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Call for tenders: Consultancy services to produce the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2025

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Global

TRIAL International, implementing the project "Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious H...

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Call for tenders: Consultancy services to produce a briefing paper on the law and practice of universal jurisdiction in Argentina

09.07.2024 - (Last modified: 11.07.2024)

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TRIAL International, implementing the project "Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious H...

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Victims’ voices: A setback for the fight against impunity

17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 04.07.2024)

Algeria

“They took me into a cell and said, "[...], you're going to talk now". I was tied to the stretcher, dressed. [...] They...

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Sonko case: How a Swiss court failed survivors of sexual violence in The Gambia, and worldwide

17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 14.06.2024)

The Gambia

Commentary written by activists Fatou Baldeh, CEO of Women in Liberation & Leadership (WILL); Nana-Jo Ndow, founder...

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Towards a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity: recommendations to States on the prohibition of amnesties

05.06.2024 - (Last modified: 04.06.2024)

Global

In a brief entitled “Towards a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity: recommendations to States on the prohibition of amnesties and other similar measures of impunity”, TRIAL International and 23 partner organizations urge States to support the opening of n...

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Making justice work: Civil society unites in the global fight against impunity

04.06.2024 - (Last modified: 18.06.2024)

Global

Impunity is the most significant obstacle to justice and reparation for victims and survivors of human rights violations...

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Sonko case: a historic conviction, yet a missed opportunity to recognize sexual violence as a weapon of repression

24.05.2024 - (Last modified: 05.06.2024)

Switzerland

The conviction of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland for crimes against humanity on 15 May 2024 is historical in many ways. However, the decision by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court’s (FCC) to dismiss all charges of sexual violence casts a shadow over this landmar...

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DRC - Kasai: Political and Military Leaders Standing Trial For War Crimes And Crimes Against Humanity

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

On May 20, the trial of a dozen militiamen, local politicians and representatives of the Congolese security forces for w...

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Gambian former Minister of Interior Ousman Sonko sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity in historic Swiss trial

15.05.2024 - (Last modified: 16.05.2024)

The Gambia

(Geneva, 15 May 2024) – Ousman Sonko, Gambian former Minister of Interior, was convicted today of crimes against humanit...

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General Assembly 2024: Information and useful documents

22.04.2024 - (Last modified: 13.06.2024)

Switzerland

Members of TRIAL International are invited to participate in the General Assembly (GA) of the organization which will take place on June 13, starting at 6:30 p.m. in our office, located at 95 rue de Lyon in Geneva. AGENDA Meeting and discussion with Samuel Emonet, Executive Director...

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Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review: Highlights in 2023

15.04.2024 - (Last modified: 16.04.2024)

Argentina

TRIAL International, in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the European...

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Policy brief: Victims' and Survivors' Rights in a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity

27.03.2024 - (Last modified: 03.06.2024)

Global

The policy brief entitled “Victims’ and Survivors’ Rights in a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes aga...

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