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Trial of a leader of a coalition of armed groups for crimes against humanity opens in t...
25.10.2024 - (Last modified: 13.11.2024)
Victims’ voices: A setback for the fight against impunity
17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 04.07.2024)
Towards a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity: recom...
05.06.2024 - (Last modified: 04.06.2024)
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In a brief entitled “Towards a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity: recommendations to States on the prohibition of amnesties and other similar measures of impunity”, TRIAL International and 23 partner organizations urge States to support the opening of negotiations for an international treaty on Crimes against Humanity and to ensure...
Sonko case: a historic conviction, yet a missed opportunity to recognize sexual violenc...
24.05.2024 - (Last modified: 05.06.2024)
The conviction of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland for crimes against humanity on 15 May 2024 is historical in many ways. However, the decision by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court’s (FCC) to dismiss all charges of sexual violence casts a shadow over this landmark verdict. Ousman Sonko was found guilty of three murders, multiple acts of tort...
DRC - Kasai: Political and Military Leaders Standing Trial For War Crimes And Crimes Ag...
21.05.2024
Gambian former Minister of Interior Ousman Sonko sentenced to 20 years in prison for cr...
15.05.2024 - (Last modified: 16.05.2024)
Policy brief: Victims' and Survivors' Rights in a Convention on the Prevention and Puni...
27.03.2024 - (Last modified: 03.06.2024)
Former Syrian Vice President Rifaat al-Assad will stand trial in Switzerland on charges...
12.03.2024
7 March 2024 – Day 17 last intervention: Ousman Sonko addresses the Court
08.03.2024 - (Last modified: 05.02.2026)
This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any error...
7 March 2024 – Day 17 continued: Rebuttal of the defense
08.03.2024 - (Last modified: 05.02.2026)
This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any errors...
7 March 2024 – Day 17: Round of rebuttals: The Prosecutor and the plaintiffs’ counsels
07.03.2024 - (Last modified: 05.02.2026)
This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any err...
6 March 2024 – day 16: Closing arguments of the defense
07.03.2024 - (Last modified: 05.02.2026)
This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any errors...