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Kamala Katwal was only 12 years old when her father was taken by the authorities – never to be seen again. As the eldest...

Sent to detention camps during the war, Ema and her husband were forcibly separated. 25 years later, she still hopes to...

How to mourn lost loved ones without their remains or date of death? For many families, the International Day of the Vic...

On 23 August 2018, the South Kivu military tribunal opened a trial in the town of Kalehe against two leaders of the Dem...

Aimable and Emery both suffered a sadly similar fate: victims of torture by Burundian authorities in 2006 and 2007, they...

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerla...

An initiative proposes that the Swiss Constitution should prevail over international law. A scenario with potentially di...

On 2 February 1982, Syrian government forces, including the Defense Brigades, attacked the city of Hama to crush opponen...

Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa spent 2 years in prison in Burundi because of his political views. He experienced torture, humili...

“The victims did not survive, they are underground. I ask for that word not to be used: it makes me feel like I am not a...

Rémy Cingo is a father from Kavumu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When a militia started raping girls and bab...

Semka Agic was repeatedly raped during the war in the former Yugoslavia. She tells of her decade-long quest for justice,...