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Geneva, 26 January 2017 - Dictator Yahya Jammeh has reigned for 20 years over Gambia – a reign that saw the widespread u...

Nezzar case: Victims appeal case dismissal

18.01.2017 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)
Geneva, 18 January 2017 - The case against Khaled Nezzar was opened by the Office of the Attorney General (MPC) of Switz...
Palais de Justice Genève ©Martin Trezzini
On 29 November 2016, after almost 12 years of court hearings, the case of Mr. Naït-Liman experienced an important turnar...

#IniMulti: In favor of responsible business

12.10.2016 - (Last modified: 18.10.2016)
To date, 120 of the 200 biggest Swiss corporations have no policy regarding human rights. Mandatory measures are necess...
The Swiss Responsible Business Initiative will be presented to the Swiss authorities today. The 80 civil society organiz...

Initiative to improve corporate accountability

05.10.2016 - (Last modified: 23.02.2017)
#Inimulti Human rights violations committed by multinationals in Switzerland regularly make the headlines: inhumane wor...

Srebrenica denial ruled intolerable

06.07.2016 - (Last modified: 13.07.2016)
For the first time, Switzerland condemned a former far-right politician for denying that the Srebrenica genocide had t...
Geneva, 21 June 2016 - In a judgment delivered today, the European Court of Human Rights narrowly ruled that Switzerland did not breach the European Convention on Human Rights by denying a Tunisian torture victim the right to seek reparations from his torturer. The victim, who was granted refugee status in Switzerland years ago in light of the torture he had endured,...
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For the first-ever European Day against Impunity, a coalition of NGOs called on member States to meet mounting demand fo...

Stop Pillage: What is looting?

31.05.2016 - (Last modified: 18.10.2016)
The practice of pillage Since the end of the Cold War, the illegal exploitation of natural resources has become a key s...

W. G.

16.05.2016 - (Last modified: 10.10.2016)
W. G. was a senior officer of the Afghan army and belonged to both the Presidential Guard and the Kabul Garrison (KHAD – the security and intelligence agency). In his 15 years of service, he particularly fought the Mujahideen and was involved in the arrest of prisoners of war. Several NGOs accused KHAD of systematically using torture. On June 16, 2005, the Swiss A...
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