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Did Switzerland miss a historic opportunity to judge a potential war criminal? It has been ten years to the day since TR...
After 36 years of forced exile in France, Rifaat al-Assad has returned to Syria and escaped from the French justice syst...
An Argentinian court will soon hear the appeal of the only pending universal jurisdiction case on crimes against the Roh...
Uttara (a pseudonym) suffered first-hand from the effects of the civil war in Nepal. Abducted by a Maoist guerilla, she...
Geneva, 10 March 2021. The first trial brought by TRIAL International opens today in Central Kasai (Democratic Republic...
Nepal has a poor record of implementing international human rights decisions, resulting in mounting frustration among vi...

Former Gambian "Jungler" appeared in US court

04.12.2020 - (Last modified: 07.12.2020)
On 3 December 2020, former member of the elite Gambian paramilitary unit Michael Correa appeared before a US District Co...
A message from Emeline Escafit, Legal Advisor, International Investigations and Litigation For more than 20 years, Yahy...
Man facing the sea in Gambia. CC_Steve Wheeler
TRIAL International is hoping the Supreme Court will back the United Nations and rule that the six-months statute of lim...
Three years of crimes, over 40 victims, two defendants: the trial of two members of the Raya Mutomboki Hamakombo militia...
A case submitted by TRIAL International to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) shows just how vulnerable opponents of...

DRC: three militiamen convicted in Kalehe

07.09.2020 - (Last modified: 08.09.2020)
On 22 August 2020 three members of a militia in South Kivu were convicted by the Bukavu military tribunal. Bitale Leonar...