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Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review: Highlights in 2023
15.04.2024 - (Last modified: 16.04.2024)The case of Kumar Lama is actually good news for international justice
04.10.2016 - (Last modified: 31.01.2019)Stop Pillage: What is looting?
31.05.2016 - (Last modified: 18.10.2016)Argor-Heraeus SA and Hussar Limited
16.05.2016 - (Last modified: 11.06.2019)
In partnership with the NGOs Open Society Justice Initiative and Conflict Awareness Project, TRIAL International, filed a report against Argor-Heraeus SA before the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland in November 2013. That company was accused of refining nearly three tonnes of gold pillaged by rebels in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR...
Swiss decision to close Argor case encourages “head in the sand” attitude
02.06.2015 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAGS) decided not to further prosecute the Swiss precious metals company Argor-Heraeus SA, that handled dirty African gold. While Swiss authorities acknowledged that Argor did refine looted gold and violated its duty of diligence, the case was nonetheless closed, a decision met with disbelief by the three NGOs working...
Argor case: UK Authorities Called to Act following Swiss Ruling
05.02.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)Argor case: Important decision of the Federal Criminal Court
03.02.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
The Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) rendered a decision on the Argor case on January 24, 2014. It reveals that a search was conducted on the premises of the Swiss refining company on November 4, 2013, following the opening of proceedings on alleged aggravated money laundry and complicity in the looting of raw materials. Documentation and computers were seized on th...
Stop Pillage: TRIAL welcomes the opening of an investigation
05.11.2013 - (Last modified: 13.07.2017)Stop Pillage: TRIAL denounces gold looting by a Swiss refinery company
04.11.2013 - (Last modified: 13.07.2017)G8 commitment to tackle impunity for rape in conflict welcome
12.04.2013 - (Last modified: 13.07.2017)
London/Geneva, 12 April 2013 – A Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence In Conflict was agreed yesterday by the G8 countries, declaring that rape and other serious sexual violence amount to war crimes and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions constitutes an emphatic reminder that states are required to investigate and prosecute conflict-related sexual violence w...
TRIAL concerned over Nepal reaction to UK torture arrest
10.01.2013 - (Last modified: 17.07.2017)
TRIAL (Swiss Association against Impunity) welcomes the arrest of Nepalese Colonel Kumar Lama in the United Kingdom on suspicion of torture. Following the condemnation of the arrest by senior figures in the Nepalese government, the organisation calls on Nepal to show solidarity with victims of the conflict and fully cooperate with the UK investigation of Col. Lama....