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Two years have already passed - without results It has been exactly two years since the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance opened for signature in Paris, but Switzerland had yet to sign this important human rights instrument. Today, the Swiss Coalition for the International Criminal Court, a group of a dozen Sw...

Khaoukha Marouf v. Algeria at the United Nations Human Rights Committee At the end of January 2009, the Advocacy Center – TRIAL (ACT) submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in the name of Khaoukha Marouf on behalf of her husband and her son, Abdelkrim Azizi and Abdessamad Azizi. This is the eleventh application sub...

The case of Djillali Larbi submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.  The Advocacy Center – TRIAL (ACT), representing Djillali Larbi’s son, lodged an individual complaint against Algeria before the United Nations Human Rights Committee in October 2008. It is the tenth individual communication brought by the ACT against Algeria. Djillali Larbi di...

Six cases related to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina before the European Court of Human Rights. In September 2008, the Advocacy Center – TRIAL (ACT) lodged six complaints against Bosnia and Herzegovina with the European Court of Human Rights, on behalf of eight missing persons. These are the first cases brought by the ACT before the Court. Edin and Emir Ele...

The case of Djamel and Mourad Chihoub submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The Advocay Center – TRIAL (ACT), representing Djamel and Mourad Chihoub’s parents, lodged an individual complaint against Algeria before the United Nations Human Rights Committee in August 2008. It is the nineth individual communication brought by the ACT against A...

The Advocacy Center - TRIAL (ACT) has submitted an individual communication to the UN Human Rights Committee against Algeria. The case relates to the enforced disappearance of Mr Mohamed LEMMIZ The Advocacy Center – TRIAL (ACT), representing Mohamed Lemmiz’s mother, lodged an individual complaint against Algeria before the United Nations Human Rights Committee...

The Advocacy Center - TRIAL (ACT) has submitted a seventh individual communication against Algeria to the UN Human Rights Committee. The case relates to the enforced disappearance of Mr Benattia Zerrougui. The Advocay Center – TRIAL (ACT), representing Benattia ZERROUGUI's brother, lodged an individual complaint against Algeria before the United Nations Human R...

Libya : The Human Rights Committee called upon to intervene in the case of the Aboufaied brothers Geneva, 12 April 2008 - TRIAL (Track Impunity Always) and Al Karama for Human Rights On 7 April 2008, the NGOs TRIAL (Track Impunity Always) and ALKARAMA for Human Rights submitted a joint individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding...