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Mexico: enforced disappearances under NGO's scrutiny
03.06.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
TRIAL, along with eight associations from Mexico and Central America, has submitted a report (available in Spanish too) to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances(CED).
It aims at reminding Mexico of its legal obligation under the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Even though the State is party to this treat...
Libya: justice for the victims of Gaddafi regime
02.06.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
The United Nations has just adopted a landmark decision condemning Libya for the enforced disappearance of Jaballa Hamed Matar and Izzat Yousef Al-Maqrif, two high-ranking political opponents of Colonel Gaddafi's regime whose fate and whereabouts remain unknown since 1990.
If this decision doesn't disclose the truth on the final fate of the two political leaders, i...
Justice for victims of the Gaddafi regime
19.05.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
Geneva, London, May 19 2014 - The United Nations has adopted a landmark decision condemning Libya for the enforced disappearance of two high-ranking political opponents of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime. The complaints regarding the cases of Jaballa Hamed Matar and Izzat Yousef Al-Maqrif were filed by NGO TRIAL on behalf of the sons of the disappeared. Hisham Matar and Youc...
Nepal: TRIAL seized the UN on behalf of a victim of torture
14.04.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
In April 2014, TRIAL has submitted a complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) on behalf of a victim of arbitrary arrest, torture and enforced disappearance in Nepal.
Arbitrarily arrested, disappeared and tortured
Amrit Kandel, a Nepalese citizen, was arbitrarily arrested in Kathmandu on 10th October 2003 during the armed conflict th...
Sperisen case: trial soon to start
11.04.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)BiH: War crimes suspect arrested and soon tried
09.04.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
The French police have arrested Bosnian Serb citizen Radomir Šušnjar, a former member of a paramilitary group in Bosnia, wanted for war crimes. TRIAL led an investigation on this case since 2012, located the suspect and informed the French and Bosnian authorities. The arrest was carried out on April 4 at the request of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s authorities.
War crim...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: TRIAL gives voice to Srebrenica victims before the Constitution...
18.03.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
Bosnia has recently released more than a dozen convicted war criminals following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in July 2013. Among these criminals, six took part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. In response, three NGOs -TRIAL, the Association Movement of Mothers of Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom...
Nepal: a victim of enforced disappearance and torture in Terai petitions the UN for jus...
20.02.2014 - (Last modified: 28.03.2018)
TRIAL submitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee, on behalf of a Nepalese citizen, Mr. Prashanta Pandey, on a case of his torture and violations of the right to a fair trial perpetrated in the Terai by Nepalese authorities.
Arbitrarily arrested, disappeared and tortured
Prashanta Pandey, a citizen from Terai, was arbitrarily arrested on 7 April 2011...
Mexico must put an end to extrajudicial executions of migrants
11.02.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
TRIAL calls on Mexico to investigate the massacres of migrants and to guarantee access to justice for the relatives
According to Mexico's National Human Rights Commission, 170 migrants have been killed in the country since 2005, including the massive murder of 72 migrants in August 2013 in San Fernando, Tamaulipas. There seems to be a link between the murder of mig...
Argor case: UK Authorities Called to Act following Swiss Ruling
05.02.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)Argor case: Important decision of the Federal Criminal Court
03.02.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
The Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) rendered a decision on the Argor case on January 24, 2014. It reveals that a search was conducted on the premises of the Swiss refining company on November 4, 2013, following the opening of proceedings on alleged aggravated money laundry and complicity in the looting of raw materials. Documentation and computers were seized on th...
Will Algeria finally take action after further UN condemnations?
21.01.2014 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
Five Algerian victims of enforced disappearances have recently obtained justice before the UN as a result of TRIAL’s ongoing efforts. This brings the number of condemnations against Algeria by the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) to about twenty but, so far, Algeria has taken no steps to implement these decisions. TRIAL calls on Algerian authorities to do everything po...