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A company washing its hands of dirty gold - the fool’s game must end

16.10.2020
Globe Switzerland
In November 2013, for the first time in its history, TRIAL International initiated proceedings against a company before...
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Smuggling of Libyan gasoil : criminal complaint filed against Swiss trader

23.05.2020 - (Last modified: 25.09.2023)
Globe Libya
On 21 May 2020, TRIAL International filed a criminal complaint (“dénonciation pénale”) for complicity in pillage against...
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Prosecuting international crimes: a matter of willingness

05.05.2020 - (Last modified: 07.05.2020)
Globe Switzerland
How do different countries prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture and enforced disappearance?...
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Two Syrian officers of the regime face trial: "A historic step towards justice"

23.04.2020
Globe Syria
The trial against Anwar Raslan and Eyad al-Gharib, two former officers of the Syrian government's security apparatus ope...
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Westwood: Dealing in conflict timber across The Gambia and Senegal

23.03.2020 - (Last modified: 16.11.2023)
Globe The Gambia
Between 2014 and 2017, The Gambia exported nearly 163 million US dollars-worth of rosewood, a rare and precious tree spe...
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Smuggling Libyan gasoil: a Swiss trader navigates through troubled waters

02.03.2020 - (Last modified: 25.09.2023)
Globe Libya
Torn apart and bled dry since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, Libya is a paradise for smugglers. TRIAL International and Pu...
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Pillage: Ongoing investigation following the denunciation of a Swiss businessman for wa...

12.12.2019 - (Last modified: 26.09.2025)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
TRIAL International and the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) welcome the opening of a formal criminal investigatio...
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Swiss Federal Court upholds Erwin Sperisen's conviction

29.11.2019
Globe Switzerland
On 28 November 2019, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (FSC) upheld Erwin Sperisen's sentence to 15 years in prison. In Ap...
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Criminal complaint filed against Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka for war crimes

30.10.2019 - (Last modified: 03.10.2019)
Globe Switzerland
Geneva, Bern, 4 August 2011 The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and TRIAL – Swiss Association against Impunity – filed today a criminal complaint with the Federal Attorney General against the former Major General Jagath Dias for war crimes. Although the STP and TRIAL have invited the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) on several occasions to take act...
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The responsible business initiative soon to be discussed in Swiss Parliament

13.09.2019
Globe Switzerland
Inhumane working conditions, child labor and pollution from mines: the IniMulti initiative submitted in 2016 aims to put...
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The Geneva Conventions, needed now more than ever

12.08.2019
Globe Switzerland
An op-ed by Philip Grant, Executive director at TRIAL International On 12 August 2019 we celebrate the 70thanniversary...
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Unpunished international crimes: how NGOs lead the investigations

10.07.2019 - (Last modified: 22.07.2019)
Globe Liberia
Emmanuelle Marchand is a Senior Legal Counsel and Investigator for the NGO Civitas Maxima. Like TRIAL International, it...
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