#Ukraine : #Russian soldier sentenced to 12 years in prison for #warcrimes in Kyiv region . He admitted to shooting at a civilian car, killing a man fleeing Kyiv, and looting a home, taking a game console to send to his children in Russia.
justiceinfo.net/en/131276-war-…

#Chad 🇹🇩 makes historic move by offering €15M in compensation to over 10,000 victims of Hissène Habré's dictatorship. A step towards justice, albeit amidst concerns over the distribution method.
#Reparations
justiceinfo.net/en/131156-chad…

BIRN Marija Ristić Milica Stojanović This arc of justice took 25 yrs – where does it bend?
 
At war crimes court in Belgrade today for verdict of #Kosovo 1999 case: 100+ ethnic Albanians killed in villages of Cuska, Zahac, Pavljan and Ljubenic.  See🧵for background & updates.

A Serbian court sentenced seven former Yugoslav Army soldiers to a total of 56 years in prison for committing war crimes during attacks on Kosovo villages in 1999 that left 118 ethnic Albanians dead.

Read more 👉 balkaninsight.com/2024/04/24/ser…

BREAKING: European Parliament approves #CSDDD 🎉

With final formal approval in EU Council ahead, this is another crucial step. Here’s why the directive is such an important milestone despite previous concessions... 🧵1/ business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news…

💥 #Argentina 🇦🇷 calls on #SriLanka 🇱🇰 and #Pakistan 🇵🇰for the arrest of (sitting!) #Iranian 🇮🇷 Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi for his alleged role in a 1994 terrorist attack against a Jewish center in 🇦🇷, which caused the death of 85 people.
justiceinfo.net/en/131226-arge…

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L' #Argentine demande au #SriLanka et au #Pakistan l'arrestation du ministre #iranien de l'intérieur (en exercice!) Ahmad Vahidi pour son rôle présumé dans un attentat en 🇦🇷 en 1994 qui a causé la mort de 85 personnes.
justiceinfo.net/fr/131227-larg…

🚨 #UniversalJurisdiction ⚖️ case in #Switzerland :
#Syrian NGOs demand that trial of Bashar al-Assad's uncle Rifaat start ASAP, citing old age and precedent of #Algerian ex-Defence Minister #KhaledNezzar dying last December before his trial could begin in 🇨🇭.
#Hama1982 #WarCrimes

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#Gambia Parliament voted to 1️⃣ set up Special Accountability Mechanism and 2⃣ create Special Prosecutor's Office.
President Barrow to sign bills soon.
Now the hard part: bring ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh & his accomplices to justice⚖️!
#Jammeh2Justice
bnnbloomberg.ca/gambia-s-new-l…

#Romania and #Holocaust denial.
Fascinating case B4 the ECHR CEDH, which found Romania breached Art. 8 & 14 ECHR in a case where
2 Holocaust survivors learned by accident about the acquittal of two army officers initially sentenced in the 1950s.
More 👉linkedin.com/posts/%E2%9A%9…

Rifaat al-Assad, ex-Vice-Pres of #Syria , was indicted for #WarCrimes & #CrimesAgainstHumanity . Today 24 Syrian CSOs signed a joint statement for: holding a trial without delay, implementing the arrest warrant, the necessity of a #translation - echoing TRIAL International's letter to the FCC.

More key-figures from #UJAR 2024, published on Monday 👇
You can find out more in the 10th edition of #UJAR , put together in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, CJA, ECCHR, FIDH and REDRESS.
👉 #UJAR 2024 is available on our website: trialinternational.org/latest-post/un…