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Ending the cycle of impunity in Ukraine and beyond!
13.02.2024 - (Last modified: 15.02.2024)
Two years ago, the world watched with dismay as Russian forces invaded Ukraine. This conflict, far from fading, continues to claim lives, destroy critical infrastructure and blatantly violate international law. Civilians, the primary victims of this tragedy, are suffering atrocities that should never occur again.
I have personally witnessed the devastating...
All parties have been heard: Summary of the proceedings of the third week of the trial ...
26.01.2024
A note at the centre of the argument: Summary of the proceedings of the second week of ...
22.01.2024 - (Last modified: 26.01.2024)
The end of a long wait: Summary of the proceedings of the first week of the trial of Ou...
15.01.2024 - (Last modified: 26.01.2024)
(8-12 January 2024, Federal Criminal Court, Bellinzona, Switzerland)
The trial of Ousman Sonko opened on 8 January 2024 before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC). A panel of three judges is examining the former Gambian Minister of Interior’s responsibility over the numerous crimes against humanity that he is accused of having committed between 2000 and 2016, unde...
Day 5 Sonko trial: Continuation of the examination of the March 2006 charges
12.01.2024 - (Last modified: 22.12.2025)
(acts of torture, false imprisonment and sexual violence committed as crimes against humanity)
As part of an attempted coup d'état in March 2006, Ousman Sonko is being accused, as an accomplice of a group of perpetrators, of having tortured various people, including members of the army, politicians and journalists, of having illegally deprived them of their free...
Day 4 Sonko trial: Examination of the March 2006 charges
11.01.2024 - (Last modified: 22.12.2025)
(acts of torture, false imprisonment and sexual violence committed as crimes against humanity)
As part of an attempted coup d'état in March 2006, Ousman Sonko is being accused, as an accomplice of a group of perpetrators, of having tortured various people, including members of the army, politicians and journalists, of having illegally deprived them of their f...
Burundi: The African Commission on Human and Peoples' rights once again condemns Burund...
09.01.2024
Day 2 Sonko Trial: All rise!
09.01.2024 - (Last modified: 22.12.2025)
©TRIAL International / Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona.
The proceedings resumed at 1 PM sharp with the Court’s reading of its decision on the preliminary questions discussed during the first day. Read our recap for day two.
The Court announced that the ruling will not be translated into English.
On the arguments made by t...
Day 1 Sonko Trial: The trial begins
08.01.2024 - (Last modified: 22.12.2025)
©TRIAL International / The Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona
The trial of Ousman Sonko opened today, 8 January 2024, at 9:00 AM before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court, where three judges will be examining the former Gambian Minister of Interior’s responsibility over the numerous crimes against humanity that he is accused of having committed betw...
