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ICC withdrawal: Kinshasa issues alarming statement

17.09.2018 - (Last modified: 26.09.2018)
In a media release on 15 September 2018, the Congolese government stated it “did not exclude” withdrawing from the juris...
On 5 September 2018, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi (CoI) released its second - and possibly final - set of co...

Guatemala: the justice system at risk

07.09.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
On August 31, President Jimmy Morales decided not to renew the mandate of the International Commission against Impunity...
Prison
Kamala Katwal was only 12 years old when her father was taken by the authorities – never to be seen again. As the eldest...
Sent to detention camps during the war, Ema and her husband were forcibly separated. 25 years later, she still hopes to...
How to mourn lost loved ones without their remains or date of death? For many families, the International Day of the Vic...
On 23 August 2018, the South Kivu military tribunal opened a trial in the town of Kalehe against two leaders of the Dem...

Testimonies: when international bodies finally deliver justice

15.08.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
Aimable and Emery both suffered a sadly similar fate: victims of torture by Burundian authorities in 2006 and 2007, they...
Burundi refugees

Dare to dream: how NGOs inspire the fight against impunity

09.08.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
Globe Global
Thomas Unger joined the Board of TRIAL International in May 2018. A lecturer at the Geneva Academy, he has over 15 year...
Thomas Unger

Burundi: Call to renew the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry

08.08.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerla...

Human rights under threat in Switzerland?

31.07.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
An initiative proposes that the Swiss Constitution should prevail over international law. A scenario with potentially di...

Kavumu trial: High Military Court confirms all condemnations

26.07.2018 - (Last modified: 18.11.2019)
Tonight, the High Military Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (HMC) has confirmed the condemnation of all 11...
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