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TRIAL International provides legal support to victims, litigates cases, collaborates with local actors to promote the sharing of expertise, and advocates for human rights.




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Burundi’s missed opportunity risks closing off dialogue

08.08.2016 - (Last modified: 27.09.2016)
An op-ed by Pamela Capizzi Burundi deserted its examination before the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) m...

Congolese soldier receives 15 years sentence for double rape

04.08.2016 - (Last modified: 23.02.2017)
A military tribunal in Bukavu sentenced private Bolingo Katusi to 15 years imprisonment for the rape of two women in th...
Geneva, 26 July 2016 – A coalition of Burundian NGOs[1], with the support of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMC...

International justice is necessary but limited

12.07.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)
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On 17 July, the world will celebrate International Justice Day. But justice on an international level is not the only a...

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...

Sexual Violence: Congolese NGOs and TRIAL fight the same battle

06.07.2016 - (Last modified: 29.09.2016)
Congolese NGOs provide assistance to thousands of victims of sexual violence in their quest for justice. TRIAL Internat...

Training journalists on human rights reporting

06.07.2016 - (Last modified: 13.07.2016)
Over the last two months, the NGOs Collective Campaign for Peace, Himalayan Human Rights Monitors and TRIAL Internation...

2015 Activity Report

22.06.2016 - (Last modified: 25.08.2016)
Globe Global
TRIAL International has gradually gained momentum as a major actor in the fight against impunity. In 2015 alone, the NGO...
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,...

Tunisia: Victory at the UN for a torture victim

14.06.2016 - (Last modified: 10.11.2016)
Last month, the United Nations Committee Against Torture condemned Tunisia for the torture of Canadian-Tunisian national...
Lack of identity protection for victims filing compensation claims poses serious threats to their security and well-bein...

UN highlights poor child protection in armed conflict

14.06.2016 - (Last modified: 03.11.2016)
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child found severe shortcomings in child protection in Nepal. Former c...
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