Dictators and repressive regimes often assume that they will enjoy impunity for persecuting opposition activists, brutally suppressing peaceful protests, and arresting, torturing or killing those who raise their voices against injustice. Similarly, many parties to armed conflicts do not fear legal consequences for targeting civilians or perpetrating sexualized violence against women. ECCHR seeks to put an end to such crimes by ensuring that those responsible are brought before national, regional or international courts.
Cluster
Repression & War
Cases (39)
-
Syria – Torture – Saydnaya
Saydnaya military prison – Objective is to physically and psychologically break detainees
-
Syria – Surveillance technology – Corporate responsibility
Surveillance in Syria: European firms may be aiding and abetting crimes against humanity
-
Bahrain – Arab Spring – Torture
Alleged crimes against humanity in Bahrain: Serious investigations must be initiated
-
Bahrain – Torture – Prince Nasser
British court confirms end of Bahraini prince’s immunity
-
Bahrain – Torture – Attorney General
Torture allegations against Bahraini Attorney General
-
Syria – Torture – Military intelligence
Torture under the Assad regime
-
Syria – Torture – Caesar
“Caesar” photos document systematic torture
-
Syria – Torture – Air force intelligence
German authorities issue arrest warrant against Jamil Hassan, head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence
-
Chechnya – Torture – Impunity
No justice in sight for grave crimes in Chechnya
-
Uzbekistan – Torture – Almatov
Criminal complaint against Zakir Almatov
-
Sri Lanka – Armed conflict – Sexual and gender-based violence
Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka
-
Sri Lanka – Armed conflict – War crimes
Sri Lankan civil war: Government officials still unpunished
-
Colombia – Armed conflict – Trade unionist murders
Colombia: Violence against trade unionists
-
Syria – Sexual violence – Air force intelligence
Survivors: Sexual violence by Syrian intelligence services are crimes against humanity
-
Colombia – Peace process – Transitional justice
Amicus curiae brief on command responsibility in Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace
-
Colombia – Armed conflict – General Padilla
The Padilla case and crimes against humanity
-
Colombia – Armed conflict – Sexual and gender-based violence
Sexual violence in the Colombian conflict
-
Yemen – Arms exports – RWM Italia
European responsibility for war crimes in Yemen
-
Syria – Armed conflict – Lafarge
Lafarge in Syria: Accusations of complicity in grave human rights violations
-
Syria – Torture – Austria
The path to justice leads through Europe – e.g. Austria
-
Gaza – War crimes – Kilani
Israeli air strikes in Gaza: No justice for the Kilani family
-
Syria – Torture – Sweden
Sweden: Criminal complaint against Assad’s intelligence officials
-
Colombia – Repression – Human rights defenders
Violence against human rights defenders in Colombia: The Hague should act
-
Syria – Torture – Al-Khatib trial
First criminal trial worldwide on torture in Syria before a German court
-
Syria – Torture – Norway
Norway: Syrian torture survivors file criminal complaint against Assad's senior intelligence officers
-
Yemen – Arms exports – Europe
Made in Europe, bombed in Yemen
-
Ukraine – Crimes against humanity – Sexual violence
Sexual violence by members of the Russian armed forces: Federal Public Prosecutor must investigate
-
Iran – Death Penalty – Crimes against humanity
Criminal complaint against judicial authorities in Iran: German Federal Public Prosecutor must investigate crimes against humanity
-
Syria – Torture – Trial monitoring
Trial updates: First trial worldwide on torture in Syria
-
Syria – Crimes against humanity – Military hospitals
Proceedings against doctor Alaa M: Coming to terms with crimes in Syria continues
-
Libya – Europe – Crimes against humanity
Severe deprivation of liberty in the Mediterranean Sea and in Libya – The ICC must investigate
-
The Gambia – Crimes against humanity – Germany
Proceedings on crimes against international law in The Gambia
-
Afrin – Syria – Crimes against humanity
Crimes in Syria: The neglected atrocities of Afrin
-
Chechnya – Repression – LGBTQ
The brutal persecution of LGBTQ in Chechnya
-
Libya – Migration – Crimes against humanity
Migrants and refugees in Libya face crimes against humanity: The ICC must investigate
-
Belarus – Repression – Shrinking spaces and authoritarianism
Anti-government protests in Belarus
-
Ukraine – War crimes – Mariupol
War crimes in Mariupol: Justice for Lithuanian filmmaker
-
Gaza – Arms exports – Germany
No German weapons to Israel
-
India – Pesticides – Bayer
Bayer: Double standards in the sale of pesticides