JusticeInfo
JusticeInfo (aka: JusticeInfo.net) is a non-commercial, bilingual (English and French), European-based online news service and journal reporting on, and analyzing, "transitional justice" ("TJ") issues in selected countries (mostly developing nations in Africa and Asia) — focusing on "societies in transition" that have a modern history of difficult and controversial major justice issues (particularly regarding human rights, war crimes, genocide, and/or crimes against humanity).[1][2][3][4]
JusticeInfo concentrates its attention to such transitional justice ("TJ") affairs as major crimes trials, truth commissions, remembrance, reconciliation initiatives, reparations programs, and universal jurisdiction.[1][2][3]
The enterprise says it combines the "expertise of academics and journalists [working in] Transitional Justice (TJ)," to join "real time journalistic coverage," with "policy advice and academic analysis [about] TJ processes on a global scale."[4] -- with the goal of informing, guiding and empowering actual TJ activity, around the world.[1][2][3]
Business
editJusticeInfo, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland -- with key operations in France, and content contributors in many other countries, on four continents.[1][2]
JusticeInfo does not carry advertising, and is supported by donations and grants.[1][5]
JusticeInfo was created in the Spring of 2015.[1][2], as a media project of Hirondelle Foundation ("Fondation Hirondelle" or "La Fondation Hirondelle") of Switzerland, in a partnership with Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) of Oxford University[3][4][2][5] and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI),[3][4][2] -- with additional support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme in Tunisia,[3] and Hirondelle-affiliated journalists in the Central African Republic, Mali, and various other conflict-involved, and post-conflict, nations.[3]
The Hirondelle Foundation also provides similar and related information through its Hirondelle News Agency, and creates — or provides support to — independent, civic-minded news media based or operating in crisis, conflict, and post-conflict zones.[1][2][4]
Distribution and use
editJusticeInfo is solely an online, digital medium, on the internet at justiceinfo.net[4], openly and freely accessible to all.[1]
JusticeInfo, through a procedure, allows its original articles and videos to be freely republished by others, at no charge, under the Creative Commons License.[6]
In its subject areas, JusticeInfo is a reference frequently linked to, copied, quoted or cited, globally, by...
- intergovernmental organizations,[7][8][9][10]
- major media,[11][12][13][14][15]
- academia,[16][17][18][19][20]
- think tanks on international affairs and justice,[21][22][23] and
- human rights and justice organizations and institutions.[24][25][26][27]
Conversely, such institutions are also sources of contributors to JusticeInfo.[17][28]
Management and staff
editLeadership
editIn the Spring of 2015, JusticeInfo, was created under the management of journalist and international justice advocate Pierre Hazan — an academic (at three Swiss universities), consultant, and former journalist in humanitarian action, international conflicts and justice for two European daily newspapers: Libération (Paris, France), and Le Temps (Geneva, Switzerland). Hazan has worked with various organs of the United Nations, and is a member of the International Contact Group of the Basque Country. He currently works with Fondation Hirondelle on various projects, and remains an op-ed contributor to JusticeInfo.[1][2][29]
The site's initial Editor-in-Chief was François Sergent.[3]
Since August 2018, the Editor-in-Chief is Thierry Cruvellier, a journalist and author who has covered trials for crimes against humanity and genocide, over 20 years, from Rwanda to Sierra Leone, Senegal, Cambodia, and the former Yugoslavia. He covered the Sierra Leone Civil War between 1990 and 1996, and was the representative of Reporters Without Borders in the African Great Lakes region (1994-1995). In 2003 he was a Nieman Journalism Fellow at Harvard University, and teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the United States. Cruvellier was co-founder and editor-in-chief of the online journal International Justice Tribune (IJT), and has written for Reporters Without Borders.[1][30][31]
His IJT co-founder, Franck Petit — editorial board member for Amnesty International’s Chronicle in France — is the JusticeInfo deputy editor-in-chief. Sylvain Olivri leads website development.[1]
Staff
editThe site lists and displays dozens of authors and correspondents from around the world, particularly in Europe and Africa, notably including:
- Olfa Belhassine, a longtime correspondent in Tunisia, who has written for the Franch newspapers Libération, Le Monde and Courrier International.[1][32]
- Andrés Bermúdez Liévano in Colombia, an editor at the Latin American Centre for Investigative Journalism (CLIP), a mental health journalism fellow of the Carter Center, and co-author for the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT).[1][33][34]
- Lena Bjurström, freelance journalist for La Chronique d'Amnesty (The Amnesty International Chronicle in France), Politis, and others. For JusticeInfo and Les Jours she focuses on Syrian transitional justice issues.[1][35]
- Hannah El-Hitami is a Berlin-based Egyptian-German journalist who specializes in Arab-world issues, and has written for Der Spiegel, Al Jazeera, Amnesty Journal, others.[1][36]
- Janet H Anderson is a JusticeInfo correspondent at The Hague. She has reported on international justice for several decades, including cases regarding Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Uganda She trains and assists locally-based journalists who cover atrocity crimes trials, and is vice president for the Association of Journalists at the ICC. She has written for The Guardian.[1][37]
- Boubacar Sidiki Haidara, Editor-in-chief at Journal du Mali, also covers Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal, and collaborates with la Croix and Afrique Magazine.[1][38]
- Mustapha K. Darboe correspondent in The Gambia, with the second-largest online platform in Gambia, Kerr Fatou. He has written for U.S. News and World Report. As of 2022, he is the Gambia Press Union's vice-president, and correspondent for the Anadolu Agency (Turkey).[1][39]
- Grace Matsiko, a longtime journalist, has covered armed conflicts in Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, DR Congo, Burundi, Central African Republic and Somalia. He has worked with various international news networks, including Agence France Press (AFP).[1][40]
- Clémentine Méténier journalist near Grenoble, France, has written or drawn for Le Monde Diplomatique, La Revue Dessinée, and radio networks Radio France Internationale (RFI), Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), RTBF (Belgium), and Radio France).[1]
- Molly Quell is a Dutch-American journalist in The Hague, covering international law for the Courthouse News Service, and has written for Mother Jones, the Washington Post, Ars Technica, and Popular Science,[1][41]
- Claude Muhindo Sengenya in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), covering issues in the African Great Lakes region. He teaches at the Université de l'Assomption au Congo (UAC), and writes for The New Humanitarian.[1][42]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "About Us," JusticeInfo, Lausanne, Switzerland. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Pierre Hazan," "Experts," Institute for Integrated Transitions, Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ a b c d e f g h Etter, Jean-Marie (CEO Fondation Hirondelle), Pierre Hazan, (Head of Project Justiceinfo.net), and François Sergent, (Editor in Chief Justiceinfo.net): press release: "Justiceinfo.Net Takes Up The Challenge," July 2nd, 2015, PierreHazan.com Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ a b c d e "JusticeInfo.net," The Faculty of Law, Oxford University. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ a b "Innovative Media for Change – how journalists and academics can contribute to more effective transitional justice policy-making," in "New research grants for the Faculty," March 23, 2015, Faculty of Law, Oxford University
- ^ Maliti, Tom: sidebar: "Are You A Journalist Or Media Representative?" in "Why Kenya is trying now its first crimes against humanity case," November 18, 2022, JusticeInfo. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ Burnand, Frédéric: "Catherine Marchi-Uhel: A strong signal to those committing crimes in Syria," JusticeInfo, January 25, 2019, linked to from: "Justice Info: A Strong Signal to those Committing Crimes in Syria," January 25, 2019, International, Impartial, and Independent Mechanism, United Nations General Assembly. Retrieved November 21, 2022
- ^ "Situation In Uganda: In the Case of The Prosecutor V. Dominic Ongwen," No. ICC-02/04-01/15, February 4, 2022, International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague — citing Grace Matsiko, "12 years on, Uganda’s International Crimes Division has little to show," March 9, 2020, JusticeInfo. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "JusticeInfo.net," "Universal Periodic Review: 7-18 November 2022," Conference primer: Human Rights Council, "Commons," United Nations (Chile) — citing multiple JusticeInfo, articles on Ukraine, Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "Prosecuting war crimes of outrage upon personal dignity based on evidence from open sources – Legal framework and recent developments in the Member States of the European Union," February 2018, The Genocide Network, European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, The Hague, Netherlands — citing JusticeInfo, live feed. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "Biden picks Stanford human rights advocate for international justice post," October 25, 2021, San Francisco Chronicle — citing Thierry Cruvellier: "How Biden’s America can reverse its course on international justice," JusticeInfo, January 19, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "Dominic Ongwen - from child abductee to LRA rebel commander," May 6, 2021, BBC News — citing Thijs Bouwknegt and Barbora Holá, "Dominic Ongwen: the ICC’s Poster and Problem Child," March, 16 2020, JusticeInfo. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "JusticeInfo.net, Lausanne," "All News Sources," AllAfrica, Cape Town, South Africa. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "National courts lead the way in prosecuting Syrian war crimes," March 15, 2021, Al Jazeera — citing Cruvellier, Thierry: "European justice strikes on crimes in Syria," February 21, 2019, JusticeInfo. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "Tortures, exécutions, viols en Gambie : la justice allemande se penche sur les crimes des années Jammeh," (English: "Torture, executions, rape in The Gambia: German justice looks into the crimes of the Jammeh years,") Le Monde, France — quoting JusticeInfo.Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "International Tribunals: How to locate information about international criminal courts, from Nuremberg to the ICC - General Resources," The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library, Geneva Graduate Institute, (Geneva, Switzerland — citing JusticeInfo, as a principal resource on the subject. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ a b Bouwknegt, Thijs B. (NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies): "Afghanistan: Challenges of trying a war crimes veteran in The Hague," February 25, 2022, JusticeInfo, linked to from Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), The Netherlands at [1]. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "In the Media" (extension of "The Chiquita Papers: Documenting How the World's Most Famous Banana Company Financed Terrorism in Colombia"), National Security Archive, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. — citing "Chiquita 'contributed' to Colombian paramilitary crimes, ICC told," May 18, 2017, JusticeInfo. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ Maarten Munster and van, J. van Wijk: "Angola: the pandora box of 'Embracing and Forgiving'," JusticeInfo, January 14, 2020; linked to from "Angola: the pandora box of 'Embracing and Forgiving'," Research output, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, (Vrije University Amsterdam), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ Sharon, Avinoam: "Summary of cases from the Israeli Supreme Court, 2019-2020," July 15, 2021, Versa (Opinions of the Supreme Court of Israel), Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York City — citing Weill, Sharon: "Transitional Justice, Israel’s Escape Door from the ICC." March 22, 2021, JusticeInfo. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ Cronin-Furman, Kate: "Will Sri Lanka's New Government Provide Justice for Civil War Atrocities?," in JusticeInfo, November 4, 2015, linked to from "Publications," Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ Ezzamouri, Akram: "Transitional Justice: Lessons from Tunisia’s Aborted Transition," The International Spectator (aka: AffarInternazionali,), Istituto Affari Internazionali (International Affairs Institute), Rome, Italy — citing Olfa Belhassine, “Tunisia: A “Reconciliation” Law That Goes Against Transitional Justice”, in JusticeInfo, 8 April 2022, . Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ Liévano, Andrés Bermúdez: "War, park rangers and the hopes of Colombia’s transitional justice," in JusticeInfo, May 27, 2019, linked to from "Justiceinfo.net: War, park rangers and the hopes of Colombia’s transitional justice," Conflict and Environment Observatory, West Yorkshire, England, U.K. — Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ Human Rights Watch Submission to the Independent Expert Review of the International Criminal Court, April 15, 2020, Human Rights Watch -- citing Stephanie Maupas: "If the ICC Fails in Georgia, It Will be the Same in Afghanistan and Palestine: Interview with Nika Jeiranashvili," July 5, 2017 JusticeInfo.
- ^ Carranza, Ruben; and Maria Abrahamyan: "Now Is the Time to Make Transitional Justice Possible in Armenia," in JusticeInfo, April 12, 2021, linked to from International Center for Transitional Justice, New York City, July 1, 2021, at [2] — Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ Advancing Justice for Children: innovations to strengthen accountability for violations and crimes affecting children in conflict, March 2021, Save the Children and the Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security at the Blavatnik School of Government’s Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict (ELAC), Oxford University, U.K. -- citing E. Ruvugiro, "Rwanda: The gruesome plight of children during the Tutsi genocide," October 11, 2017, Justiceinfo. Retrieved November 22, 2022
- ^ "Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence for his report to be presented at the 76th session of the General Assembly by the International Observatory of Human Rights," International Observatory of Human Rights, United Kingdom, as archived by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations — citing Rugiririza, Ephrem: "Burundi: A Truth Commission as Political Diversion," November 1, 2018, JusticeInfo. Retrieved November 20, 2022
- ^ "Call for Papers," February 28, 2020 , The Faculty of Law, Oxford University, U.K., retrieved November 22, 2022
- ^ "Speaker Biographies," Innovative Media for Change Workshop, Oxford Transitional Justice Research, Oxford University, retrieved November 22, 2022
- ^ "Why the I.C.C. Should Rejoice When America Attacks It,", September 16, 2018, New York Times, retrieved November 22, 2022
- ^ "Why Journalists Should be Worried by the Rwanda Tribunal Precedents,", July 10, 2006, for Reporters Without Borders, originally at: [3], retrieved November 22, 2022
- ^ "Olfa Belhassine: His contributions," Le Monde. (original in French). Retrieved November 23, 2023
- ^ "Andrés Bermúdez Liévano: Rainforest Investigations Fellow - CLIP, Columbia," Rainforest Journalism Fund, Pulitzer Center on Crisis, retrieved November 23, 2022
- ^ "Andrés Bermúdez Liévano (Colombia)," in The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism 2017-2018, The Carter Center, retrieved November 23, 2022
- ^ "Lena Bjurström On Politis," Politis. (original in French). Retrieved November 23, 2023
- ^ " Hannah El-Hitami," Der Spiegel. (original in German). Retrieved November 23, 2023
- ^ "Janet Anderson". The Guardian. Retrieved November 23, 2023
- ^ Haidara, Boubacar Sidiki: "Au Mali, la liberté de la presse en grand danger", November 10, 2022, la Croix. Retrieved November 23, 2023
- ^ "Mustapha K. Darboe: Contributor," U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved November 23, 2023
- ^ "Grace Matsiko: AFP correspondent based in Mali," Agence France-Presse, retrieved November 23, 2022
- ^ "Molly Quell", Mother Jones, retrieved November 23, 2022
- ^ "Claude Muhindo Sengenya", The New Humanitarian. Retrieved November 23, 2022
External links
edit- Official website, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Hirondelle Foundation ("Fondation Hirondelle"), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR), Oxford University, United Kingdom
- Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), Harvard University, United States