Home
›
What We Do

What We Do

TRIAL International provides legal assistance to victims, litigates cases, develops local capacity and pushes the human rights agenda forward.

Criminal Cases

Human Rights Cases

Capacity Building

Advocacy

Corporate Responsibility

Universal Jurisdiction

Genocide

Crimes Against Humanity

War Crimes

Torture

Enforced Disappearance

Arbitrary Detention

Sexual Violence

Extrajudicial Executions

Transitional Justice

Strategic Litigation

United Nations

Reparations

Reports and publications

Related Content

What We Do

The Swiss trader Kolmar Group AG claims 1.8 million US dollars from Public Eye and TRIAL International

29.09.2023

Suisse

Geneva, 29 September 2023 - Kolmar Group AG filed a lawsuit with the Zug Cantonal Court for infringement of personal rights against Public Eye and TRIAL International, as well as against two employees of these organisations and an independent journalist, on the 25 September 2023. The lawsu...

What We Do

BELARUS: Acquittal of Lukashenka regime henchman in Switzerland

28.09.2023 - (Last modified: 29.09.2023)

Belarus

(St. Gallen, Paris, Minsk, Geneva, 28 September 2023) - Yuri Harauski has been acquitted of the crime of enforced disapp...

What We Do

DRC: Kasai-Central Court convicts militiaman of crimes against humanity

06.09.2023

Democratic Republic of the Congo

On Friday August 25, 2023, the Court of Appeal of Kasai-Central convicted a militiaman of crimes against humanity for th...

What We Do

Burundi: Extend the Special Rapporteur’s mandate and ensure adequate funding for his monitoring and documentation work

31.08.2023

Burundi

At the UN Human Rights Council’s 51st session, in October 2022, the Council extended the mandate of the Special Rapporte...

What We Do

Accountability for Enforced Disappearances in Belarus: Former member of President Lukashenka’s elite hit squad brought before a Swiss Court

30.08.2023 - (Last modified: 20.09.2023)

Belarus

(St. Gallen, Paris, Minsk, Geneva, 30 August 2023) - Yuri Harauski, former member of President Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s S...

What We Do

Algeria: General Khaled Nezzar will finally stand trial in Switzerland on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity

29.08.2023 - (Last modified: 04.10.2023)

Algeria

(Geneva, 29 August 2023) – Former Algerian Minister of Defense Khaled Nezzar will stand trial in Switzerland on charges...

What We Do

DRC: Elimination of court fees – A major step forward for victims of serious crimes

24.08.2023

Democratic Republic of the Congo

In a ruling handed down on April 12, 2023, a Congolese court has, for the first time, exempted victims from the payment...

What We Do

Algeria: Khaled Nezzar is reportedly dying. Time is running out for the victims

22.08.2023 - (Last modified: 23.08.2023)

Algeria

(Geneva, 23 August 2023) – According to information recently made public, former Algerian Minister of Defense Khaled Nez...

What We Do

War crimes in Syria: Switzerland issues an international arrest warrant for the extradition of Rifaat al-Assad

16.08.2023 - (Last modified: 23.08.2023)

Syria

(Geneva, 16 August 2023) - The Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) has ordered the Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) to iss...

What We Do

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Adopts the Law on the Protection of Civilian Victims of War

09.08.2023 - (Last modified: 06.09.2023)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

(Sarajevo, August 1st 2023) Three decades after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the civilian victims of war finally g...

What We Do

2022 Activity Report

20.06.2023

Global

TRIAL International's 2022 Activity Report is now available here. [caption id="attachment_25629" align="alignnone" width="1400"] (c) Guy Oliver and IRIN[/caption] To receive a print copy, please contact TRIAL's secretariat. Discover or rediscover the 2021 Activity Report.

What We Do

General Assembly 2023: Information and useful documents

31.05.2023 - (Last modified: 02.06.2023)

Switzerland

Members of TRIAL International are invited to participate in the General Assembly (GA) of the organization which will take place on June 14, starting at 6:30 p.m. in our office, located at 95 rue de Lyon in Geneva. AGENDA OF THE 2023 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Welcome by the Presid...

View All