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Yahya Jammeh
29.07.2020 - (Last modified: 04.04.2022)
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Yahya Jammeh was born in 1969 in Kanilai in Gambia. In 1984, he entered gendarmerie and gradually made his way to the top, reaching the position of commander of the military police, a position which he held between 1991 and 1992. On 22 July 1994, he came to power following a coup d’état. A transitional government was subsequently established and lasted until 19...
International Justice Day: one cause, multiple ways
15.07.2020 - (Last modified: 13.07.2020)
Prosecuting international crimes: a matter of willingness
05.05.2020 - (Last modified: 07.05.2020)
Supreme Court of Nepal holds its grounds in the fight against impunity
28.04.2020 - (Last modified: 12.05.2020)
Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review (UJAR) 2020: atrocities must be prosecuted soundly...
30.03.2020 - (Last modified: 23.02.2023)
Complementarity is the future of NGOs in the fight against impunity
10.02.2020 - (Last modified: 19.02.2020)
Criminal complaint filed against Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka for war crimes
30.10.2019 - (Last modified: 03.10.2019)
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...
