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Defamation Lawsuit by Kolmar Group AG: a Second Important Acquittal for Freedom of Info...

28.01.2026
Globe Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland 28 January 2026 -- The Bernese justice system, ruling on appeal, confirmed the acquittal on charges of ‘slander and defamation’ of the authors of a report by Public Eye and TRIAL International on Kolmar Group AG's involvement in the Libyan gasoil trade between 2014 and 2015, in the context of the civil war in Libya. Following detailed reasoning, the...
Campaigns

DRC and Swiss Corporate Responsibility – Let’s Take Action Together!

20.02.2025 - (Last modified: 24.03.2025)
Globe Global
At the end of last year, we celebrated the tenth-year anniversary of our program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Multinationales responsables
News releases

Defamation trial: Bern court dismisses Kolmar Group AG’s claims

21.02.2024
Globe Switzerland
The Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland has acquitted the authors of a report published by Public Eye and TRIAL Internatio...
News

[ VIDEO] War crime of pillage: no more impunity for economic actors

11.08.2022 - (Last modified: 30.11.2022)
Globe The Gambia
Swiss authorities are willing to prosecute Swiss economic actors for war crime of pillage, according to an op-ed by Attorney General Stefan Blättler in the newspaper Le Temps, published on July 13th, 2022. Our director Philip Grant explains why this announcement is groundbreaking  
Opinions

Thank you for your support in 2020!

21.12.2020 - (Last modified: 09.06.2021)
Globe Global
A message from Philip Grant, Executive Director   Dear friends, The year 2020 has been unsettling in numerou...
News

Can the illegal exploitation of the Congolese subsoil during the ongoing conflict amoun...

19.11.2020 - (Last modified: 25.09.2025)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Could a Swiss businessman be liable for pillage – a war crime under international law – by purchasing minerals from a re...
News

Bulldozers and war crimes: How do we control what exported goods are used for?

26.10.2020
Globe Switzerland
In March 2011, TRIAL International assisted six Palestinian families with their criminal complaint against the Swiss sub...
News

Towards ending corporate impunity?

16.10.2020 - (Last modified: 26.11.2020)
Globe Switzerland
On November 29th, Swiss citizens will be called to the polls. They will notably be asked to vote on the Responsible Busi...
News

A company washing its hands of dirty gold - the fool’s game must end

16.10.2020
Globe Switzerland
In November 2013, for the first time in its history, TRIAL International initiated proceedings against a company before...
Opinions

Pillage, an international crime with disastrous consequences

01.10.2020 - (Last modified: 13.11.2020)
Globe Libya
A message from Elisa Quiroz, Legal Advisor, International Litigation and Investigation   Dear friends, When...
News releases

Smuggling of Libyan gasoil : criminal complaint filed against Swiss trader

23.05.2020 - (Last modified: 25.09.2023)
Globe Libya
On 21 May 2020, TRIAL International filed a criminal complaint (“dénonciation pénale”) for complicity in pillage against...
News releases

Smuggling Libyan gasoil: a Swiss trader navigates through troubled waters

02.03.2020 - (Last modified: 25.09.2023)
Globe Libya
Torn apart and bled dry since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, Libya is a paradise for smugglers. TRIAL International and Pu...
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