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Switzerland: Dias: Sri Lankan Major General Investigated for War Crimes

By Editor | Published: September 22, 2011

2011-09-22, Berne, Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Prosecutor initiated a criminal investigation against Jagath Dias, Major General and the commander of the 57th Division of the Sri Lankan Army during the May 2009 Operation against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The investigation has been initiated as a result of a criminal complaint filed with [...]

Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged 57th Division, ambassador, criminal complaint, criminal investigation, diplomatic immunity, diplomatic visa, dossier, ECCHR, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Federal Foreign Office, federal prosecutor, Germany, hospitals, humanitarian institutions, Jagath Dias, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Major General, no-fire-zones, Office of the Attorney General, religious sites, Society for Threatened Peoples Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Army, the Vatican, TRIAL, UN-Expert Panel Report, war crimes | Comments closed

ECHR: Swiss NGO Files 3 Applications Re Enforced Disappearances and Killings in Prijedor in 1992

By Editor | Published: May 8, 2010

2010-04-30, Strasbourg, France. TRIAL (Track Impunity Always), a Swiss NGO, filed three applications against BiH with the European Court of Human Rights: Fikret Bacic v. BiH, Zijad Bacic v. BiH and Horozovic v. BiH. The applications arise from the killings of Bacic and Horozovic families, and the enforced disappearance of Refik Bacic, perpetrated by Serb [...]

Posted in ECHR | Also tagged ACT, Advocacy Center – TRIAL, application, Article 13, Article 3, Article 5, Articles 1, Articles 2, BiH Fikret Bacic, criminal proceedings, enforced disappearance, European Convention on Human Rights, France, Hidajet murder, Investigation, NGO, obligation to respect human rights, Prijedor, prohibition of torture, Refik Bacic, right to an effective remedy, right to life, right to personal liberty, Sarajevo, Strasbourg, Track Impunity Always, TRIAL, Zecovi, Zijad Bacic | Comments closed

ICTR: Ngirabatware: TC Orders Switzerland, Senegal, Belgium and the World Bank to Disclose Documents

By Editor | Published: May 3, 2010

2010-04-27/28, Arusha, Tanzania. The Trial Chamber granted four defence motions and ordered Switzerland, Senegal, Belgium and the World Bank to disclose certain information about the development assistance granted to Rwanda between 1990 and 1994. The states refused to provide the information to the Defence voluntarily, and the World Bank provided partial assistance. The information in [...]

Posted in ICTR | Also tagged Anne-Gaelle Denier, Article 28 (2), Augustin Ngirabatware, Belgium, Contribution Agreements, Deogratias Sebureze, development assistance, development projects, disclosure, diversion of funds, Faria Rekkas, ICTR-99-54-T, information, Interahamwe, Iskandar Ismail, Ministry of Planning, motion, Mparany Rajohnson, Mylene Dimitri, Patrick Gabaake, Peter Herbert, production of evidence, rebuttal evidence, Rwanda, Senegal, service of documents, Solomy Balungi Bossa, State cooperation, Statute, Structural Adjustment Program, UNDP, Wallace Kapaya, William Egbe, William H. Sekule, World Bank | Comments closed

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