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22/04/2026

🇬🇲 🇨🇭 Week 3 of the appeal in the Ousman Sonko case before the Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland concluded the proceedings. It consisted of the pleadings of all parties, with the defendant addressing the court on the last day.

The oral judgement will be read out at a later date.

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Our recap of the third and last week of the appeal trial of Ousman Sonko, which took place from 14 to 16 April 2026 in Switzerland.

21/04/2026

🚨 Publication: UJAR 2026

TRIAL International, in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights e.V. (ECCHR), the FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights and REDRESS, published the latest edition of the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review (UJAR).

⚖️ The 2026 compiles developments in 91 extraterritorial and universal jurisdiction cases prosecuted in 20 countries. The figures, increasing year by year, show the growing importance of universal jurisdiction in the fight against impunity worldwide.

The UJAR 2026 was researched and written by UpRights. It is produced as part of the “Global Initiative against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work” (GIAI). It has been produced with the financial support of the Ville de Genève, the European Union, Oak Foundation and the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.

More information and to read and download UJAR 2026 👉 https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/universal-jurisdiction-annual-review-new-developments-in-2025/

🎨 The artwork featured on the cover is part of a series of court sketches created by Augustin Guichot for TRIAL International during the trial of former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala, which took place in Paris from 12 November to 19 December 2025.

17/04/2026

🚨 Procès en appel d’Ousman Sonko : retour sur 2 semaines d’audience

Pendant deux semaines à Bellinzone, en Suisse, la Cour d’appel du Tribunal pénal fédéral a examiné le recours d’Ousman Sonko, ancien ministre de l’Intérieur gambien condamné en 2024 pour crimes contre l’humanité.

👉 Semaine 1 : les enjeux juridiques au cœur des débats : https://trialinternational.org/fr/latest-post/proces-en-appel-dousman-sonko-premiere-semaine/

👉 Semaine 2 : la parole de l’accusé : https://trialinternational.org/fr/latest-post/proces-en-appel-dousman-sonko-semaine-2/

💬 Pour les plaignant·e·s, ce procès représente une nouvelle opportunité de faire entendre leur voix. Au-delà des débats juridiques et de l’audition de l’accusé, ce sont leurs témoignages qui ont profondément marqué les audiences.

15/04/2026

🚨 🇨🇭 La procédure d'appel s'est ouverte le 30 mars dernier, et continue encore aujourd'hui en Suisse, dans l'affaire contre l'ancien ministre de l'Intérieur gambien Ousman Sonko.

Le jugement rendu en 2024 est contesté par toutes les parties.

Alors que la défense conteste la condamnation dans son intégralité, tant le ministère public que les plaignant·e·s font appel de certains aspects spécifiques du jugement.

🇬🇲 Cinq plaignant·e·s ont fait le déplacement depuis la Gambie pour assister aux audiences.

Retrouver l'article sur notre site web :

Appeal trial of former Gambian interior minister Ousman Sonko for crimes against humanity will open in Switzerland on 30 March 2026.

19/03/2026

17/03/2026

🎬 TRIAL International - Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Detektor.ba), presents a video that is the result of years of advocacy work by the organization on the development of the institute of compensation claims, especially in the context of compensation for war crimes victims for the trauma they suffered.

⤵️ See what the biggest obstacles to these reparative measures are and how they can be overcome.

We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the video.

This video was supported by the British Embassy Sarajevo.

02/02/2026

⚫ Remembering 44 years of the Hama massacre

On 2 February 1982, Syrian armed forces, including the Defense Brigades of , attacked the city of Hama to crush opponents of the regime. For a month, they massacred tens of thousands of people.

Following a denunciation by TRIAL International in 2013, an investigation for and was opened in Switzerland against Rifaat al-Assad.

His recent death put an end to the proceedings. Our thoughts are with the survivors, who will never see justice for their suffering. ⚖️

For more information about the Rifaat al-Assad case 👉 https://trialinternational.org/case/rifaat-al-assad/

23/01/2026

In September last year, TRIAL International – Office in BiH organized a conference together with the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina ( ) and the , and with the support of The German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation ( ) entitled “Criminalizing : , and ”, bringing together representatives of the domestic and international judiciary, legal experts, representatives of academia and the international community.

Watch a short video with the speaches that gather the most important inputs of the conference in the context of prosecuting genocide denial and glorification of war crimes.

The video material was supported by the British Embassy Sarajevo, as well as the conference, along with the Austrian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

22/01/2026

🚨 Rifaat al-Assad, ancien vice-président syrien, est décédé sans jamais avoir été jugé pour les atrocités commises à Hama en 1982, pour lesquelles il avait été inculpé en Suisse.

Pour les victimes et les survivants syriens, sa mort marque la perte d'une occasion tant attendue d'obtenir la vérité judiciaire et la reconnaissance des responsabilités. Elle souligne également les conséquences des retards prolongés dans la poursuite des crimes internationaux.

🔗 Lisez notre déclaration :

Rifaat al-Assad, ancien vice-président syrien inculpé en Suisse pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l’humanité, serait décédé le 20 janvier 2026.