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Video: punishing wartime sexual violence
22.02.2024Human Rights and Justice Centre: Facilitating justice for victims and survivors of Nepa...
13.02.2024Ending the cycle of impunity in Ukraine and beyond!
13.02.2024 - (Last modified: 15.02.2024)
Two years ago, the world watched with dismay as Russian forces invaded Ukraine. This conflict, far from fading, continues to claim lives, destroy critical infrastructure and blatantly violate international law. Civilians, the primary victims of this tragedy, are suffering atrocities that should never occur again.
I have personally witnessed the devastating...
All parties have been heard: Summary of the proceedings of the third week of the trial ...
26.01.202423-24 January 2024 – Days 12-13: Evidence requests, procedural decision and trial suspe...
25.01.2024 - (Last modified: 19.01.2026)
The 23rd of January 2024 marked the termination of all the parties’ hearings. In accordance with the procedural code, the parties were then given the opportunity to request additional evidence.
The Prosecutor and the plaintiffs recalled that several persons could still be heard in order to support the existence of a system set up to repress the civilian populat...
23 January 2024 – Day 12: Interrogation of Ousman Sonko on the March 2006 charges
24.01.2024 - (Last modified: 19.01.2026)
(acts of torture, false imprisonment and sexual violence committed as crimes against humanity)
As part of an attempted coup d’état in March 2006, Ousman Sonko is being accused, as an accomplice of a group of perpetrators, of having tortured various people, including members of the army, politicians and journalists, of having illegally deprived them of their freedom...
Day 11: Examination of the March 2006 charges in relation to the persecution of journal...
23.01.2024 - (Last modified: 19.01.2026)
(acts of torture, false imprisonment and sexual violence committed as crimes against humanity)
As part of an attempted coup d’état in March 2006, Ousman Sonko is being accused, as an accomplice of a group of perpetrators, of having tortured various people, including members of the army, politicians and journalists, of having illegally deprived them of their freedom...
18 and 22 January 2024 – Days 9 and 11: Examination of the March 2006 charges in relati...
22.01.2024 - (Last modified: 19.01.2026)
(acts of torture, false imprisonment and sexual violence committed as crimes against humanity)
As part of an attempted coup d’état in March 2006, Ousman Sonko is being accused, as an accomplice of a group of perpetrators, of having tortured various people, including members of the army, politicians and journalists, of having illegally deprived them of their...
A note at the centre of the argument: Summary of the proceedings of the second week of ...
22.01.2024 - (Last modified: 26.01.2024)15-17 January 2024 – Days 6 to 8: Examination of Ousman Sonko’s responsibility over the...
17.01.2024 - (Last modified: 19.01.2026)
Ousman Sonko is being accused, in complicity with a group of perpetrators, of having tortured several political opponents and illegally depriving them of their liberty in the context of a political demonstration organized in April 2016 in Banjul. Within this context, Ousman Sonko is in particular suspected of having tortured and then killed one of the organizers of th...
17 January 2024 – Day 8: Examination of Ousman Sonko’s responsibility over the deprivat...
17.01.2024 - (Last modified: 20.01.2026)
Ousman Sonko is being accused, in complicity with a group of perpetrators, of having tortured several political opponents and illegally depriving them of their liberty in the context of a political demonstration organized in April 2016 in Banjul. Within this context, Ousman Sonko is in particular suspected of having tortured and then killed one of the organize...




