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On 10 March 2025, the Complaints Court of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) rejected the request of two plaintiffs in the case of Khaled Nezzar, former Algerian Minister of Defense, who was indicted in August 2023. They had asked for a finding that the principle of expeditiousness on the part of the criminal prosecution authorities had been violated, constituting...
The German Federal Court of Justice announced on November 29, 2024 that it had rejected the appeal of a former member of...
Infographic depicting the chronology of the Bai Lowe case.

Erwin Sperisen sentenced on appeal

12.09.2024 - (Last modified: 13.09.2024)
(Geneva, 12 september 2024) - A Geneva court has upheld on appeal the conviction of Erwin Sperisen, former head of the G...
Press clippings sentence Sperisen

Victims’ voices: A setback for the fight against impunity

17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 04.07.2024)
“They took me into a cell and said, "[...], you're going to talk now". I was tied to the stretcher, dressed. [...] They...
Commentary written by activists Fatou Baldeh, CEO of Women in Liberation & Leadership (WILL); Nana-Jo Ndow, founder...
Illustration article_Sonko case_The Republic
The conviction of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland for crimes against humanity on 15 May 2024 is historical in many ways. However, the decision by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court’s (FCC) to dismiss all charges of sexual violence casts a shadow over this landmark verdict. Ousman Sonko was found guilty of three murders, multiple acts of tort...
(Geneva, 15 May 2024) – Ousman Sonko, Gambian former Minister of Interior, was convicted today of crimes against humanit...
Visual guilty verdict Ousman Sonko

General Assembly 2024: Information and useful documents

22.04.2024 - (Last modified: 13.06.2024)
Members of TRIAL International are invited to participate in the General Assembly (GA) of the organization which will take place on June 13, starting at 6:30 p.m. in our office, located at 95 rue de Lyon in Geneva. AGENDA Meeting and discussion with Samuel Emonet, Executive Director of Justice Rapid Response (www.justicerapidresponse.org) Approval of the agen...

Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review: Highlights in 2023

15.04.2024 - (Last modified: 16.04.2024)
TRIAL International, in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the European...
Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2024
(Geneva, 12 March 2024) – Former Syrian Vice-President Rifaat al-Assad will stand trial in Switzerland for war crimes an...
The Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland has acquitted the authors of a report published by Public Eye and TRIAL Internatio...
(22-24 January 2024, Federal Criminal Court, Bellinzona, Switzerland) [caption id="attachment_27380" align="alignnone"...
Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona
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