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#Colombia - In 2015, Abelardo de la Espriella had a strong vision about peace and justice in Colombia. He wrote a self-published book about it. We found a copy. And what the new president said then is sharply different than what he says now. For instance, he wants prison for FARC members, but ten years ago defended liberty for them. Read this article now on Justice Info 👇 https://lnkd.in/egCwcf65 By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, our correspondent in Colombia. 

#ComprehensivePeaceAgreements 🎧 [podcast] - In this fourth episode of "Dead Men Walking", a podcast produced by the Institute for Integrated Transitions - IFIT in collaboration with JusticeInfo.net, we turn our gaze to the topic of peacemaking, and in particular the ideal of comprehensive peace agreements. In today’s world, can we hope for more than “negative peace”? Listen to this podcast now, on Justice Info 👇 https://lnkd.in/d8dNvpmG At the height of the post-Cold War era, comprehensive peace agreements (CPAs) emerged as the dominant model for ending armed conflict and rebuilding fractured societies. From South Africa to Guatemala, Angola, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Nepal and Colombia, these ambitious negotiated settlements sought not only to silence guns, but to transform political systems, address historical grievances, and lay the foundations for long-term peace, security and democratic coexistence. For a time, comprehensive peace talks became the gold standard of international peace-making — a reflection of optimism that negotiated political settlements could permanently resolve even the deepest conflicts. But in today’s vastly different political and conflict landscape, is the model still viable or relevant? Contemporary conflicts are more fragmented, transnational and geopolitically contested; armed groups are more diffuse; international mediation is weaker; and political polarization has eroded confidence in grand bargains and long implementation timelines. It has been over a decade since the last CPA was agreed and none is today on the political horizon. Can we still make peace today? Can we hope for more than “negative peace”, limited to stopping the bloodshed? Are we condemned to be caught in the present? In this podcast, Martha Maya Calle, deputy Global director at IFIT discusses the new challenges of peace-making with three highly experienced experts, Monica McWilliams, a signatory of the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement in Ireland, Thania Paffenholz, a German political scientist and founder of Inclusive Peace, and Hesham Youssef, a former Egyptian ambassador and a senior advisor at the European Institute of Peace. #DeadMenWalking #ChangingWorldOrder

#RDC (reportage) - The #FRIVAO fund for victims is also meant to provide collective reparations. But in Kisangani, there are questions about the use of these funds, which are sometimes misappropriated or have no real impact on the ground. Read this article now on Justice Info 👇 https://lnkd.in/dTP95Z6a By Claude Sengenya in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

#DRC [reportage] - In Kisangani, witnesses describe the chaos and controversy surrounding #FRIVAO, with disputed numbers of victims and amounts of compensation amid political interference. Millions of dollars are alleged to have been embezzled from this victims’ fund. Read this article now on Justice Info 👇 https://lnkd.in/dk2E-tP7 By Claude Sengenya in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

#InternationalCriminalCourt - The removal of Karim Khan as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was both the end of a long saga that played out against intense US pressure, and the beginning of a new and tricky stage in the court’s life. Read our article now, on Justice Info 👇 https://lnkd.in/eYF6JgHk By Janet H. Anderson, our correspondent in The Hague.

🚨 #InternationalCriminalCourt [AFP] - On July 24 in New York, 82 member states of the International Criminal Court voted to remove Prosecutor Karim Khan. Only 13 voted against the motion. The Court emerges greatly weakened from a case that took it two years to resolve. Read the article now on Justice Info 👇 https://lnkd.in/dQqzgec7 #KarimKhan

I struggled, a lot, to reflect on this upcoming #ASP emergency session, and the vote on whether or not to remove Karim #Khan as Chief Prosecutor of the #ICC. Why has the Court been so plagued by allegations of prosecutorial misconduct? What does this process mean for the future of the OTP, and the Court's relationship with the ASP? And how, in the midst of all this, can we continue to emphasise that the Court is so much more than its Chief Prosecutor? "Can one person be the driver of international criminal prosecutions, the repository of global expectations, and the scapegoat for any instance of impunity, without beginning to consider themselves above reproach, above recrimination, or as a justice-warrior for whom any criticism is simply another attempt to halt their noble quest? Is the ‘workplace culture’ of the Chief Prosecutor of the world’s only permanent international criminal court inevitably a breeding ground for misconduct? Or does the title itself attract those who already think of themselves as being unimpeachable, by nature of the fact that they are ‘fighting the good fight’, for the ultimate good cause?" I offered more questions than answers to Justice Info, as eyes turn to New York on Friday...

Coming soon to Justice Info, in partnership with Institute for Integrated Transitions - IFIT... #DeadMenWalking #InternationalJustice

#Sudan & #InternationalLaw - “In the context of international law and international relations, the most effective sanctions are not the legal or criminal ones, but the ones imposed by the court of public opinion. They create situations in which it becomes inconvenient to breach international law.” - David Donat Cattin (Adjunct Professor of International Law at New York University Find out more in our article 👇 "Sudan: bringing to justice those who make the war possible" https://lnkd.in/dfWpFgPV