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Press Archive
Press (214)
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11.10.2024
We continue legal action against arms exports to Israel
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19.09.2024
Criticism of RSPO-certified palm oil from NaturAceites
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23.09.2024
New criminal complaint filed against Syrian regime officials by relatives of victims
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06.09.2024
Appell an die Bundesregierung von 27 Organisationen
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23.07.2024
Challenging organised opacity
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30.06.2024
Missed opportunity: No improvements in sight for labor and union rights at KiK supplier in Pakistan
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18.06.2024
Paris Appeal Court admits civil lawsuit against EDF's windpark in Mexico
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17.06.2024
Europe’s anti-smuggling laws on trial
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27.05.2024
Volkswagen: Address Uyghur Forced Labor
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24.05.2024
Climate litigation against Holcim: Substantive assessment delayed
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21.05.2024
A strengthening of international law
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25.04.2024
OECD complaint filed against Bayer AG for systematic human rights violations and environmental damages
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23.04.2024
128 Civil Society Organisations Call on MEPs to Uphold Fundamental Rights and Reject the Harmful Schengen Borders Code Recast
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19.04.2024
Acquittal for sea rescuers of the Iuventa
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12.04.2024
ECCHR and Palestinian human rights organizations Sue to Stop German Weapons Exports to Israel
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26.03.2024
Europe’s involvement in war crimes in Yemen
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08.03.2024
Roșia Montană World Heritage Site finally freed from the clutches of Canadian investors
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05.03.2024
EDF’s windpark in Mexico
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04.03.2024
First threatened, then hanged
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28.02.2024
After 8 years, prosecution calls for charges to be dropped in IUVENTA proceedings
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26.02.2024
#NotATarget
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05.02.2024
Pakistani trade unionists take stock: The Supply Chain Act protects workers and trade unions on the ground!
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31.01.2024
Spain in front of UN Committee Against Torture
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25.01.2024
Despite sustainability label, foodwatch and ECCHR accuse the retail chain Edeka of deceiving consumers with Gut & Günstig products
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18.01.2024
International Crimes in Afrin in northern Syria: Federal Public Prosecutor's Office must investigate
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16.01.2024
Lafarge in Syria
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20.12.2023
Suspicion of war crimes due to Israeli airstrikes
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28.11.2023
Verdict in Gambia Atrocity Case
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16.11.2023
Argentine military dictatorship: accused ex-military officer Luis Kyburg has died
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08.11.2023
There is No Alternative to Peace Based on Justice
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08.11.2023
Climate litigation against Holcim: The four plaintiffs are granted legal aid
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11.09.2023
After DNA-matching: Relatives at Kilimanjaro demand early return of their identified ancestors and apology from Germany
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20.07.2023
Italian-made bombs in deadly airstrike in Yemen
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26.06.2023
ULAG and ECCHR file criminal complaint against Russian military in Germany
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24.06.2023
Melilla massacre: a year without justice, a year of impunity
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21.06.2023
Criminal complaint against judicial authorities in Iran: German Federal Public Prosecutor must investigate crimes against humanity
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21.06.2023
German economic engine roars thanks to forced labor: Complaint filed against VW, BMW and Mercedes Benz
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22.05.2023
After criminal complaint by civil society organizations: Prosecutor’s office indicts FinFisher executives
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17.05.2023
Appell an die Bundesregierung zu ihrer Position zur Reform des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystems: Keine Kompromisse auf Kosten des Flüchtlingsschutzes
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24.04.2023
First complaint case filed under German Supply Chain Act
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18.04.2023
Refugees file lawsuit to Croatia's Constitutional Court
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17.04.2023
NEW EDITION OF THE UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION ANNUAL REVIEW
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23.03.2023
Europe's involvement in war crimes in Yemen
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21.03.2023
CEDAW Committee recognizes discrimination against survivors of wartime sexual slavery by the Philippine state and recommends reparations
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15.03.2023
Italy fails victims of war crimes in Yemen despite proof of violation of Arms Trade Treaty
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22.02.2023
New report shows importance of heightened human rights due diligence in conflict settings
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21.02.2023
War crimes in Ukraine
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27.01.2023
Militärdiktatur Argentinien
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01.02.2023
Fight for global climate justice
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08.12.2022
Six years of human rights violations: Croatia to receive the Schengen award
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30.11.2022
Interceptions at sea and returns of migrants and refugees to Libya constitute a crime against humanity
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15.11.2022
Crucial hearing in Rome on 20 December 2022
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24.11.2022
Supply Chain Act – Finally German brands have to take care for workers` lives
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03.10.2022
World climate summit COP27 in Egypt
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06.09.2022
100 organisations demand: EU law must put climate and human rights before profits
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28.07.2022
Sigonella military base: Important step towards transparency
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28.07.2022
Yavatmal pesticides poisonings
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12.07.2022
Groundbreaking climate case against Swiss cement company Holcim
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06.07.2022
Rohingya child challenges Croatia and Slovenia over violent pushbacks
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17.06.2022
Yavatmal pesticide poisonings: Syngenta gets away without providing remedy to Indian farmers
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02.06.2022
Aiding and abetting war crimes in Yemen
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30.05.2022
Statement on the German Federal Prosecutor’s decision not to open investigations in the Kilani case
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23.05.2022
EU: Bolster Justice Efforts Worldwide
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21.05.2022
Opening of pre-trial hearings against Iuventa crew
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18.05.2022
Charges Confirmed against Lafarge for Complicity in Crimes against Humanity in Syria
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12.05.2022
New report reveals: Arms exports by Spanish company Airbus to Saudi Arabia and UAE may have contributed to war crimes in Yemen
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05.05.2022
Adidas, Hugo Boss, Puma and Co.: Sourcing cotton produced with forced labor?
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05.04.2022
ECtHR dangerously condones mass pushback of refugees into Greece
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04.04.2022
Italy’s responsibility in deadly US drone strike in Libya
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28.03.2022
Criminal complaint against illegal export of surveillance software is making an impact
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25.03.2022
War crimes in Yemen: Is Europe’s arms industry complicit?
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16.03.2022
Statement on the war in the Ukraine: On the need to permanently strengthen international law
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15.03.2022
Yemen war crimes: Human rights groups challenge Italy’s decision to dismiss criminal investigation of arms company executives and export authorities
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28.02.2022
Statement on the war in the Ukraine: Strengthen international law, enforce human rights
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23.02.2022
EU due diligence policy proposal lacks ambition
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01.02.2022
Bringing Greek pushbacks to justice
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13.01.2022
Syria trial in Koblenz: Life sentence for Anwar R for crimes against humanity
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02.12.2021
Human rights violations off the rack: Dutch and US brands allegedly rely on forced labor
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01.12.2021
EDF in Mexico: Paris court misses opportunity to prevent human rights violations
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30.11.2021
Organic and “more sustainable”?
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26.11.2021
Call on the EU: Restore rights and values at Europe’s borders!
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23.11.2021
Migrants and refugees in Libya face crimes against humanity: ICC must investigate, EU must stop support
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08.11.2021
Open letter to the participants in the coalition negotiations
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01.11.2021
Belarus: Violent repression of government critics by regime
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29.10.2021
Appeal to the future German government
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23.09.2021
French arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
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07.09.2021
Historic victory before French Supreme Court on the indictment of multinational Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria
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05.09.2021
Forced labor of Uyghurs: German textile brands and retailers allegedly complicit in crimes against humanity
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30.08.2021
Statement on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearences
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28.07.2021
Germany’s Federal Public Prosecutor files charges against Syrian doctor Alaa M
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22.07.2021
Syria trial in Koblenz: Enforced disappearance must be included in al-Khatib trial
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20.07.2021
European Court of Human Rights: Bulgaria's pushback practice violates human rights
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15.07.2021
Lafarge/Syria: French Supreme Court decision postponed to 7 September
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01.07.2021
War crimes by UK forces in Iraq: ICC Prosecutor should review decision on closed investigation
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01.07.2021
Historic Syria trial in Koblenz: Academics & NGOs call for audio recordings
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22.06.2021
Ongoing bombings in Yemen: Mapping European arms exports
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21.06.2021
FIAN und ECCHR reichen Klage gegen KfW Förderbank ein
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11.06.2021
German parliament passes human rights due diligence law:
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08.06.2021
Supreme Court hearing on Lafarge/Syria:
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04.06.2021
Exhibition Investigative Commons opens on June 9
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03.06.2021
The “reconciliation agreement” – A lost opportunity
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11.05.2021
Police violence against protesters in Colombia
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19.04.2021
Violent persecution of LGBTQ* by the Chechen regime
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21.04.2021
MetLife v. Argentina
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12.04.2021
Forced labor of Uyghurs: NGOs file complaint against multinationals in France
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30.03.2021
Explosive Verdict in Germany: German Arms Export Controls Have Deadly Gaps
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23.03.2021
Ramstein before the constitutional court
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17.03.2021
Al-Khatib trial in Koblenz
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11.03.2021
European Parliament human rights due diligence legislative report
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25.02.2021
Groundbreaking decision for victims of Italian weapon airstrikes in Yemen
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24.02.2021
Syria trial in Koblenz: German court convicts Eyad A of crimes against humanity
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16.02.2021
European Court of Human Rights judgment on Germany’s responsibility in the Kunduz airstrike
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12.02.2021
German human rights due diligence law on the way
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09.02.2021
Heckler & Koch Before the Highest German Criminal Court
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05.02.2021
Millionen für Pushbacks? Bundesregierung verschenkt Ausrüstung an kroatische Grenzpolizei
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29.01.2021
The Italian government revokes bomb export licenses to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
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29.01.2021
France must ensure implementation of Duty of Vigilance Law to protect human rights defenders
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27.01.2021
EP Committee vote on corporate due diligence
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26.01.2021
European responsibility for war crimes in Yemen
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15.12.2020
Pesticide poisonings in Yavatmal: OECD complaint against Syngenta admitted – Door to mediation open
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11.12.2020
Faulty Pakistan factory audit: Italian social auditor RINA yet again disregards families harmed by textile factory fire
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09.12.2020
Negative decision by the ICC Prosecutor is a severe blow to Iraqi torture victims and international justice
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26.11.2020
Disappointing decision of the Federal Administrative Court Leipzig
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19.11.2020
Syria trial in Koblenz: Sexual violence must be charged as a crime against humanity
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18.11.2020
The struggle for a COVID-19 vaccine: Social human rights have priority over intellectual property
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16.11.2020
First German citizen files criminal complaint against Syrian intelligence service
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02.11.2020
Seehofer Deal – NGOs intervene in case against Germany and Greece before the European Court of Human Rights
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27.10.2020
“Made in Italy, Bombed in Yemen”
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26.10.2020
Report: EU Must Eliminate Barriers to Justice for Victims of Serious International Crimes
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13.10.2020
Civil lawsuit: French energy company EDF must comply with human rights obligations
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01.10.2020
A lack of justice persists: NGOs submit benchmarks for the OTP’s Preliminary Examination of Colombia
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25.09.2020
VW Brazil: Compensating victims of the military dictatorship is the right step
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24.09.2020
Factory fire in Pakistan: Questionable judgement neglects systematic failure in fire protection
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18.09.2020
Yavatmal poisonings: Syngenta’s pesticide far more heavily involved
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11.09.2020
Families affected by Ali Enterprises factory fire still have not seen full justice
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19.08.2020
German Constitutional Court verdict in the Syria torture trial: Public is entitled to Arabic simultaneous interpretation
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11.08.2020
Racial profiling case in Hamburg
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17.07.2020
Germany must bring alleged Argentine dictatorship criminal Luis K to justice
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22.06.2020
On the occasion of the arrest of Alaa M
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19.06.2020
New investigation challenges European Court of Human Rights ruling on pushbacks
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18.06.2020
Germany must investigate sexual and gender-based violence in Syria for what it is: a crime against humanity
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11.06.2020
Press conference: Germany’s role in the investigation and prosecution of sexual and gender-based violence in Syria
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26.05.2020
Croatia to answer to European Court of Human Rights
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19.05.2020
Norwegian pension fund should divest from Rheinmetall
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18.05.2020
Syria torture trial before the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany
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15.05.2020
Syria torture trial in Germany
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04.05.2020
Anti-impunity initiative must bolster, not undermine, victims' rights
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23.04.2020
German court begins proceedings in Al-Khatib case
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24.03.2020
5 years of war in Yemen and Europe's responsibility
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10.03.2020
First trial worldwide about state torture in Syria to open in Germany
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26.02.2020
Kunduz airstrike: Germany must answer to the European Court of Human Rights
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24.02.2020
Joint civil society response
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13.02.2020
Strasbourg shamelessly gives green light to pushbacks at Europe's borders
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10.02.2020
Judgment of the ECtHR in "ND and N.T. v. Spain"
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23.01.2020
Germany must investigate certifier TÜV SÜD’s responsibility
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12.12.2019
Made in Europe, bombed in Yemen
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12.12.2019
Made in Europe, bombed in Yemen: How the ICC could tackle the responsibility of arms exporters and government officials
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20.11.2019
BBC Panorama / Sunday Times investigation
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12.11.2019
Assad’s senior intelligence officers accused of torture – Syrian torture survivors file criminal complaint in Norway
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07.11.2019
Sherpa and ECCHR to appeal decision in Lafarge/Syria case at French Supreme Court
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29.10.2019
Accountability for Torture in Syria – Norway’s Role in the Struggle against Impunity
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29.10.2019
With the first criminal trial worldwide on torture in Syria, German courts to set international prescedent
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24.10.2019
Sherpa and ECCHR to appeal decision at French Supreme Court
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21.10.2019
Attacks on ECCHR partner lawyer Gonzalo Boye
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17.10.2019
Complaint against TÜV SÜD
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08.10.2019
The case against UAMA and RWM Italia is not about negligence, it's about Italy's role in deadly Saudi/UAE-led-Coalition airstrike
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19.09.2019
Keine Waffen aus Deutschland für den Krieg im Jemen!
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10.09.2019
Seven years after the factory fire at KiK supplier in Pakistan: Germany urgently needs a due diligence law
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05.09.2019
UN Committee refuses to examine Belgium’s role in the torture of former Guantánamo detainee
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05.09.2019
On the suspicion that your business partner imports from Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara
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05.09.2019
German prosecutor opens criminal investiation into FinFisher for selling spyware to Turkey without license
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03.09.2019
10th Anniversary of the Kunduz Bombing
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20.06.2019
ECCHR mourns the death of Lúcio Bellentani, former Volkswagen employee and torture survivor
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22.05.2019
Factory fire lawsuit shows: Germany needs major law reform on corporate liability
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16.05.2019
Swedish War Crimes Unit interviews Syrian torture survivors
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07.05.2019
Colonia Dignidad: Vertrauen der Betroffenen in deutsche Justiz erschüttert
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02.04.2019
Open Letter: Genocide of the Herero and Nama
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25.04.2019
European Ombudsperson refuses to hold EASO to account
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19.03.2019
Groundbreaking judgement on Germany’s role in US drone program
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14.03.2019
Death via Ramstein: Appeal hearing at the Higher Administrative Court in Münster
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20.02.2019
Torture in Syria: Survivors file new complaint in Sweden against Assad’s Intelligence Chiefs
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19.02.2019
UN Committee Condemns Spain: Pushback Policy Violates Children’s Rights
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13.02.2019
Torture in Syria: Senior ex-official from Assad government arrested in Germany
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06.02.2019
Rosia Montana ISDS: World Bank tribunal partially admits Romanian villagers’ arguments over controversial goldmine
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21.01.2019
Launch of a new joint project on supporting access to justice for victims of international crimes in Europe
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24.01.2019
Joint NGO Letter to the Office of the Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
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10.01.2019
Regional Court in Dortmund dismisses Pakistanis’ complaint against KiK
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29.11.2018
Hearing in KiK case in front of Regional Court in Germany
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16.11.2018
Invitation to Press Conference: First hearing in KiK case / factory fire Pakistan
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12.11.2018
Torture in Syria: Investigations in Austria are a first step – now arrest warrants must follow
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05.11.2018
Justice for Roşia Montană – International organizations' legal intervention in Romanian ISDS case
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26.09.2018
Grand Chamber of the ECtHR hears case on Spain’s longstanding push-back practice at the border with Morocco
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19.09.2018
Invitation / 26 September 2018: ECtHR hearing on Spain's push-backs at the EU external borders
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11.09.2018
OECD complaint against Italian auditor RINA
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09.09.2018
European Ombudsperson should not close inquiry into maladministration by EASO in Greek Hotspots
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05.07.2018
German Ministry of Economic Affairs acknowledges need for reform of factory audits in the textile industry
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28.06.2018
Landmark Decision in Lafarge Case
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28.06.2018
Joint letter: 14 Syrian and international human rights organisations support ECCHR's complaint against Italy
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08.06.2018
Arrest warrant against Jamil Hassan is a milestone and good news for all affected by Assad’s torture system
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29.05.2018
16 torture survivors from Syria file criminal complaint in Austria against senior officials in Assad government
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28.05.2018
Torture in Syria: The path to justice leads through Austria
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11.05.2018
Submission from Sherpa and ECCHR on an indictment of Lafarge for complicity in Crimes against Humanity
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16.04.2018
Are arms manufacturer and Italian authorities complicit in deadly Saudi-coalition airstrike in Yemen?
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06.04.2017
United Nations to assess Bayer and Syngenta's adherence to international standard on pesticides management
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10.05.2017
German Prosecutor interviews torture survivors from Syria
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05.06.2017
Greek hotspots: EU Ombudsman probes work of European Asylum Support Office (EASO)
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06.06.2017
New evidence added to criminal complaint on US torture program
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27.07.2017
Colombia: ECCHR presents amicus curiae brief on command responsibility in Special Jurisdiction for Peace
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02.10.2017
Judgment in Strasbourg on the complaints of two refugees
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21.09.2017
Systematic torture in Syria
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07.11.2017
More crime scenes, more suspects: New criminal complaints by Syrian torture survivors
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04.12.2017
UK war crimes in Iraq probe
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01.02.2018
Forensic video evidence in KiK case
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10.06.2018
Torture survivors: Arrest warrant against Jamil Hassan is a milestone for all affected by Assad's torture system
