium Massacre
This week, the testimony of Ben Youssouf Keïta struck a chord. He is the third opponent of Moussa Dadis Camara's former regime to testify at the Conakry stadium massacre… Read more »
February 07, 2023
Central African Republic: Truth Commission Struggles to Get Off the Ground
The Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission presented its activity report to the Central African Republic's President on December 30, 2022, more than 18 months… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Kenya: Why Kenya Is Trying Now Its First Crimes Against Humanity Case
On Monday, nine out of 12 police suspects - including senior commanders - appeared at a Nairobi court, accused of murdering a baby, and other crimes, during a violent crackdown on… Read more »
November 14, 2022
Kenya: What Can Kenya's First Case for Crimes Against Humanity Achieve?
In Kenya, national prosecutors have recently announced the opening of a first case for crimes against humanity, on the 2017 election violence. This case implicates police officers… Read more »
September 05, 2022
Gambia: Govt Fails to Act on Gambia's Truth Commission Recommendations
Activists are voicing the alarm. After its inquiry, the Gambia Truth Commission recommended that some 90 officials, largely in the security sector, be banned from public office or… Read more »
June 28, 2022
Africa: Last Stabs in the Darkness At the ICC On the Kenyan Case
As if the historic failure of the Kenyan trial was not bitter enough, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has taken it upon itself, in agreeing to… Read more »
June 23, 2022
West Africa: Banjul Working Towards a Hybrid Gambia-Ecowas Court
In an interview with Justice Info Gambia's Justice minister Dawda Jallow said his government has the political will to deliver justice for past crimes. No clear strategy has been… Read more »
June 09, 2022
Rwanda: The Punishment of the Stateless ICTR 'Migrants'
Six months have passed since eight people acquitted or released by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) were transferred by the UN to Niger, supposedly to live… Read more »
April 18, 2022
Central African Republic: The Long Bumpy Road Towards the Special Criminal Court
The Special Criminal Court opens its first trial on April 19. But this mixed court in the Central African Republic, composed of national and international magistrates, is… Read more »