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That Mexico is in the midst of a human rights crisis is no news. But one often-overlooked group of victims are children....

The ICTY may not have brought the desired reconciliation in BiH, but its influence and legacy provides a crucial basis f...

In September 2015, the village of Musenyi experienced absolute horror: a series of rapes and looting, committed by the...

Alice (real name withheld) lives in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. Despite the government’s assertions that the coun...

An op-ed by Andreas Schüller Andreas Schüller, head of ECCHR’s International Crimes and Accountability Program, is opti...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrates its 15 years of existence. But without a strong network of non-governm...

Geneva, 12 July 2017. Today, the Federal Tribunal (FT) referred the case to Genevan tribunals without ruling on the guil...

The Attorney General of Switzerland has heard two victims in the investigation against Ousman Sonko. The former Gambian...

A conflict at the doors of the EU. Civilians fleeing the attacks. A toothless international community unable to protect...

Journalist Egide Mwemero was tortured in the DRC for “crimes” committed in Burundi – a case that illustrates the silenc...

An op-ed by Manuel Vergara Manuel Vergara, Legal Director at FIBGAR and a collaborator to TRIAL’s universal jurisdictio...

The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture reminds us that this crime destroys entire lives. How can someone...