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TRIAL files torture reparations case before European Court of Human Rights
29.11.2007 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)
On 22 Mai 2007 the Swiss Federal Supreme Court refused to acknowledge the right of an accepted refugee, who lives in Switzerland, to demand reparation from his torturer for the ill-treatment he had suffered in Tunisia. For TRIAL (Track Impunity Always), who had supported the legal action of the victim since its beginning, this decision of the Federal Supreme Court con...
TRIAL welcomes Duvalier funds block
22.08.2007 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)TRIAL supports blockage and restitution of illegally obtained funds
22.07.2007 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)Swiss federal tribunal turns down torture victim's claim to justice
22.05.2007 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)Switzerland and the "close link" : latest developments
02.03.2007 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)A police force for war crimes: in Switzerland too?
23.02.2007 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)Switzerland should sign the Convention on Enforced Disappearances promptly
23.01.2007 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)
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he Swiss Coalition for the International Criminal Court, whose secretariat TRIAL runs, is asking the Swiss Federal Council to sign the new UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances during the official signature ceremony in Paris, on February 6, 2007.
For more information, see the French and German versions of the website.
he Swiss Coalition for the Internatio...
TRIAL on Swiss TV over Saddam Hussein's execution (french)
30.12.2006 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)
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TRIAL commente l'exécution de Saddam Hussein à la Télévision suisse romande
Interview de Me Philip Grant, Président de TRIAL, Journal de 12:45 de la Télévision suisse romande, 30 décembre 2006 (2 minutes / realplayer)
http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=500002&bcid=471319&format=450&vid=7391401&netscapeCompatible=true
Convention on enforced disappearances: Switzerland should ratify as soon as possible!
20.12.2006 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)
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Geneva, December 20, 2006 - Today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus the International convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearances.
TRIAL (Track Impunity Always – Swiss association against impunity) salute s the adoption of this new and very important Human Rights instrument. The organisation calls on the Swiss F...
UN: United States called upon to put an end to impunity
28.07.2006 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)International Justice Day : Balloon release
17.07.2006 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)
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17 July 2006 : International Justice Day
Balloon Release – Palais Wilson
Weak or Powerful, Justice Should Be
The Same For All!
See Press Release here – See photos of the demonstration here
Further information
To see the film of this event
The 17 July 2006 is International Justice Day. On this same day, the United States presented its periodic report before the...
The UN-Committee for the Rights of the Child and the "close link"
27.01.2006 - (Last modified: 18.07.2017)
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The UN-Committee for the Rights of the Child and the "close link"
In October 2005, TRIAL sent a written submission to the UN-Committee for the Rights of the Child, the treaty monitoring body for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In its submission, TRIAL argues that Switzerland does not comply with its obligations under the Optional Protocol on the in...