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1. Who is Michael Correa and what are the charges against him?
Michael Correa, a Gambian citizen, will stand trial in September 2024 for allegedly torturing people in The Gambia in 2006. He is accused of being part of the “Junglers”, a death squad that committed human rights abuses at the direction of former President Y...
Call for tenders: Consultancy services to produce the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Rev...
12.07.2024 - (Last modified: 31.07.2024)Call for tenders: Consultancy services to produce a briefing paper on the law and pract...
09.07.2024 - (Last modified: 23.07.2024)Victims’ voices: A setback for the fight against impunity
17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 04.07.2024)Sonko case: How a Swiss court failed survivors of sexual violence in The Gambia, and wo...
17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 14.06.2024)Towards a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity: recom...
05.06.2024 - (Last modified: 04.06.2024)
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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 negotiations for an international treaty on Crimes against Humanity and to ensure...
Making justice work: Civil society unites in the global fight against impunity
04.06.2024 - (Last modified: 18.06.2024)Sonko case: a historic conviction, yet a missed opportunity to recognize sexual violenc...
24.05.2024 - (Last modified: 05.06.2024)
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 landmark verdict. Ousman Sonko was found guilty of three murders, multiple acts of tort...
DRC - Kasai: Political and Military Leaders Standing Trial For War Crimes And Crimes Ag...
21.05.2024Gambian former Minister of Interior Ousman Sonko sentenced to 20 years in prison for cr...
15.05.2024 - (Last modified: 16.05.2024)General Assembly 2024: Information and useful documents
22.04.2024 - (Last modified: 13.06.2024)
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 of Justice Rapid Response (www.justicerapidresponse.org)
Approval of the agen...