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Sent to detention camps during the war, Ema and her husband were forcibly separated. 25 years later, she still hopes to...
How to mourn lost loved ones without their remains or date of death? For many families, the International Day of the Vic...
On 23 August 2018, the South Kivu military tribunal opened a trial in the town of Kalehe against two leaders of the Dem...

Testimonies: when international bodies finally deliver justice

15.08.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
Aimable and Emery both suffered a sadly similar fate: victims of torture by Burundian authorities in 2006 and 2007, they...
Burundi refugees

Dare to dream: how NGOs inspire the fight against impunity

09.08.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
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Thomas Unger joined the Board of TRIAL International in May 2018. A lecturer at the Geneva Academy, he has over 15 year...
Thomas Unger

Burundi: Call to renew the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry

08.08.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerla...

Human rights under threat in Switzerland?

31.07.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
An initiative proposes that the Swiss Constitution should prevail over international law. A scenario with potentially di...

Kavumu trial: High Military Court confirms all condemnations

26.07.2018 - (Last modified: 18.11.2019)
Tonight, the High Military Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (HMC) has confirmed the condemnation of all 11...

Sarita Sharma: a family torn by war

24.07.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
In April 2018, the United Nations recognized the arbitrary detention of Nepali citizen Sarita Sharma. Helena Rodríguez-...
Victims arbitrary detention Nepal
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS AND TRIAL INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 20 July 2018  ...

“Resistance vis-à-vis transitional justice is normal”

19.07.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
Globe Global
Dr. Briony Jones is an Associate Professor in International Development at the University of Warwick (United Kingdom),...

Civil society is the cornerstone of international justice

16.07.2018 - (Last modified: 19.12.2018)
Globe Global
An op-ed by Philip Grant Today marks 20 years since the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was adop...
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