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DRC: Conviction for forced pregnancy and other crimes against humanity for warlord Ndar...
17.05.2023
On May 15th 2023, the Military Tribunal of Uvira sentenced Munyololo Mbao, alias Ndarumanga, former leader of a faction of the Raia Mutomboki armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity. Among the charges confirmed by the court is the crime of forced pregnancy, a world first before a national court.
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Founded in 2002, TRIAL International is a non-governmental organization fighting impunity for international crimes and supporting victims in their quest for justice. The organization takes an innovative approach to the law, paving the way to justice for survivors of unspeakable suffering. With offices in Geneva, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
A proposal to abolish the practice of buying out prison sentences in war crime cases is...
26.04.2023 - (Last modified: 17.05.2023)Former Gambian Minister of Interior to be tried in Switzerland for crimes against humanity
18.04.2023 - (Last modified: 19.04.2023)Unknown members of the Syrian Regime - investigation over the killing of journalists
17.04.2023 - (Last modified: 03.05.2023)
Context
Ongoing investigation into the killing of French, Syrian and British journalists during an army bombardment of a media center in Syria in 2012
Type of jurisdiction
Passive personality
Suspects
Members of the Syrian regime
Country of residence of suspects
Syria
Charges
As the case is at the investigation stage, there have been...
Pierre Basabose
17.04.2023 - (Last modified: 03.04.2023)Ahmad al-Y
17.04.2023 - (Last modified: 29.03.2023)Alieu Kosiah
17.04.2023 - (Last modified: 30.03.2023)Lundin Energy - Alex Schneiter and Ian Lundin
17.04.2023 - (Last modified: 30.03.2023)
Context
Ongoing proceedings in Sweden into complicity in international crimes committed in Sudan (now South Sudan) between 1997 and 2003
Type of jurisdiction
Universal jurisdiction and active personality
Suspects
Alex Schneiter, Swiss national and CEO of Lundin Energy; Ian Lundin, Swedish national and Chairman of Lundin Energy; and the company Lundin Ener...
Abdel Salam Mahmoud
17.04.2023 - (Last modified: 31.03.2023)
Context
Investigation closed for international crimes committed in Syria in 2013
Type of jurisdiction
Passive personality
Suspect
Abdel Salam Mahmoud, in charge of Air Force Intelligence at the Mezzeh military airport
Country of residence of suspect
Syria
Charges
Complicity in crimes against humanity; torture; enforce...
Names withheld - Syrian officials
17.04.2023 - (Last modified: 03.05.2023)
Context
Ongoing investigation for international crimes committed in Syria in 2017 against a French-Syrian national
Type of jurisdiction
Passive personality
Suspects
Syrian officials
Country of residence of suspects
Syria
Charges
War crime of deliberately attacking civilians
Current status
Under investigation
Facts
On 7 June 2017, the city of Deraa...
Name withheld - Kuwaiti national
17.04.2023 - (Last modified: 03.05.2023)
Context
Ongoing proceeding against Kuwaiti national in relation to an offence committed during the international armed conflict in the 1990s
Type of jurisdiction
Universal jurisdiction
Suspect
Name withheld, Kuwaiti national
Country of residence of suspect
United Kingdom
Charges
As the case is at the investigation stage, the suspect ha...