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Trial of a leader of a coalition of armed groups for crimes against humanity opens in t...

25.10.2024 - (Last modified: 13.11.2024)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Donat Kwenga Omari, former FARDC soldier, will be tried from October 25, 2024, by the Bukavu Garrison Military Court for...

Opinions

Sonko case: How a Swiss court failed survivors of sexual violence in The Gambia, and wo...

17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 14.06.2024)

The Gambia

Commentary written by activists Fatou Baldeh, CEO of Women in Liberation & Leadership (WILL); Nana-Jo Ndow, founder...

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Sonko case: a historic conviction, yet a missed opportunity to recognize sexual violenc...

24.05.2024 - (Last modified: 05.06.2024)

Switzerland

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...

Reports and publications

Video: punishing wartime sexual violence

22.02.2024

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Olivera Simić is an Associate Professor at the Griffith Law School in Brisbane, Australia and co-author of "Punishing Wa...

News

Human Rights and Justice Centre: Facilitating justice for victims and survivors of Nepa...

13.02.2024

Nepal

The 13th February marks the 28th anniversary of the beginning of the civil war in Nepal which lasted 10 years. However...

News releases

Video: survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in BiH seek justice outside of the...

18.12.2023 - (Last modified: 22.12.2023)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

(Sarajevo, December 18, 2023) TRIAL International submitted a new case before the UN Committee against Torture in a grou...

News releases

Upcoming Trial of Congolese Warlord in France is a Historic Step Toward Justice

08.11.2023 - (Last modified: 20.02.2024)

France

On 6 November, three French investigative judges indicted former Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala Tshitenga for his alleg...

News

The Bralima trial in the DRC: three militiamen convicted for crimes against humanity.

22.03.2023 - (Last modified: 23.03.2023)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

On March 1, 2023, three militiamen from the Raia Mutomboki Bralima armed group were convicted by the Military Tribunal o...

Reports and publications

Legislation Pertaining to Children Born of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Resounding ...

28.11.2022 - (Last modified: 12.01.2023)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

On 14 July 2022, Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BDBiH) passed a law on civilian victims of war, wi...

News

[?PODCAST] Fighting wartime sexual violence: lessons from Bosnia and DRC

16.11.2022 - (Last modified: 13.01.2023)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and during so many other conflicts, sexual violence...

News

[VIDEO] Ukraine: legal avenues for survivors of sexual violence related to the war

15.08.2022 - (Last modified: 30.11.2022)

Global

[ VIDEO] Why do sexual violence cases related to the war in Ukraine go underreported? What legal avenues and models of support can help survivors obtain justice? In this video, we try to bring some answers.

News releases

Children born as a result of wartime rape get their first legal recognition in Bosnia a...

04.08.2022 - (Last modified: 09.08.2022)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Sarajevo, 2 August 2022 - After years of struggle to obtain recognition of their existence and their status, a...

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