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TRIAL International @trialinternational.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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/...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

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.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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).

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🎙️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 👇 www.patreon.com/c/asymmetric...

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

"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." www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Trump administration proposes State Department cuts in overhaul

The cuts involve some 130 of the more than 700 agency offices within the State Department.

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Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

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

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

..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.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

#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. This is @trialinternational.bsky.social’s 3rd ... trialinternational.org/latest-post/...

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U.S. Jury finds Gambian death squad member guilty of torture - TRIAL International

Today, a jury found Michael Correa guilty of torture. This is the first time a US jury has held a non-U.S. citizen responsible for torture committed outside of the US.

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TRIAL International @trialinternational.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🚨 #UJAR 2025 is available! The Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review is published with @civitasmaxima.bsky.social, @cja-news.bsky.social, @ecchr.bsky.social, @fidh-official.bsky.social and @redress.org Researched & written by @uprights.bsky.social Download 👇 trialinternational.org/resources/un...

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TRIAL International @trialinternational.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

🚨 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...

🚨 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/

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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. www.justiceinfo.net/en/144033-fo...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

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.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

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. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/internat...

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US threatens UN Human Rights Council over Israel

US parliamentarians have threatened the UN Human Rights Council with sanctions similar to those against the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

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.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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...

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Hungary to withdraw from International Criminal Court

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

...It is the first time ever a Russian has been found guilty of atrocity crimes committed in Ukraine in 2014 based on universal jurisdiction.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

...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...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

... 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...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🚨 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... www.justiceinfo.net/en/142773-fi... www.justiceinfo.net/en/142773-fi...

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Finland jails Russian for life over Ukraine 'war crimes'

A Finnish court on Friday sentenced a Russian neo-Nazi to life in prison for war crimes in Ukraine in 2014, including disfiguring a wounded Ukrainian soldier. The Helsinki district court found Vojisla...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

List my not be exhaustive. Please add more if I missed anything.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹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.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹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.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹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.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹Uhuru Kenyatta – Kenya: Charges withdrawn by the ICC in 2014 due to insufficient evidence. Charges were crimes against humanity related to the 2007–2008 post-election violence.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹 Omar al-Bashir – Sudan. Also under ICC arrest warrant for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Darfur. Currently fugitive. 🔹Laurent Gbagbo – Ivory Coast. Acquitted by the ICC in 2019 of all charges of crimes against humanity related to post-election violence in 2010–2011.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹 Vladimir Putin – Russia. An ICC arrest warrant was issued on March 17, 2023, for war crimes, specifically the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Currently fugitive.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹Bashar al-Assad (Syria): Arrest warrant issued by French court for complicity in crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes related to his role in the Ghouta chemical attacks. Currently fugitive.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹 Benjamin Netanyahu – Israel. An ICC arrest warrant was issued on November 21, 2024, for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and crimes against humanity such as murder and persecution, related to the Gaza conflict. Currently fugitive.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹Min Aung Hlaing – Myanmar. In November 2024, the ICC prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity related to the persecution of the Rohingya. Additionally, on February 14, 2025, an Argentine court issued an arrest warrant under #universaljurisdiction.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🔹 Hibatullah Akhundzada – Afghanistan. In January 2025, the ICC prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for Akhundzada for crimes against humanity, specifically the persecution of women and girls. His status as head of state is debated, as the Taliban government is not internationally recognized.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

And then of course there are those heads of state or government that either have not (yet?) been brought to trial, died along the way or were acquitted. 🔹 Rodrigo Duterte – Philippines. Just arrived at the #ICC. Charges: Crimes against humanity related to his "war on drugs" campaign.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

... Executed after being convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity by a national military tribunal. 🔹 General Hideki Tojo (Japan) – Death by hanging by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🔹 Jorge Rafael Videla (Argentina) – Life imprisonment by an Argentinian national court for crimes against humanity during the Dirty War. 🔹 Nicolae Ceaușescu (Romania) – Executed by a national military court for genocide and other crimes. 🔹 Francisco Macías Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🔹 Juan María Bordaberry (Uruguay) – 30 years by a Uruguayan national court for violating the constitution and murders of political opponents. 🔹 Jean Kambanda (Rwanda) – Life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for genocide and crimes against humanity.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

an Argentinian national court for crimes against humanity. 🔹 Gregorio Álvarez (Uruguay) – 25 years by a Uruguayan national court for involvement in homicides of political opponents. 🔹 Saddam Hussein (Iraq) – Death by hanging by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for crimes against humanity.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🔹 Hissène Habré (Chad) – Life imprisonment by the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and torture. 🔹 Alberto Fujimori (Peru) – 25 years by a Peruvian national court for human rights abuses. 🔹 Reynaldo Bignone (Argentina) – Life imprisonment by...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🔹 Charles Taylor (Liberia) – 50 years by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. 🔹 Efraín Ríos Montt (Guatemala) – 80 years by a Guatemalan national court for genocide and crimes against humanity. Conviction overturned on appeal.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

...Republika Srpska, BiH) – Life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. 🔹 Nuon Chea (Cambodia) – Life imprisonment by the ECCC for genocide and crimes against humanity. prison.

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

...the December murders of 1982. His conviction was upheld on appeal in December 2023. 🔹 Khieu Samphan (Cambodia) – Life imprisonment by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) for crimes against humanity and genocide. 🔹 Radovan Karadžić (President of the self-proclaimed...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

...what will happen at the ICC—former leaders have had to face some sort of justice or the other. Here are some of the most significant convictions of heads of state and government for atrocity crimes: 🔹 Desi Bouterse (Suriname) – 20 years by a Surinamese national court for his involvement in...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

⚖️ A good moment to remind that other heads of state or governments have been convicted for atrocity crimes. As Rodrigo #Duterte is about to arrive later today at the #ICC, history shows that impunity is not absolute. While not all trials in the past respected the rights of the accused—unlike...

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Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

#ICC's biggest catch ever on his way to a prison cell in The Hague! ⚖️ 🇵🇭 ↗️ ✈️ ↘️ 🇳🇱 www.justiceinfo.net/en/142627-ex...

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