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Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review: New developments in 2024

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Global

Today, TRIAL International, in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the E...

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UpRights and TRIAL International release report on the fight against impunity amid escalating conflict in the DRC

01.04.2025 - (Last modified: 07.04.2025)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

UpRights, in collaboration with TRIAL International in the framework of the “Global Initiative Against Impunity : Making...

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Alleged Gambian death squad member to stand trial for torture in Denver, Colorado

26.03.2025

The Gambia

Denver, CO (United States) and Banjul (The Gambia), March 26, 2025 - Michael Sang Correa, an alleged member of a Gambian...

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Khaled Nezzar case: plaintiffs' claim for recognition of denial of justice dismissed

18.03.2025 - (Last modified: 17.03.2025)

Algeria

On 10 March 2025, the Complaints Court of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) rejected the request of two plaintiffs in the case of Khaled Nezzar, former Algerian Minister of Defense, who was indicted in August 2023. They had asked for a finding that the principle of expeditiousness on...

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DRC and Swiss Corporate Responsibility – Let’s Take Action Together!

20.02.2025 - (Last modified: 24.03.2025)

Global

At the end of last year, we celebrated the tenth-year anniversary of our program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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Call for an end to the violence and impunity in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

18.02.2025 - (Last modified: 21.02.2025)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geneva, Switzerland, 18 February 2025 - Following the takeover by the March 23 Movement (M23) of the city of Bukavu in S...

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Fall of the Syrian regime: the closure of the Rifaat al-Assad case in Switzerland would run against the tide of history

16.12.2024 - (Last modified: 30.01.2025)

Syria

On 8 December 2024, after more than five decades of the al-Assad clan’s rule, Syria's history was turned upside down in...

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German court upholds conviction of Gambian national for crimes against humanity

29.11.2024 - (Last modified: 03.12.2024)

The Gambia

The German Federal Court of Justice announced on November 29, 2024 that it had rejected the appeal of a former member of...

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Justice in action: 10 years of fighting against impunity in the DRC!

28.11.2024

Global

For over 10 years, TRIAL International has been a central actor of the fight against impunity for international crimes i...

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The leader of a coalition of armed groups in the DRC convicted of crimes against humanity

11.11.2024

République démocratique du Congo

Donat Kwenga Omari, a former soldier in the national army (FARDC), has been convicted by the Bukavu Garrison Military Court of crimes against humanity committed when he was leader of a coalition of dozens of Raia Mutomboki armed groups known as the “Forces Populaires de Paix”. Although the...

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Trial of a leader of a coalition of armed groups for crimes against humanity opens in the DRC

25.10.2024 - (Last modified: 13.11.2024)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Donat Kwenga Omari, former FARDC soldier, will be tried from October 25, 2024, by the Bukavu Garrison Military Court for...

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Colorado: Trial postponed for alleged Gambian death squad member accused of torture and conspiracy to commit torture

12.09.2024 - (Last modified: 13.09.2024)

The Gambia

(Banjul, Denver, Geneva, 12 September 2024) - The trial against Michael Sang Correa for torture allegedly committed in The Gambia, originally scheduled for 16 September 2024, has been postponed. Last week, Correa’s defense lawyers filed two motions with the court. The motions explained...

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