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29 June 2022|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
In a landmark judgement on 13 January 2022, the German Higher Regional Court of Koblenz sentenced a former high-ranking Syrian official to life imprisonment for his involvement in crimes against humanity. In 2021, an associate of the high-ranking official was sentenced by the same court to four and...
23 May 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Investigations and prosecutions of the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (known collectively as core international crimes) have steadily risen within the European Union since 2016. A total of 1 547 new cases were opened in 2021, compared with 1 073 in 2016, which represents a...
03 May 2022|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
Second hybrid meeting (in person and via videoconference) Exchanges on the notion and use of structural investigations in core international crimes cases and lessons learned from the Koblenz trial Presentation of the advantages and value of structural investigations for core international crime...
03 May 2022|NEWS
Conclusions of the 31st Genocide Network meeting, 6-7 April 2022 Published: May 2021 Read the report The 31st plenary meeting of the Genocide Network, convened by the French Presidency, took take place on 6 and 7 April 2022 in a hybrid format. The notion and use of structural investigations in...
21 January 2022|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
This document is an addendum to the report ‘ Prosecution of sanctions (restrictive measures) violations in national jurisdictions: A comparative analysis’ published by the Secretariat of the Genocide Network in December 2021. The addendum reviews the main findings of the decision issued by the Court...
13 January 2022|PRESS RELEASE
The Higher Regional Court of Koblenz in Germany sentenced a former Syrian high-ranking official today to life imprisonment for his involvement in crimes against humanity. A German-French joint investigation team (JIT), which was set up with support of Eurojust and the Genocide Network, made a...
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