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Defamation trial: Bern court dismisses Kolmar Group AG’s claims

21.02.2024
Globe Switzerland
The Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland has acquitted the authors of a report published by Public Eye and TRIAL Internatio...
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[ VIDEO] War crime of pillage: no more impunity for economic actors

11.08.2022 - (Last modified: 30.11.2022)
Globe The Gambia
Swiss authorities are willing to prosecute Swiss economic actors for war crime of pillage, according to an op-ed by Attorney General Stefan Blättler in the newspaper Le Temps, published on July 13th, 2022. Our director Philip Grant explains why this announcement is groundbreaking  
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Thank you for your support in 2020!

21.12.2020 - (Last modified: 09.06.2021)
Globe Global
A message from Philip Grant, Executive Director   Dear friends, The year 2020 has been unsettling in numerou...
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Can the exploitation of the Congolese subsoil amount to a war crime?

19.11.2020
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Did Swiss businessman Christoph Huber commit pillage – a war crime under international law – by purchasing minerals from...
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Bulldozers and war crimes: How do we control what exported goods are used for?

26.10.2020
Globe Switzerland
In March 2011, TRIAL International assisted six Palestinian families with their criminal complaint against the Swiss sub...
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Towards ending corporate impunity?

16.10.2020 - (Last modified: 26.11.2020)
Globe Switzerland
On November 29th, Swiss citizens will be called to the polls. They will notably be asked to vote on the Responsible Busi...
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A company washing its hands of dirty gold - the fool’s game must end

16.10.2020
Globe Switzerland
In November 2013, for the first time in its history, TRIAL International initiated proceedings against a company before...
Opinions

Pillage, an international crime with disastrous consequences

01.10.2020 - (Last modified: 13.11.2020)
Globe Libya
A message from Elisa Quiroz, Legal Advisor, International Litigation and Investigation   Dear friends, When...
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Smuggling of Libyan gasoil : criminal complaint filed against Swiss trader

23.05.2020 - (Last modified: 25.09.2023)
Globe Libya
On 21 May 2020, TRIAL International filed a criminal complaint (“dénonciation pénale”) for complicity in pillage against...
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Smuggling Libyan gasoil: a Swiss trader navigates through troubled waters

02.03.2020 - (Last modified: 25.09.2023)
Globe Libya
Torn apart and bled dry since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, Libya is a paradise for smugglers. TRIAL International and Pu...
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Profits should not trump human rights

16.12.2019 - (Last modified: 20.02.2020)
Globe Global
A message from Benedict de Moerloose, Head of International Investigations and Litigation Program Switzerland often hig...
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The responsible business initiative soon to be discussed in Swiss Parliament

13.09.2019
Globe Switzerland
Inhumane working conditions, child labor and pollution from mines: the IniMulti initiative submitted in 2016 aims to put...
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