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(Geneva, 30 March 2026) – Nearly a decade after his arrest, and almost two years after a landmark conviction, appeal proceedings open today in Bellinzona, offering a renewed opportunity for victims of Jammeh-era crimes to seek justice. In May 2024, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) found Ousman Sonko guilty of multiple counts of crimes against humanity committ...

Who is Ousman Sonko and what is he accused of?  Ousman Sonko is a former Gambian government official who served under the regime of President Yahya Jammeh. Over the course of his career, Mr. Sonko held several senior positions: commander of the State Guard, Inspector General of Police, and, from 2006 to 2016, Minister of the Interior. He stands accused, an...

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  CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI) Nigeria   The CAI (Corporate Accountability Initiative) is launching a call for applications for a sub-grant (FSTP) to fund a research project leading to the publication and launch of a national study on corporate accountability mechanisms for international crimes in N...

The Russian authorities have recently placed TRIAL International on their list of “undesirable organisations". Under Russian law, this designation prohibits the activities of the organisations concerned on the territory of the Russian Federation and provides for criminal sanctions for certain forms of cooperation carried out within that jurisdiction. As of today, 335...

Bern, Switzerland 28 January 2026 -- The Bernese justice system, ruling on appeal, confirmed the acquittal on charges of ‘slander and defamation’ of the authors of a report by Public Eye and TRIAL International on Kolmar Group AG's involvement in the Libyan gasoil trade between 2014 and 2015, in the context of the civil war in Libya. Following detailed reasoning, the...