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Criminal complaint filed against Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka for war crimes

30.10.2019 - (Last modified: 03.10.2019)

Switzerland

Geneva, Bern, 4 August 2011 The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and TRIAL – Swiss Association against Impunity – filed today a criminal complaint with the Federal Attorney General against the former Major General Jagath Dias for war crimes. Although the STP and TRIAL have invited the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) on several occasions to take act...

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Nepal condemned for covering up torture and forced labor of a minor

27.08.2019

Nepal

Impunity did not stop with the end of the civil war in Nepal. In a landmark decision issued on 22 August 2019, the Unite...

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Nepal: Justice stalled for conflict-era crimes

29.07.2019

Nepal

The Government of Nepal has failed to fulfill its commitment to provide justice for the victims of the country’s decade-...

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Gambia: Women accuse ex-President of sexual violence

26.06.2019 - (Last modified: 22.07.2019)

Gambia

Yahya Jammeh reportedly forced young women to have sex with him. Some of them received a state salary and worked at the...

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Nepal’s grand debt to its victims of sexual violence

19.06.2019 - (Last modified: 29.08.2019)

Nepal

As we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict today, survivors like Purna Maya and...

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German and Belgian prosecutors urged to shed light on exports of dual-use goods to Syria

03.06.2019 - (Last modified: 10.07.2019)

Syria

(Geneva, Berlin, New York, 3 June 2019) Three groups working on accountability for atrocity crimes – the Syrian Archiv...

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Landmark UN decision condemns Nepal for forced labor and sexual violence

21.05.2019 - (Last modified: 23.05.2019)

Nepal

On 20 May 2019, the Human Rights Committee (HRC) issued a landmark decision in the case of Fulmati Nyaya (pseudonym), an...

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German and Belgian authorities react to new findings on chemicals’ exports to Syria

25.03.2019 - (Last modified: 27.03.2019)

Syria

Three groups working on accountability for atrocious crimes in Syria are asking why the European Union’s sanctions regim...

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Nepal: Transitional justice process must be brought on the right track

11.02.2019 - (Last modified: 04.09.2019)

Nepal

The ICJ, Amnesty International and TRIAL International today called for the Government of Nepal to commit to a transpare...

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UN urged to release report of killings in The Gambia

28.01.2019

Gambia

Five United Nations human rights monitors have urged the UN and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) t...

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NGOs denounce Spain for drawing a veil over Franco-era crimes

14.01.2019

Spain

Today, human rights organizations TRIAL International and Women’s Link Worldwide bring the first case relating to the Fr...

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Fresh accusations made against Erwin Sperisen in Guatemala

05.11.2018 - (Last modified: 09.11.2018)

Guatemala

The former head of the Guatemalan National Civil Police, who has just appealed to the Federal Court against his 15-year...

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