What We Do

In 1992, Lejla B. (assumed name) left her hometown of Zivinice to join her 19-years old son in Bosanski Samac. Upon arrival, she found that the Army of the Republika Srpska was occupying the town. They had sent her son to a forced labor camp where he was eventually shot on 3 July 1992. On the week of her son's death, Lejla B. was arrested by three policemen and taken...

Ana B. (assumed name) was fourteen years old when she was raped by soldiers of the Army of Republika Srpska in Kotor Varos (Bosnia & Herzegovina) in 1992. Although Ana B. and her family reported the crime immediately and were heard by the authorities, the case stalled for 20 years. Investigation In 2012, TRIAL International took up the case and pressured the autho...

In July 2009, TRIAL submitted a communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning the enforced disappearance of Fikret Prutina, which occurred in June 1992. TRIAL acts on behalf of Fatima Prutina, wife of the disappeared and member of the Association of Relatives of Missing Persons from Vogosca, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). On 4 May 1992, Fik...

Introduction Lakpa Tamang v. Nepal Mr. Lakpa Tamang was only 11 when he was tortured by police officers in 2010. This ignoble act was partly facilitated by the fact that Nepal sets the age of criminal responsibility at 10 years old – an incredibly young age at odds with international standards and with grave repercussions for the youth. In March 2016, TRIAL submit...

Kathmandu/London/Geneva, 26 February 2016 – Illegal arrests, torture, enforced disappearances: for years, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) has repeatedly found Nepal responsible for gross human rights violations against its own citizens. Despite these many decisions, the government has shown no sign of properly compensating victims and letting justice p...

The case In May 2008, a joint individual communication was lodged by TRIAL and the organization Al-Karama for Human Rights before the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Mussa Ali Mussa Benali, acting for his brother, Abdeladim Ali Mussa Benali. Abdeladim Ali Mussa Benali was first arrested on 9th August 1995 by members of the Libyan Internal Securi...

Introduction TRIAL lodged an individual complaint before the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Mrs Khaourkha Marouf, spouse Azizi, in January 2009. She acts in the name of her husband, Abdelkrim Azizi, and her son, Abdessamad Azizi, both kidnapped on September 22, 1994 in Algers and missing since. The victims disappeared during a widespread campaign...

Introudction In May 2008, TRIAL submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Hafsa Boudjemai, acting on behalf of her son, Djaafar Sahbi. The latter was abducted in Algiers on the 3rd of July 1995 around 10 am. He has not been seen since then. This incident occurred within the general context of the enforced disappea...

The Case In March 2008, TRIAL submitted a communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Aîssa Mezine, acting for his brother Bouzid Mezine. The latter was kidnapped in Algiers on 11 August 1996 between 1h30 and 2h00 am, following a police operation. He is reported to have been missing since then. This incident has occurred within the general...

Introduction In February 2008, TRIAL submitted an individual communication to the Human Rights Committee on behalf of Fatma Zohra Berzig, a widow acting on behalf of her son, Kamel Djebrouni. The latter was kidnapped in Algiers during the night of 19-20 November 1994 and has never been seen since. His disappearance took place within the context of thousands of other...