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Contrary to other international crimes, like war crimes and genocide, there is currently no international treaty specifi...
Cover of the Briefing paper on the inclusion of a comprehensive provision on the liability of legal persons in the future Convention on Crimes against Humanity

Rifaat al-Assad dies without facing trial for Hama atrocities

21.01.2026 - (Last modified: 28.01.2026)
Rifaat al-Assad, former Syrian vice-president indicted in Switzerland for war crimes and crimes against humanity, report...
Infographic of the Rifaat al-Assad case
The appeal trial against former interior minister of The Gambia for crimes against humanity will open on 30 March 2026....
The appeal trial against former interior minister of The Gambia for crimes against humanity to start on 30 March 2026

Khaled Nezzar case: No more hope for victims to obtain justice

10.12.2025 - (Last modified: 12.12.2025)
The origins of the case Hope was born on 22 October 2011, the day former Algerian Defence Minister Khaled Nezzar was arrested in Switzerland. Five victims had brought civil proceedings against him, accusing him of participating in the war crimes of torture, inhuman treatment, arbitrary detention and murder, as crimes against humanity. The events allegedly took pla...
(Paris) - The trial of former Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, which begins in Paris on Nov. 12, is a crucial...
(Geneva and Strasbourg, 8 July 2025) – Two plaintiffs in the Khaled Nezzar case lodged a complaint with the European Cou...
Today, the Swiss Commerce register announced that it had given 30 days to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s Swiss branc...
We, the undersigned human rights and legal organizations, are extremely concerned with the recent replacement of imparti...
UpRights, in collaboration with TRIAL International in the framework of the “Global Initiative Against Impunity : Making...
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...
On 8 December 2024, after more than five decades of the al-Assad clan’s rule, Syria's history was turned upside down in...
The German Federal Court of Justice announced on November 29, 2024 that it had rejected the appeal of a former member of...
Infographic depicting the chronology of the Bai Lowe case.
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