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Iniciativa de responsabilidad corporativa - Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI)   Colombia La Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI) abre una convocatoria para solicitar una subvención (AFT) destinada a financiar un proyecto de investigación que culmine con la publicación y el lanzamiento de un estudio nacional sobre los mecanismos de responsabilidad...

(St. Gallen, Paris, Minsk, Geneva, 26 October 2026) – The Cantonal Court of St. Gallen has convicted former Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) member Yuri Harauski of the enforced disappearance of Anatoly Krasouski in Belarus in 1999, overturning his 2023 acquittal on appeal. The court also established his participation in the enforced disappearances of Yuri Zakharenk...

Project: “Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work”, co-funded by the European Union Tender reference number: UE4T_OT_008 Publication date: 16 October 2026 Deadline for submission of tenders: 15 November 2026, 00h00, CET   Background & Objective TRIAL Internation...

Reinforcing Trust to Advance Accountability for International Crimes: Study on CSOs’ Engagement with Investigating and Prosecuting Domestic Authorities in Universal Jurisdiction Cases examines what makes cooperation effective in practice, where difficulties arise, and how relationships between CSOs and domestic authorities can be strengthened. Drawing o...

                            Convite para Apresentação de Candidaturas – Apoio Financeiro a Terceiros (FSTP) INICIATIVA DE RESPONSABILIDADE CORPORATIVA Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI) Moçambique   A Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI) está a lançar um convite à apresentação de candidaturas para uma subvenção secundária (FSTP) destinada a f...

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On 15 December 2025, the Paris cour d'assises found former politician and military leader Roger Lumbala guilty of complicity in crimes against humanity, committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The five weeks of hearings in the Lumbala trial featured 65 testimonies (including from 20+ Congolese survivors), 30 witnesses (including United Nations investigato...

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 22 September 2026* in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Harauski is accused o...

  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...