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Transitional Justice in danger in Nepal: TRIAL seizes the United Nations
04.09.2012 - (Last modified: 17.07.2017)
On 23 August 2012, TRIAL together with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Human Rights Watch (HRW), Advocacy Forum – Nepal and seven other local organisations working with victims of human rights violations and their families submitted a briefing note to the new Special Rapporteur on the Promotion o...
BiH: Women are the war's silent victims
01.09.2012 - (Last modified: 20.10.2016)
In September 2012, TRIAL and 9 associations working with women victims of the war submitted a 72-page report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women highlighting Bosnia-Herzevogina's failure to enforce this category of victims' right to obtain truth, justice and reparation.
BiH: sexual violence, camp detention... TRIAL reports to Human Rights Committee
01.09.2012 - (Last modified: 20.10.2016)
In September 2012, TRIAL, together with six associations of relatives of missing persons, four associations dealing with the subject of rape or other forms of sexual violence during the war, and seven associations or federations of associations of former camp-detainees, submitted a report highlighting the violations of the fundamental rights suffered by the above-ment...
Algeria: Two brothers forcibly disappeared in retaliation
07.06.2012 - (Last modified: 20.10.2016)
Introduction
In August 2008, TRIAL submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Mrs Taous Djebbar and Mr Saadi Chihoub, acting in the name of their sons, Djamel and Mourad Chihoub. Djamel Chihoub first, then his brother Mourad six months latter, were arrested by members of the Algerian army and are have been repporte...
Nepal - After 13 years of despair, families' hopes for truth and justice fading
21.05.2012 - (Last modified: 17.07.2017)
Geneva / Kathmandu – 21 May 2012
After thirteen years of despair, of denial and of waiting for truth and justice, two families of victims of enforced disappearance during the civil conflict in Nepal bring their case to the United Nations. The perpetrators must be brought to account, says TRIAL - a Geneva-based human rights organisation.
Thirteen years ago to thi...
TRIAL acts before the UN Committee against Torture
01.05.2012 - (Last modified: 20.09.2016)
In May 2012, TRIAL submitted an alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture.
The report highlights the existing obstacles in the implementation of the Convention against Torture by Mexico, providing numerous concrete examples as well as recommendations to improve the situation.
The report was submitted in partnership with seven Mexican and Central Ame...
Algeria: TRIAL obtains condemnation in two enforced disappearances cases
15.02.2012 - (Last modified: 17.07.2017)
Geneva, 15 February 2012.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee recently condemned Algeria in two separate cases of enforced disappearances. In November 1994, Mr. Kamel Djebrouni, 31 years old, was abducted from his home in Algiers by a group of soldiers. He has not been seen since. In May and in November 1996, the brothers Djamel and Mourad Chihoub were arrest...
Looking for a glimmer of justice for enforced disappearances - TRIAL keeps its grip on ...
10.02.2012 - (Last modified: 17.07.2017)
Geneva, 10 February 2012
Hundreds of perpetrators of serious human rights violations in Nepal remain free. The possibility to hold them accountable for their crimes is inexistent as the main Nepalese parties agree to grant a blanket amnesty for most crimes perpetrated by both State and Maoist forces during the armed conflict that ravaged Nepal between 1996 and 2006....
DRC and Thailand: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child follows TRIAL's demands
08.02.2012 - (Last modified: 17.07.2017)
n November 2011, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued its Concluding Observations concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo and Thailand, setting forth a series of recommendations in line with what TRIAL had called for in its alternative reports submitted in April and August 2011.
In April and August 2011, TRIAL had submitted to the Committee two re...
Algeria condemned for death under torture of Djilali Hanafi
05.07.2011 - (Last modified: 17.07.2017)
Geneva 5 July 2011
The United Nations Committee against Torture has condemned Algeria for the death under torture of Mr. Djilali Hanafi, a 32 year old shopkeeper and father of two children who was arrested on 1 November 1998 in Mechra Sfa. Mr. Hanafi had been released on 3 November, only to die a few hours later at his home as a result of the torture inflicted upon...
TRIAL acts before the UN Human Rights Committee
01.07.2011 - (Last modified: 29.09.2016)
In June 2012, TRIAL submitted an alternative alternative report to the UN Human Rights Committee.
In July 2011, TRIAL submitted an alternative alternative report to the UN Human Rights Committee.
The reports describe the human rights situation prevailing in Kenya's Mont Elgon disctrict, notably the massive violations committed there in 2008 and the enduring and...