News releases

(St. Gallen, Paris, Minsk, Geneva, 26 October 2026) – The Cantonal Court of St. Gallen has convicted former Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) member Yuri Harauski of the enforced disappearance of Anatoly Krasouski in Belarus in 1999, overturning his 2023 acquittal on appeal. The court also established his participation in the enforced disappearances of Yuri Zakharenk...

                            Convite para Apresentação de Candidaturas – Apoio Financeiro a Terceiros (FSTP) INICIATIVA DE RESPONSABILIDADE CORPORATIVA Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI) Moçambique   A Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI) está a lançar um convite à apresentação de candidaturas para uma subvenção secundária (FSTP) destinada a f...

Accountability for Enforced Disappearances in Belarus: Appeal Against Acquittal of Former Member of Lukashenka’s Hit Squad to Take Place in Switzerland   The appeal trial of Yuri Harauski, a former member of SOBR, a special police force under President Aliaksandr Lukashenka, will take place on 22 September 2026* in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Harauski is accused o...

[20 April, 2026] – Three civil society organisations have initiated a procedure before the Court in a move that underscores the growing importance of African regional mechanisms in addressing human rights violations involving transnational armed actors. The filing is the first known case against a state for hosting and contracting private military and security actors...

(Geneva, 30 March 2026) – Nearly a decade after his arrest, and almost two years after a landmark conviction, appeal proceedings open today in Bellinzona, offering a renewed opportunity for victims of Jammeh-era crimes to seek justice. In May 2024, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) found Ousman Sonko guilty of multiple counts of crimes against humanity committ...

  CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI) Nigeria   The CAI (Corporate Accountability Initiative) is launching a call for applications for a sub-grant (FSTP) to fund a research project leading to the publication and launch of a national study on corporate accountability mechanisms for international crimes in N...

Bern, Switzerland 28 January 2026 -- The Bernese justice system, ruling on appeal, confirmed the acquittal on charges of ‘slander and defamation’ of the authors of a report by Public Eye and TRIAL International on Kolmar Group AG's involvement in the Libyan gasoil trade between 2014 and 2015, in the context of the civil war in Libya. Following detailed reasoning, the...