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Philip Grant
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Executive Director, TRIAL International.
#UniversalJurisdiction
#CompétenceUniverselle
Soft spot: believes in the rule of law
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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/...
June 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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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.
May 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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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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Une ONG dépose deux dénonciations en Suisse contre l'obscure "Fondation humanitaire de Gaza"
Le DFAE doit mener l'enquête sur la Fondation humanitaire de Gaza (GHF), estime Trial International. L'ONG a déposé deux dénonciations auprès des autorités pour faire la lumière sur cet organisme opaq...
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May 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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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).
trialinternational.bsky.social TRIAL International @trialinternational.bsky.social · May 23
🚨 #Gaza: Two legal submissions by TRIAL International request Swiss authorities to monitor the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. 👇

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May 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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🎙️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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April 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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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."

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration proposes State Department cuts in overhaul
The cuts involve some 130 of the more than 700 agency offices within the State Department.
www.bbc.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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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
April 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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#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 ...
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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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April 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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🚨 #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

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April 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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🚨 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/
April 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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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...
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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.
April 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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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.
April 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Millions will die.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration to cut vaccine aid to developing countries
Administration plans to end funding to Gavi, a global health organization that helps provide life-saving care for children
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March 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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#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...
Dossier Khaled Nezzar : les plaignants déboutés de leur demande en constatation du déni de justice - TRIAL International
Le 10.03.2025, le TPF a rejeté la demande de 2 plaignants dans l'affaire Nezzar, ex-ministre de la Défense algérien, d'une constatation de déni de justice.
trialinternational.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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#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
www.justiceinfo.net/fr/143197-ma...
Mandat d'arrêt visant Bachar al-Assad: la plus haute juridiction française examine sa validité le 4 juillet
La plus haute juridiction de l'ordre judiciaire français examinera le 4 juillet la validité du mandat d'arrêt visant Bachar al-Assad pour complicité de crimes contre l'humanité, émis quand il était en...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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🚨 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...
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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March 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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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.
philipgrant40.bsky.social Philip Grant @philipgrant40.bsky.social · Mar 12
⚖️ 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...
March 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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⚖️ 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...
March 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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#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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March 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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🚨 🚨 🚨 Huuuuuuuuuuge news.

Rodrigo Duterte, #Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on #ICC Warrant
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...
Philippines’ Ex-President Duterte Arrested Under I.C.C Warrant (Gift Article)
The International Criminal Court has been investigating the deadly antidrug crackdown that Mr. Duterte, who was detained in Manila on Tuesday, oversaw while in power.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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#Sudan has filed a case against the #UAE at the Int'l Court of Justice #ICJ, accusing it of violating the #Genocide Convention by supporting the RSF, which allegedly committed genocide in West Darfur in 2023. A hearing on emergency measures is expected soon.
🔗 www.justiceinfo.net/en/142364-su...
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March 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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A former top Iranian intelligence official has been accused of human rights abuses in a Florida federal lawsuit filed by three men, alleging his involvement in their detention and #torture in #Iran during the 1970s. ​
www.law360.com/articles/230...
Ex-Iranian Intel Official Accused Of Torture In Fla. Suit - Law360
A former top Iranian intelligence official was accused of human rights abuses in a Florida federal lawsuit brought by three California men, alleging he played a major role in maintaining the deposed s...
www.law360.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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#Ukraine #WarCrimes #Accountability
👋 Good morning, it's the week of March 3rd, 2025, and on Friday a verdict is expected in a historical #warcrimes cases in #Finland.
#Russian national Voislav Torden, aka Yan Petrovsky, has been facing accusations...
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Russian Voislav Torden to stay in custody in Finland until sentencing on March 7
Torden's lawyer, Heikki Lampela, stated that the accused denies all charges of war crimes
tass.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM