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TRIAL OF ROGER LUMBALA Q&A
10.11.2025
Who is Roger Lumbala and what charges does he face?
Roger Lumbala is a Congolese national and former leader of the non-state armed group the Congolese Rally for National Democracy (RCD-N).
The RCD-N operated in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 2000 to 2003. Lumbala was later minister for foreign trade of the transitional Congol...
Historic Trial of Congolese Warlord For Crimes Against Humanity To Open in France
22.10.2025 - (Last modified: 05.11.2025)
Call for tender: Consultancy services to produce the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Revi...
09.07.2025
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Project: “Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work”, co-financed by the European Union
In support of its activities, TRIAL International is looking for a consultant to coordinate, research and draft the 2026 edition of the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review (UJAR). Since 2015, in...
Human Rights, Legal Organizations Warn Privatized “Humanitarian” Operators in Gaza of t...
23.06.2025
Universal jurisdiction law and practice in Argentina
24.04.2025 - (Last modified: 06.05.2025)
Fall of the Syrian regime: the closure of the Rifaat al-Assad case in Switzerland would...
16.12.2024 - (Last modified: 30.01.2025)
German court upholds conviction of Gambian national for crimes against humanity
29.11.2024 - (Last modified: 03.12.2024)
Alleged Gambian death squad member to stand trial for torture and conspiracy to commit ...
26.08.2024
Sonko case: How a Swiss court failed survivors of sexual violence in The Gambia, and wo...
17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 14.06.2024)
Making justice work: Civil society unites in the global fight against impunity
04.06.2024 - (Last modified: 18.06.2024)
Sonko case: a historic conviction, yet a missed opportunity to recognize sexual violenc...
24.05.2024 - (Last modified: 05.06.2024)
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...