In an open letter, 15 human rights and legal organizations warn all individuals and entities involved in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s inhumane and deadly operations of potential complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly genocide 👉 trialinternational.org/latest-post/...
Le Département fédéral des affaires étrangères, dit désormais examiner si la GHF « est soumise à l'obligation de déclaration prévue par la LPSP et ne s'exprime en principe pas sur le contenu des investigations en cours. »
Il faut donc croire qu’une enquête administrative est désormais enfin lancée.
Une ONG dépose deux dénonciations en #Suisse contre l'obscure "Fondation humanitaire de #Gaza"
Mon interview dans l’émission Forum de la RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse
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Now waiting for clarifications from Swiss authorities on how they have undertaken to - or intend to - "respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances" (art. 1 common to the 4 Geneva Conventions).
🎙️Out now on our #Patreon The War Criminals Book Club!
We read The Memory Seeker by Ronald Niezen and discuss Dutchness, ICC trials and national ones - the relevant questions raised + where it didn't get it quite right
Listen 👇
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"The planned cuts at the department include the Office of Global Criminal Justice, which helps set policy on the US response to war crimes and genocide."
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ICC judges open Art 87(7) proceedings on non-cooperation by Hungary, which will now have to explain its failure to execute the #Netanyahu arrest warrant and surrender request.
Expect Hungary to rehash Mongolia's arguments re Putin—if it decides to
..condemnation verdict against Jammeh-era perpetrators, after #Germany and #Switzerland. Universal jurisdiction works. Justice is possible.
Huge respect to survivors, partners, and @cja-news.bsky.social for making this happen.
#UniversalJurisdiction
History made in Denver: a U.S. jury finds Michael Sang Correa guilty of #torture committed in The #Gambia. First-ever verdict of its kind under the U.S. extraterritorial Torture Act.
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🚨 This year’s edition of the #UJAR will be published tomorrow! Since 2014, the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review highlights the role of #UniversalJurisdiction in the fight against impunity. #UJAR 2025 compiles developments in 95 extraterritorial and universal jurisdiction cases from 16 countries. In 2024, 36 new cases were opened or made public. This report is made possible thanks to the collaboration with @Civitas Maxima, @Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), @European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights e.V. (ECCHR), @FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights and @REDRESS. This year’s edition has been researched and written by @UpRights. Watch our website on 8 April 👇 https://trialinternational.org/resources/universal-jurisdiction-tools/universal-jurisdiction-annual-review-ujar/
🚨 This year’s edition of the UJAR (Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review) will be published tomorrow! It compiles developments in 95 extraterritorial and universal jurisdiction cases from 16 countries.
Watch our website on 8 April 👇 trialinternational.org/resources/un...
U.S. trial of Michael Correa, alleged #Gambian ex-“Jungler”, opens today in Denver. He is the 1st non-citizen prosecuted under 🇺🇸 law for #torture abroad. Correa faces 6 counts tied to abuses at the NIA following a 2006 coup attempt. He risks 140 years in prison.
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Silence in the face of such intimidation amounts to complicity. If even Geneva is no longer a protected space for truth-seeking and accountability, the foundations of the international order are at risk. Switzerland must protest—unequivocally.
These threats strike at the core of multilateral independence. #Switzerland, as host state of the UN in #Geneva, has a legal obligation—under the Headquarters Agreement—to ensure the UN can operate freely and without external pressure on its territory.
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In a blatant act of political coercion, US lawmakers are now threatening the UN Human Rights Council with sanctions—simply for considering an international investigative mechanism on #Israel. Such mechanisms have been used before, including for #Syria and #Myanmar. This is not diplomacy.
This isn’t about legal nuance.
It’s about making sure justice and the rule of law remain grounded. So that powerful actors can continue to destroy human rights and universal principles with impunity.
Shameful and dangerous. We will #resist. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Some departures to The Hague are delayed.
Some are rerouted.
Some never leave the gate.
Some do arrive.
#Hungary has now cancelled the flight — announcing withdrawal from the #ICC as Netanyahu, under arrest warrant, lands in Budapest.
#Suisse: Le déni de justice n'a pas été reconnu par le TPF dans l'affaire Khaled Nezzar, en dépit d'une procédure de plus de 12 ans. Notre communiqué 👇 trialinternational.org/fr/latest-po...
#France’s highest court will rule on July 4 on the validity of an arrest warrant issued for #BasharAlAssad over #warcrimes and #crimesagainsthumanity. The court must determine whether the immunity of a (former) head of state applies in cases involving int'l crimes
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...It is the first time ever a Russian has been found guilty of atrocity crimes committed in Ukraine in 2014 based on universal jurisdiction.
...linked to the Rusich paramilitary group, was arrested in Finland in 2022 while in transit at Helsinki Airport. Finland prosecuted him under #universaljurisdiction, allowing national courts to try individuals for serious international crimes regardless of where they were committed.
It is...
... charge, which alleged his involvement in an ambush that killed 22 Ukrainian soldiers, citing insufficient evidence. However, he was convicted of four separate offenses, including the mutilation of a wounded soldier and degrading treatment of deceased combatants.
Torden, an ultranationalist...
🚨 Very interesting justice news from #Finland ⚖️
A Finnish court has sentenced #Russian national Voislav Torden to life imprisonment for #warcrimes committed in #Ukraine’s Luhansk region in 2014. The court dismissed the main...
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List my not be exhaustive. Please add more if I missed anything.
🔹Erich Honecker – East Germany. Put on trial in 1992 for ordering the killings of people attempting to flee East Germany. The trial was discontinued in 1993 due to his deteriorating health.
🔹Augusto Pinochet – Chile. Arrested in 1998 in the UK on torture charges but was released on medical grounds in 2000 without facing trial (Spain had requested his extradition). Died in 2006.
🔹Slobodan Milošević – Serbia and Yugoslavia. Died in 2006 before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) could reach a verdict on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
