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Crimes against humanity refer to specific crimes committed in the context of a large-scale attack targeting civilians, regardless of their nationality. These crimes include murder, torture, sexual violence, enslavement, persecution, enforced disappearance, etc. Crimes against humanity have often been committed as part of State policies, but ...
The Universal Jurisdiction Interactive Map (UJIM) is an online tool providing a global overview of criminal cases brought before national courts on the basis of universal jurisdiction. Cases included relate to international crimes, namely genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture, enforced disappearances and the crime of aggression. The map was created on the basis of […]
The conviction of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland for crimes against humanity on 15 May 2024 is his... News releases DRC - Kasai: Political and Military Leaders Standing Trial For War Crimes And Crimes Ag...
25.09.2018. On Friday 21 September, a military tribunal in Bukavu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) condemned two high-ranking commanders for murder and torture constituting crimes against humanity. Video footage was submitted to the proceedings as incriminating evidence – an all-time first in DRC. The NGOs TRIAL International, eyeWitness to ...
Without the advocacy and mobilisation power of civil society organisations, the ICC would not exist. At present, the ICC investigates crimes in 17 countries, ranging from war crimes in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, to war crimes and crimes against humanity in the situation in the State of Palestine.
The trial of Ousman Sonko – the former Gambian Interior Minister accused of having committed multiple crimes against humanity – will open on 8 January 2024 before the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Donat Kwenga Omari, former FARDC soldier, will be tried from October 25, 2024, by the Bukavu Garrison Military Court for crimes against humanity committed when he led a coalition of Raia Mutomboki armed groups known as the “Forces Populaires de Paix”. The trial aims to establish Donat’s role in the crimes committed by this coalition […]
(Geneva, 30 November 2023) – Bai Lowe, a former member of the paramilitary unit known as the “Junglers”, created by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a German court for two murders and an attempted murder constituting crimes against humanity. This is the first trial to be held on the basis ...
Ousman Sonko is accused of multiple counts of crimes against humanity, allegedly committed under the regime of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. TRIAL International filed the criminal complaint against Ousman Sonko in January 2017. Frontpage of Gambian national media reporting about Ousman Sonko’s trial in Switzerland.
PRESS RELEASE. DRC: CONVICTION FOR FORCED PREGNANCY AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY FOR WARLORD NDARUMANGAOn May 15th 2023, the Military Tribunal of Uvira sentenced Munyololo Mbao, alias Ndarumanga, former leader of a faction of the Raia Mutomboki armed grou. in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to life imprisonment for crimes.