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Accountability for Enforced Disappearances in Belarus: Appeal Against Acquittal of Former Member of Lukashenka’s Hit Squad to Take Place in Switzerland   The appeal trial of Yuri Harauski, a former member of SOBR, a special police force under President Aliaksandr Lukashenka, will take place on 24 June 2026 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Harauski is accused of part...

  1. Who is Yuri Harauski and what are the charges brought against him? Yuri Harauski is a Belarusian citizen, former member of an elite unit of the Internal Troops of the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs (SOBR), which was created by President Lukashenka in 1998. He is accused of having participated in the enforced disappearances of two emblematic figure...

Appeal trial against former member of President Lukashenka's elite hit squad to take place on 24 June in Switzerland   What The appeal trial of Yuri Harauski, former member of a Belarussian elite unit, for his participation in the enforced disappearances of three opponents of the regime, will take place on 24 June 2026 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Why After...

More than 20 years after atrocities committed during the Second Congo War, the French Cour d’assises de Paris delivered a landmark judgment against former minister and armed group leader Roger Lumbala. But beyond the verdict itself, the trial is also significant for how it underscored key elements of international justice, including the organisation of the proceedings...

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Members of TRIAL International are invited to participate in the General Assembly (GA) of the organization which will take place on June 4th, starting at 6:30 p.m. in our office, located at Rue de Lyon 95 in Geneva. AGENDA 18:30 : Welcome by the President 18:35 : Approval of the agenda and the minutes of the 2025 General Assembly* 18:40 : Presentation of the 2...

[20 April, 2026] – Three civil society organisations have initiated a procedure before the Court in a move that underscores the growing importance of African regional mechanisms in addressing human rights violations involving transnational armed actors. The filing is the first known case against a state for hosting and contracting private military and security actors...

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