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Is The Gambia ready to confront its past?

21.01.2019 - (Last modified: 20.10.2020)
On 7 January 2019, the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) held its first session in the Gambian ca...
The former Gambian dictator's death squads, known as "Junglers", have killed at least 45 individuals in the region of Ca...

Is Switzerland becoming a safe haven for war criminals?

18.09.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
A UN report recently made public points the finger at Switzerland. In two criminal cases for war crimes, the Office of t...

ICC withdrawal: Kinshasa issues alarming statement

17.09.2018 - (Last modified: 26.09.2018)
In a media release on 15 September 2018, the Congolese government stated it “did not exclude” withdrawing from the juris...

Dare to dream: how NGOs inspire the fight against impunity

09.08.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
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Thomas Unger joined the Board of TRIAL International in May 2018. A lecturer at the Geneva Academy, he has over 15 year...
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Fourteen NGOs, including TRIAL International, have denounced Ali Mamluk’s official visit to Rome in February 2018. The f...
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The conviction of Eshetu Alemu last December for war crimes has brought to light the opportunities offered to victims o...
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Naït-Liman case: Grand Chamber rejects torture victim's claim

15.03.2018 - (Last modified: 23.03.2018)
This morning, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dismissed a torture victim’s request that...
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Universal jurisdiction is here to stay. In their annual report Make way for justice #4, TRIAL International and its part...
(Banjul, The Gambia, October 21, 2017) - Victims of the former Gambian government of Yahya Jammeh and Gambian and intern...

Rifaat Al-Assad case

03.10.2017 - (Last modified: 23.02.2024)
Rifaat Al-Assad is a career military man and a Syrian politician. He is the younger brother of the former president of S...
Revelations about TRIAL International’s investigation Geneva 25 September 2017 - A collective of lawyers has revealed...
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