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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...

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...

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...