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TRIAL International turns 15 today. 15 years of tireless fight against impunity and unbending support to victims of atr...
In a Communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC), TRIAL argues that Burundi is failing to investigate and pu...
TRIAL International has secured 12 positive decisions from the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC). But the battle for their...

ICC and universal jurisdiction: two ways, one fight

23.05.2017 - (Last modified: 31.01.2019)
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An op-ed by Valérie Paulet For the last 6 years, the international community has failed to end the massacre of civilian...

Burundi: civil society raises the alarm

18.05.2017 - (Last modified: 08.06.2017)
Four representatives of Burundian NGOs visited Geneva. Pierre-Claver MBONIMPA (President of the APRODH), Armel NIYONGER...

2016 Activity Report

08.05.2017 - (Last modified: 09.06.2021)
TRIAL International’s activity report for 2016 is hosted on its own website. To receive a print abridged copy, please...
An op-ed by Giorgio Malinverni Giorgio Malinverni has been President of TRIAL International for the past six years. As...

Detention extended for former Minister Ousman Sonko

03.05.2017 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
Geneva, 3 May 2017 - The Court of Measures of Constraint in Bern has decided to prolong the detention of Ousman Sonko. T...
An op-ed by Pamela Capizzi Citing numerous cases of enforced disappearances, TRIAL International calls on the United Na...
An op-ed by Reed Brody Reed Brody fought at the side of Hissène Habré’s victims until Habré’s conviction and life sente...
When victims obtain compensation orders after a long and arduous procedure, has their ordeal come to an end? Not always,...

A student unjustly jailed for years

26.04.2017 - (Last modified: 17.08.2017)
Onesphore Case Student and member of the opposition detained Mr. Onesphore (real name withheld) is a student and political opponent. In 2015, while having lunch, he was arrested by police officers and locked up in a cell, before being transferred to a prison, where he is still detained to this day. Like others before him, he is a victim of the wave of arrests of p...
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