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🎂TRIAL International celebrates its 20th birthday today! 20 years of history, struggles and investigations. 20 years of truth, justice and reparations for the victims of international crimes. Thank you for your support ! #justice #fightimpunityalways #humanrights #anniversary

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BREAKING 🚨: Six years after his arrest, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has decided that former #Gambian Minister of the Interior Ousman #Sonko will be tried in CH for crimes against humanity, allegedly committed during the #Jammeh era

Former Gambian Minister of Interior to be tried in Switzerland for crimes against humanity - TRIAL...

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland has yesterday indicted Ousman Sonko, former Gambian Minister of Interior, for crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the rule of...

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

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📣 The #UJAR 2021 is out! A valuable tool for the prosecutors, lawyers and NGOs working on #UniversalJurisdiction , this year's edition looks back on a year marked by the #pandemic . 👉 👈 Download it. Read it. Share it.

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🚨 BREAKING : Former Algerian Minister of Defence Khaled Nezzar will stand trial in Switzerland for participation in war crimes and crimes against humanity. Read our press release 👉

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

Former Algerian Minister of Defence Khaled Nezzar will stand trial in Switzerland for participation in war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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#UniversalJurisdiction 🧵 23 years ago this Saturday, former #Chilean 🇨🇱 dictator Augusto #Pinochet was arrested in London🇬🇧 on the basis of a #Spanish 🇪🇸 arrest warrant. The arrest was in a way the founding act and the most telling precedent of what universal... 1/9

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🚨 #Breaking : Ndarumanga, former leader of an armed group in the #DRC has been sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity. Among the charges confirmed by the court is the crime of forced pregnancy, a world first before a national court. 👇

DRC: Conviction for forced pregnancy and other crimes against humanity for warlord Ndarumanga -...

On May 15th 2023, the Military Tribunal of Uvira sentenced Munyololo Mbao, alias Ndarumanga, former leader of a faction of the Raia Mutomboki armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to...

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Fascinating to see another #universaljurisdiction trial reaching out to victims and witnesses. After the Massaquoi (a #Liberian suspect) case in #Finland , a #Swedish 🇸🇪 court will now also temporarily hold hearings abroad in this so-important #Iranian 🇮🇷 case. #1988PrisonMassacre .

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Historic trial of Iranian ex-official in #Sweden 🇸🇪 for #warcrimes moves to #Albania 🇦🇱 for two weeks to hear seven witnesses there. #HamidNoury is accused of handing out death sentences during the #1988PrisonMassacre in #Iran 🇮🇷. #UniversalJurisdiction

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🚨🚨🚨 #Switzerland 🇨🇭: after 10 years of investigation, the procedure against #KhaledNezzar , the former strongman of the Algerian military junta🇩🇿, is coming to an end. The ex-Defense Minister is accused of multiple #WarCrimes & #CrimesAgainstHumanity . 1/

The way is now paved for the trial in Switzerland of General Khaled Nezzar - TRIAL International

Geneva, 8 February 2022 – It is a giant step forward in the fight against impunity. The Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has conducted the final hearing of Khaled Nezzar. The OAG holds that...

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🚨🚨🚨 Suisse🇨🇭: après 10 ans d’enquête, la procédure contre #KhaledNezzar , l’ancien homme fort de la junte militaire algérienne🇩🇿, arrive à son terme. L’ex-ministre de la défense se voit reprocher de multiples #CrimesDeGuerre & #CrimesContreLHumanit é. 1/

La voie est désormais ouverte au procès en Suisse du général Khaled Nezzar - TRIAL International

Genève, le 8 février 2022 – Il s’agit d’un pas de géant dans la lutte contre l’impunité. Le Ministère public de la Confédération (MPC) a procédé à l’audition finale de Khaled Nezzar. Le dossier du...

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🚨 NEWS #France 🇫🇷: Complaint by @DAWNmenaorg , co-filed by @TRIAL International and supported by @OSFJustice , against #Saudi 🇸🇦 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for torture and enforced disappearance following murder of journalist Jamal #Khashoggi .

Rights Groups File Complaint Asking France to Investigate Saudi Crown Prince over Jamal Khashoggi...

Rights Groups File Complaint Asking France to Investigate Saudi Crown Prince over Jamal Khashoggi Killing Mohammed bin Salman accused of torture and enforced disappearance of journalist (Paris, July...

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🚨 #BREAKING Congolese Warlord Roger Lumbala will be tried in France for alleged crimes against humanity. @trial @clooneyfdn @minorityrights & Justice Plus welcome this indictment as a historic step towards justice for survivors of atrocities in the #DRC . 👇

Upcoming Trial of Congolese Warlord in France is a Historic Step Toward Justice - TRIAL Internati...

On 6 November, a panel of three French investigative judges indicted former Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala Tshitenga for his alleged complicity in crimes against humanity including murder, torture,...

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🚨🚨🚨 NEW!!! The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of🇨🇭 confirms the opening of very rare criminal proceedings regarding the #warcrime of #pillage . The Swiss authorities indeed have enough suspicions that acts of #pillage ... 1/

Plundering of Libyan fuel: proceedings opened following TRIAL International’s complaint - TRIAL...

According to information received by TRIAL International, the Swiss OAG has opened criminal proceedings for the war crime of pillage in a case concerning the alleged plundering of Libyan fuel.

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One of those suspected of having played a role in the #EnforcedDisappearances in #Algeira is #KhaledNezzar , ex-head of the military junta. He is under investigation in #Switzerland for #WarCrimes . He has been summoned for a new hearing there in September. #UniversalJurisdiction

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During the Algerian civil war, more than 7,000 people were arrested & subjected to #enforcedisappearance by the security forces, but an amnesty law has prevented justice for the victims and their loved ones. Where are you, my son? Asks this Algerian mother. #Justice4EDinAfrica

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🚨 #BREAKING : Swiss Federal Office of Justice to issue an international arrest warrant for former Vice President Rifaat al-Assad for his alleged role in the Hama massacre in February 1982.👇

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Tomorrow is #InternationalJusticeDay . And yesterday #ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC rejoiced with us over an important step taken in #Bosnia re: recognition of children born of war-time sexual violence as victims in their own right. Justice can be made real, if we fight for it.

Karim A. A. Khan KC

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A momentous step recognising children born as a result of war-time sexual violence as a seperate category of victims. Such children will be given special consideration in the investigations & prosecutions by my office . Kudos to all ⁦ @Trial ⁩.

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🚨The UJAR 2022 is released today!🚨 Published by @Trial in collaboration with @Civitas_Maxima , @CJA_News , @ecchrBerlin , @fidh_fr and @REDRESSTrust , it highlights significant cases related to #UJ in 2021. Read and download the report:

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Super #GoodNews from #Bosnia 🇧🇦 👏Children born as a Result of Wartime Rape were given the Status of Civilian Victims By Brcko District. 1st significant such step in the country, in the region, and beyond. TRIAL legal advisor @AdrijanaHanusic said "We welcome...

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Our 1st annual report on the prosecution of #SexualViolence as an #InternationalCrime is out! Click here to read the cases that made 2018: #CRSV #EndImpunity

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After nearly 28 years, the survivor of a wartime rape finally saw her 2 attackers convicted. On 3 Dec. 2020, the Court of #BiH sentenced them to 8 years in prison each for #CrimesAgainstHumanity and a compensation of approximately 19,000€ to the victim.

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Intéressant de voir comment, après un procès en #Finlande (concernant un accusé #lib érien), c’est au tour d’un tribunal #su édois de se rendre in corpore à l’étranger pour y entendre des victimes et témoins. #Comp étenceUniverselle #Iran #1988PrisonMassacre

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Exécutions de masse en #Iran 🇮🇷 en 1988: le tribunal #su édois🇸🇪 qui juge actuellement #HamidNoury , accusé de #CrimesDeGuerre , va se rendre durant deux semaines en #Albanie 🇦🇱 pour y entendre sept témoins. #Comp étenceUniverselle

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#Gambia : Yahya #Jammeh 's death squad, known as “Junglers”, have killed at least 45 individuals in southern #Senegal in 2005, according to a joint report by TRIAL International and Human Rights Watch ( @hrw ). This is how it happened: #Jammeh2Justice

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An Argentinian court will soon hear the appeal of the only pending #UniversalJurisdiction case on crimes against the #Rohingyas committed in Myanmar. A landmark decision that could create an important precedent for future cases, in Argentina and beyond.

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The opening of a criminal investigation for #CrimesAgainstHumanity or #Genocide for acts committed on Swiss soil is a good opportunity 2 restate the need for the Office of the Attorney General 2 finally have sufficient means 2 carry out this type of investigations. #WarCrimesUnit

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Important development in #Switzerland 🇨🇭 in the #KazemRajavi case. A new judicial front has opened in the fight against the impunity of the #Iranian 🇮🇷 regime. The Office of the Attorney General has indeed formally opened a criminal investigation for #crimesagainsthumanity ... 1/

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🎥𝗕𝗼𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲 during the wars of Ex-Yugloslavia are finally recognized as civilians in their own right! @AjnaJusic president of @DjecaRata welcomes the news but also warns of the challenges in implementing the law in #BosniaAndHergovina

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Fantastic verdict in #DRC ! An FARDC commander has been convicted for #CrimesAgainstHumanity . @Trial has supported the 146 victims' lawyers throughout the proceedings and welcomes this decision.

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"La “France ne doit pas être une terre d’impunité pour les #tortionnaires #syriens 🇸🇾" 11 ONG ont écrit à @EmmanuelMacron pour demander que la loi 🇫🇷 soit modifiée et que disparaissent les verrous actuels à une application efficace de la #Comp étenceUniverselle. La démarche...

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🚨Our Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2023 is out! Discover significant cases based on #UniversalJurisdiction in 2022 #UJAR 🔗 @Civitas_Maxima 🔗 @CJA_News 🔗 @ecchrBerlin 🔗 @fidh_fr 🔗 @REDRESSTrust ⬇️Report available⬇️

2022 Highlights in the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review (UJAR 2023) - TRIAL International

The UJAR identifies cases based on universal jurisdiction involving the international crimes of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and enforced disappearances.

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🎥 #Chile : 25 years ago today, Augusto #Pinochet was arrested in London... As our Director @PhilipGrant40 explains, the 'Pinochet case' inspired numerous actors in the fight against impunity to bring the perpetrators of the most serious crimes to justice. #universaljurisdiction

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Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. #EndSexualViolence . Watch our latest video to see the hard work we are doing with our partners in #BiH . Special thanks to the PSVI @end_svc and @MattFieldUK .

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جرائم الحرب والجرائم ضد الإنسانية: الطريق مفتوح الآن لمحاكمة الجنرال خالد نزار، الرجل القيادي السابق في النظام الجزائري، في سويسرا #الجزائر #خالد_نزار #الولاية_القضائية_العالمية #جرائم_الحرب #جرائم_ضد_الإنسانية 👈

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The Federal Criminal Court has actually laid out the best argument for the setting up, at last, of an efficient #warcrimesunit within the Office of the Attorney General of #Switzerland 🇨🇭. 10 years after Parliament adopted a new law implementing the Rome Statute of...

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⚖️Hugely important decision rendered by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in a case regarding the assassination of former Iranian opposition figure Kazem Rajavi, killed by a commando sent by #Iran 🇮🇷 in 1990 in #Switzerland 🇨🇭: for the FCC... 1/5

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We are honored to welcome #RDC activist @fredbauma90 in #Geneva . He will be at the panel discussion after the screening of Congo Lucha today at #FIFDH . Thank you for your time!

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⚖️ Important verdict just rendered in the #DRC 🇨🇩: the head of brutal militia is sentenced to life in prison for various #crimesagainsthumanity and #warcrimes , including enrolment of #childsoldiers , rape, murder and numerous inhuman acts. 1/

DRC: Former militiaman Chance sentenced to life in South Kivu - TRIAL International

Victims obtained a favorable verdict on 21 September 2021, only 8 days after the opening of the trial of a militia leader and his accomplice in the Congolese army, both accused of mass crimes –...

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🚨 Breaking news #UniversalJurisdiction : Former member of ex-President #YahyaJammeh death squad known as the “Junglers” was indicted today in #Germany for crimes against humanity committed in #Gambia For more information 👉

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Le Tribunal pénal fédéral a en fait donné ici le meilleur argument pour la mise en place, enfin, d'une unité efficace spécialisée dans les crimes de masse, au sein du Ministère public de la Confédération. 10 ans après l'adoption par le Parlement d'une loi mettant en œuvre...

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⚖️Décision importante concernant l’assassinat par un commando #iranien 🇮🇷 de Kazem Radjavi en #Suisse 🇨🇭 en 1990: le Tribunal pénal fédéral juge que le Ministère public de la Confédération ne peut pas exclure que les incriminations de #g énocide et… 1/5

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Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa est une figure emblématique dans la lutte pour les #DroitsHumains au #Burundi . Découvrez son histoire et sa bataille pour la justice >>

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#BreakingNews : #Swiss authorities arrested Ousman #Sonko following @Trial 's criminal complaint #torture #Gambia

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🔥BREAKING NEWS! An investigation by @publiceye_ch and TRIAL reveals how a #Swiss trader, Kolmar Group AG, received #Libyan gasoil from a network of smugglers. The case highlights the need to subject Swiss firms to binding #DueDiligence requirements.

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The International Criminal Court upheld former Congolese warlord's conviction. Bosco Ntaganda was found guilty of #WarCrimes and #CrimesAgainstHumanity committed in #DRC in 2002 - 2003.

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How are different countries using #UniversalJurisdiction to prosecute international crimes ? This year, TRIAL and @OSFJustice published an analysis of laws and practices of 8 countries. Check out the reports about France, Germany, Canada, and many others!

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🚨 #News : The trial of former member of #Lukashenka 's hit squad Yuri Harauski begins tomorrow, 19 september 2023, in St-Gallen (CH). Follow @Trial , @fidh_ru & @viasna96 for live updates. #JusticeForBelarus 👇

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#Germany 🇩🇪: the Federal Prosecutor's Office opens an investigation into possible #warcrimes committed in #Ukraine 🇺🇦 by #Russian 🇷🇺 forces. Very clear signal that #UniversalJurisdiction has a role to play even as the conflict unfolds. It is also to be...

German prosecutors launch probe into Ukraine war crimes

Germany's federal prosecutor has opened a probe into suspected war crimes by Russian troops since the invasion of Ukraine, authorities said Tuesday, amid international outrage over attacks on...

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Women are not always victims of conflicts. Thousands of them participated in the #Balkan conflict, and a few were convicted for brutal crimes they committed. These stories of female fighters are often overlooked.

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New @hrw report outlines efforts in Sweden & Germany to prosecute mass atrocities in #Syria #UniversalJurisdiction

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#DRC : Finally a trial for the #rape of 46 girls in #Kavumu starting on 6 November. Our news release: #CRSV

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🚨 BREAKING : L’ancien ministre algérien de la défense Khaled Nezzar sera jugé en #Suisse pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l’humanité. Lisez notre communiqué 👉

Algérie : le Général Khaled Nezzar sera enfin jugé en Suisse pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre...

L’ancien ministre algérien de la Défense Khaled Nezzar sera jugé en Suisse pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l’humanité.

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. @Trial turns 15 today! 15 years of tireless fight against #impunity & unbending support to victims of atrocities. #birthday

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In the #DRC , rape is widely used as a weapon of war against women, men and children. Survivors of #CRSV suffer twice - from the act itself, and from the social discrimination they endure as a result of it. Read their stories in @AJEnglish ()

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Our #UJAR 2019 is out! We want to thank our partners for their collaboration in another successful year! @REDRESSTrust , @ECCHRBerlin , @fidh_en , @fibgar_

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Today we are excited to join @Trial International in launching the #UniversalJurisdiction Annual Report, which highlights the solutions and good practices that have emerged in 2018. Read the full report to find out more #UJAR

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House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the Proposal of the Law on the Protection of Civilian Victims of War. This landmark Law recognizes children born of war as a special category of civilian victims of war while also ensuring survivors' rights.

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Today, @Trial et @womenslink bring before the #UN the first case related to Franco's era. Over 40 years after the fall of the dictatorship, high time for #Spain to address the crimes of its past.

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🚨 #Germany : Survivor of the 2005 migrant massacre by former #Gambian President Yahya #Jammeh paramilitary ‘death squad’ testifies today at the trial of a man allegedly involved in the killings [1/3] @theANEKED @SoloSandengFoun @ReedBrody @pkroker2 @hrw

Germany/Gambia: Migrant Massacre Survivor to Testify - TRIAL International

Alleged Gambian ‘Death Squad’ Driver’s Trial Progresses (Berlin, January 19, 2023) A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 by a paramilit...

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#SaveTheDate 📢 #launch of @Trial ‘s new tool 👉the Universal Jurisdiction Interactive Map on 20 November at 4 pm (CET). A short demo by will be followed by a discussion on #UniversalJurisdiction with @mazenadarwish3 and @PhilipGrant40 . Join us live on:

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New annual report on #UniversalJurisdiction is out! Discover 47 cases at a glance: #UJAR

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🚨 #France 🇫🇷: this arrest constitutes a significant milestone in the fight against the impunity of economic actors who provided the # Syrian🇸🇾 regime with components enabling it to manufacture chemical weapons.

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🚨 Important development in #France , as man is arrested on suspicion of supplying components for the manufacture of #chemicalweapons in #Syria .

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Compensation for victims of #WarCrimes is possible, as four recent examples in Bosnia and Herzegovina have shown. The story of N., a wartime rape survivor, illustrates the many challenges of seeking #justice . #CRSV #BiH

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Coming soon: the 4th edition of our annual review on #UniversalJurisdiction to be launched on Monday 12/03. Stay tuned! #UJAR #MakeWayforJustice @fidh_en @ECCHRBerlin @REDRESSTrust @fibgar_

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After several days of uncertainty, the trial for the #Kavumu rapes will finally open today. A turning point for the fight against impunity #DRC . @P4HR @PanziUSA

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TRIAL International has just filed a criminal complaint for complicity in #pillage against Kolmar Group AG before the #Swiss Office of the Attorney General.

Smuggling of Libyan gasoil : criminal complaint filed against Swiss trader - TRIAL International

On 21 May 2020, TRIAL International filed a criminal complaint (“dénonciation pénale”) for complicity in pillage against Kolmar Group AG before the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerla...

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Important news: The Attorney General of #Switzerland wants the former #Gambian Interior Minister Ousman #Sonko to be tried for #CrimesAgainstHumanity . He was arrested in January 2017 following a complaint by @TRIAL . #UniversalJurisdiction

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Doctor Mukwege founded Panzi Hospital in #Bukavu in 1999. Since its inception, more than 50’000 women, including the young victims of #Kavumu , have been able to receive treatment. Congratulations!

The Nobel Prize

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The physician Denis Mukwege, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, has spent large parts of his adult life helping the victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Mukwege and his staff have treated thousands of patients who have fallen victim to such assaults.

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Our #UJAR is finally out! Find out more about the state of #UniversalJurisdiction in 2018 by clicking here:

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Notre directeur est parmi les 100 personnalités qui font la Suisse Romande cette année selon @LeTemps ! @PhilipGrant40 a été primé pour son inlassable combat contre l’impunité avec @TRIAL International. Découvrez la liste complète du #ForumDes100 :

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🔥 BREAKING! #DRC : two militiamen were fund guilty of crimes against humanity.The Congolese State was also found responsible for the crimes. This crucial element could enable #victims to access the ordered #reparations ! Learn more 👉

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🚨 Victory against #impunity in #DRC ! 2 years almost to the day after its opening, the case against warlord #Sheka and his wingman Lionceau has come to an end. Condemned to life imprisonment for #WarCrimes they will no longer impose their rule of terror.

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#UniversalJurisdiction in full swing this week, with an important #Iranian 🇮🇷 trial ongoing in #Sweden 🇸🇪 👇, plus a new #Rwandan 🇷🇼 case that just started in #France 🇫🇷: ➡️

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#UniversalJurisdiction case in #Sweden 🇸🇪 Getting to a very interesting part of an already hugely interesting trial. The accused, #HamidNoury , is set to testify in his trial in Stockholm. He is accused of having participated in the #1988prisonmassacre in...

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#EnforcedDisappearances : Case won in #Mexico ! The UN #HRCttee finds that Roy Rivera Hidalgo's abduction from his home in Nuevo León is an enforced disappearance. TRIAL, which supported the litigation of the case with its local partner @FrayJuanLarios , welcomes these results.

UN Treaty Bodies

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🇲🇽 UN #HRCttee finds that Roy Rivera Hidalgo's abduction from his home in Nuevo León is an #EnforcedDisappearance . The Committee calls on #Mexico to investigate his disappearance, share information about his fate & provide reparations to his mother: #ICCPR

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Facebook just banned content that denies the Holocaust. Could the same policy apply to the denial of the #Srebrenica genocide ? In 1995, more than 7,000 Bosniak men and boys were massacred in Srebrenica. In #BiH too, it is time to ban genocide denial!

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📢 TRIAL International is recruiting! #UniversalJurisdiction and international criminal law have no secrets to you? TRIAL is looking for a Senior Legal Advisor for its International Investigations and Litigation program (ILL).👇👇

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⚡ If there is one book that can explain why we at TRIAL got involved into the fight against impunity for sexual violence in conflict, this is the one. ⚡ @christinalamb 's "Our Bodies Their Battlefield", is a harrowing but absolutely necessary read.

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#UniversalJurisdiction cases are currently being heard by courts in: ➡️ #Sweden 🇸🇪 ( #Iranian 🇮🇷 case) ➡️ #Germany 🇩🇪 (on #Syria 🇸🇾) ➡️ #Finland 🇫🇮 (about #Liberian 🇱🇷 case) ➡️ and now this new case 👇

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Another #UniversalJurisdiction case goes to trial, this time in The #Netherlands , as Dutch try #Afghan 'prison chief' for #warcrimes . The 76-year old defendant is alleged to have been in charge of a notorious jail for the communist regime in the 1980s.

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Our #UJAR 2020 is out! We hope it will be a useful tool for all the prosecutors, lawyers and NGOs working on #UniversalJurisdiction . Read it now:

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It's time that corporate actors take #responsibility for their actions! TRIAL and its partners from @OSFJustice welcome the opening of a formal criminal investigation into #Swiss businessman active the mining sector during the second #Congolese war!

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#UniversalJurisdiction is now a well-established legal practice. In 2019 alone, 37 charges of #terrorism , 141 charges of #WarCrimes and 146 of crimes against humanity. Over 50 cases under scrutiny in our #UJAR 2020 :

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📃This week, @Trial is attending the Diplomatic Conference on the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) Convention, a new multilateral treaty aimed at strengthening cooperation and accountability for international crimes and an important tool in the fight against impunity. (1/2)

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🚨BREAKING #German court finds #Syrian colonel guilty of #crimesagainsthumanity in first ever trial against representatives of Bashar Al-Assad's regime and reign of terror. #UniversalJurisdiction

German court finds Syrian colonel guilty of crimes against humanity

The trial of Anwar Raslan was the world's first criminal case over state-led torture in Syria.

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4 years

Rifaat #AlAssad , the uncle of Syrian President Bachar Al-Assad, has been sentenced for money-laundering in France. In #Switzerland , he is under investigation for #WarCrimes . Swiss authorities must now have the courage to see this procedure through.

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4 years

#UJAR : The release of our main publication is approaching, stay tuned! The #UniversalJurisdiction Annual Review 2021, will be available next Monday.

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7 years

#Burundi : 4 défenseurs burundais des #DroitsHumains font le point sur la situation de leur pays:

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BREAKING. Revelations from the Sunday press @lematindimanche and @sonntagszeitung : A Swiss firm has exported dangerous chemical compounds to #Syria , which can be used in the making of #sarin gas. 1/

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Today in Celle 🇩🇪, the son of Deyda Hydara, a journalist murdered in #Gambia in 2004, will testify during the trial of a presumed member of Yayha Jammeh's death squad. TRIAL International is in Celle and support the victims of those crimes with their partners. cc Reed Brody

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3 years

TRIAL will be hosting a webinar on #UniversalJurisdiction in Europe and the US in 2020. 👉 Join us on 8 June 2021 at 6pm (CET). ✏️ Please register by following this link:

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🌐Our #UniversalJurisdiction Interactive Map is now online on Watch yesterday’s launch with @mazenadarwish3 , @AidaSamani and @PhilipGrant40 , here:

UJIM online launch

TRIAL International launched its new tool 👉 the Universal Jurisdiction Interactive Map, during a webinar on 20 November 2023. 🌐 The map provides a global o...

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A traffic of illegally felled wood in #Senegal , exported from the #Gambia with ex-president #YahyaJammeh 's complicity ? TRIAL has been investigating this illegal trade and the involvement of a Swiss businessman. New case to read and share ! 👇

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Victory in #DRC : 2 militiamen condemned for crimes against humanity. For the first time in the country, audiovisual evidence was used as incriminating evidence -the result of a collaboration between @Trial , @eyewitnessorg and @witnessorg . Read the release:

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Thanks to everyone who participated in @Trial ’ s event last night! In the Int’l Day for the Elimination of #SexualViolenceInConflict we reaffirm our commitment to the fight agt impunity for this heinous crime. @DPerissi @CelineBardet @ManonSchick @MaxMarcusMax & Ingrid Elliott

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We might not end war. But we will end #rapeasaweapon . I Stand Up with #survivors , will you too? #StandSpeakRiseUp #EndImpunity

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📢 On the International Day of the Victims of #EnforcedDisappearances , 5 women call on the Nepalese government to uncover the truth about their missing husbands and fathers, who vanished between the late 1990s and 2000s in the context of the civil war...

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Heroines and heroes💪. Historical references in the fight against #impunity too often take into account the executioners and too little the people who made int'l justice possible. One talks about the « #Pinochet precedent», the « #Milosevic trial», the « #Habr é case». But... 1/4

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Trials based on #UniversalJurisdiction are multiplying around the globe. In the last 12 months, many new cases have opened. 👉 👉 All the details to be found in our Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2021. Available on 12 April! 👈 👈 #UJAR

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[COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE] 🔴 La Commission africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples reconnait la responsabilité de l'État burundais dans la mort de Audace Vianney Habonarugira.

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#BREAKINGNEWS Verdict en #RDC : perpétuité pour Frédéric Masudi Alimasi, alias Kokodikoko, reconnu coupable de #CrimesContrelHumanit é. Une superbe #victoire contre l'impunité ! Plus de détails d'ici la fin de la journée, restez à l'écoute !

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🚨 #BREAKING Le chef de guerre congolais Roger Lumbala sera jugé en France pour crimes contre l'humanité. @trial @clooneyfdn @minorityrights & Justice Plus félicitent cette mise en accusation, étape historique vers la justice pour les survivant·e·s en #RDC .

Procès à venir pour un chef de guerre congolais en France : une étape historique vers la justice -...

Lundi 6 novembre, les juges d’instruction du pôle crimes contre l'humanité ont rendu une ordonnance de mise en accusation à l’encontre de l’ancien chef de guerre congolais Roger Lumbala Tshitenga...

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🚨 #BREAKING The trial of former #Gambian Minister of Interior Ousman Sonko will begin before the #Swiss Federal Criminal Court on 8 January 2024. Mr. Sonko is facing charges of #CrimesAgainstHumanity . #UniversalJurisdiction

Ousman Sonko case: the second trial for crimes against humanity in Switzerland to take place in...

The trial of Ousman Sonko – former Gambian Interior Minister accused of crimes against humanity – will open on 8 January 2024 before the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland.

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#DRC : Justice delivered for the children of #Kavumu ! Our statement w/ @PanziUsa @PH4R #CrimesAgainstHumanity

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Have #doctors often been held accountable for their participation in atrocity crimes? According to a 2010 paper "Punishing physicians who torture: A work in progress", 56 physicians had been prosecuted in 8 countries for such crimes. @irct @P4HR

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⚖️A new #UniversalJurisdiction case begins in #Germany 🇩🇪, as a #Syrian 🇸🇾 doctor on trial for #crimesagainsthumanity , including 18 counts of torturing detainees in Homs and Damascus in 2011-12, and one count of murder.

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For the #FirstTime in #BiH , compensation awarded in criminal proceedings at entity level is effectively paid. The perpetrator was convicted of wartime rape and has paid #compensation to the survivor #CRSV More:

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🔥BREAKING: Rifaat Al-Assad, the uncle of the #Syrian President, has been sentenced to four years in prison for money-laundering. #Switzerland had opened criminal proceedings against him for #WarCrimes , following a criminal complaint by TRIAL.

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#EndSexualViolence Want to know more about TRIAL International’s involvement in Bosnia and Herzegovina ? Tune in on 19 June to watch the full length video explaining our work on wartime sexual violence. @MattFieldUK @end_svc

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