News releases

Geneva, May 23 , 2025 - TRIAL International has filed two legal submissions with the Federal Supervisory Authority for Foundations (ASF) and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) requesting the launch of administrative investigations to determine whether the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), based in Switzerland, are in line with Swiss l...

On 10 March 2025, the Complaints Court of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) rejected the request of two plaintiffs in the case of Khaled Nezzar, former Algerian Minister of Defense, who was indicted in August 2023. They had asked for a finding that the principle of expeditiousness on the part of the criminal prosecution authorities had been violated, constituting...

Donat Kwenga Omari, a former soldier in the national army (FARDC), has been convicted by the Bukavu Garrison Military Court of crimes against humanity committed when he was leader of a coalition of dozens of Raia Mutomboki armed groups known as the “Forces Populaires de Paix”. Although the trial shed light on Donat's role in the atrocities committed by this coalition,...

(Banjul, Denver, Geneva, 12 September 2024) - The trial against Michael Sang Correa for torture allegedly committed in The Gambia, originally scheduled for 16 September 2024, has been postponed. Last week, Correa’s defense lawyers filed two motions with the court. The motions explained that the defense wanted to present testimony from two witnesses to support the a...