News Releases

The UN Committee Against Torture has condemned Tunisia for the abuses inflicted on Rached Jaïdane, and accuses the State...

Geneva, 12 July 2017. Today, the Federal Tribunal (FT) referred the case to Genevan tribunals without ruling on the guil...

The Attorney General of Switzerland has heard two victims in the investigation against Ousman Sonko. The former Gambian...

Geneva, 3 May 2017 - The Court of Measures of Constraint in Bern has decided to prolong the detention of Ousman Sonko. T...

Carlos Vielman, Guatemala’s former Minister of Interior, has been acquitted. He has stood trial in January and February...

Public Statement A mere 24 months after their launch, the transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms of Nepal faced closing d...

Sarajevo, 27 January 2017 - Today, the NGO TRIAL International submits a complaint to the United Nations Committee on th...

Geneva, 18 January 2017 - The case against Khaled Nezzar was opened by the Office of the Attorney General (MPC) of Switz...

The Swiss Responsible Business Initiative will be presented to the Swiss authorities today. The 80 civil society organiz...

Geneva, 6 October 2016 - Today, one of TRIAL International’s representatives has been asked by the Burundian authorities...

  Public statement 1 August 2016 - Prominent human rights defender Pascal Kabungulu was brutally murdered in...

Geneva, 26 July 2016 – A coalition of Burundian NGOs[1], with the support of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMC...