⚖️Hugely important decision rendered by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in a case regarding the assassination of former Iranian opposition figure Kazem Rajavi, killed by a commando sent by #Iran🇮🇷 in 1990 in #Switzerland🇨🇭: for the FCC...
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...the Office of the Attorney General cannot rule out the application of the crime of #genocide or of #crimesagainsthumanity, even if both provisions only entered the criminal code (well) after the 1990 assassination. Having determined that prosecuting this murder is...
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...not barred by statutes of limitation, the FCC has rendered a crucial ruling concerning the retrospective application of these provisions to events long past, and opens the possibility that many crimes committed before 2000 (in the case of genocide) or 2011...
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...(for crimes against humanity) may be prosecuted in Switzerland.
Regarding the case of the assassination of K. Rajavi, as no statutes of limitations apply, the OAG must now determine whether it was part of a larger...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazem_Raj…
...plan by the Iranian regime that led to multiple assassinations of political opponents, in particular in Hamburg🇩🇪, Vienna🇦🇹, London🇬🇧, Geneva🇨🇭, Dubai🇦🇪 and Paris🇫🇷 between 1987 and 1993.
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The decision is not yet public, but here a press report:
swissinfo.ch/fre/l-enqu%C3%…
Here the link to the full decision (in French): linkedin.com/posts/philip-g…

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28 Sep
⚖️Décision importante concernant l’assassinat par un commando #iranien🇮🇷 de Kazem Radjavi en #Suisse🇨🇭 en 1990: le Tribunal pénal fédéral juge que le Ministère public de la Confédération ne peut pas exclure que les incriminations de #génocide et…
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swissinfo.ch/fre/l-enqu%C3%…
…de #crimescontrelhumanité puissent s’appliquer à cette affaire, quand bien même ces incriminations sont postérieures aux faits. En déclarant que le crime commis par les agents iraniens n’est pas prescrit, le TPF rend une décision de principe extrêmement importante…
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…concernant l’application rétrospective de ces dispositions et ouvre la possibilité que de nombreux crimes commis avant 2000 (dans le cas de génocide) ou 2011 (pour les crimes contre l’humanité) puissent être poursuivis en Suisse sur ces bases.
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25 Feb
Alors que la 🇨🇭#Suisse est toujours à la recherche de son/sa prochain/e Procureur/e général/e, qui mènera notamment la politique pénale en matière de crimes internationaux, il est important de rappeler à quel point la Suisse est à la traîne dans ce domaine.
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Une récente interpellation parlementaire de @roduitbenjamin a débouché sur une réponse sous forme de pure langue de bois.
À la question par exemple de savoir combien de procureurs travaillaient sur les crimes internationaux, les autorités fédérales...
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parlament.ch/fr/ratsbetrieb…
...n’ont même pas daigner donner un chiffre!
En comparaison européenne toutefois, il convient de rappeler que:
➡️ en 🇸🇪#Suède, l'unité des crimes internationaux dispose de plus de 30 collaborateurs. Et réussit à enquêter sur plus de 50 dossiers!
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justiceinfo.net/fr/73576-suede…
Read 9 tweets
25 Feb
After the historic verdict rendered yesterday in 🇩🇪#Germany, it is essential to remember that such judgments do not pop out of nowhere. To get there you need to have:
➡️ A solid legal framework enacted by parliament
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➡️ Specialised #warcrimes units (investigators & prosecutors), endowed with sufficient resources
➡️ NGOs with the capacity to investigate, file complaints and/or support and represent victims
➡️ Courageous victims, sometimes ready to take significant risks as they step forward
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➡️ A procedure fully respecting the rights of the accused and a fair trial that will legitimise the process and the verdict, whatever the outcome.

With respect to the war crimes units, proactive approaches do yield results.
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3 Dec 19
It’s #GivingTuesday!
Here are 9 great reasons to support TRIAL.
Oops, 10 reasons actually, as 2 generous donors will match all donations up to a total of 30,000 USD!!!
👉👉👉tri.al/f9D
Reason #1: Erwin #Sperisen, former chief of police of #Guatemala, will have to serve his 15-year prison sentence for complicity in 7 cases of #extrajudicialexecutions of prisoners. So has decided #Switzerland’s Supreme Court (26 Nov.) trialinternational.org/latest-post/sw…
2. #DRC: three former militiamen, including the infamous warlord Kokodikoko, have been sentenced for #CrimesAgainstHumanity to between 15 years and life in prison. Hundreds of victims have been awarded reparations (19 Nov.) trialinternational.org/latest-post/sh…
Read 12 tweets
14 Nov 19
A palpable revival of #UniversalJurisdiction is underway in Europe.
Here are 7 examples of recent important activities (trials, arrests, investigations) that have taken place only in the last few weeks.
There are certainly more that I am unaware of.
And certainly more to come.
1. #Sweden
>> Arrest of an Iranian national allegedly involved in the #1988Massacre of thousands of detainees. First ever #UniversalJurisdiction case on #Iran to go ahead.
nytimes.com/reuters/2019/1…
2. #Belgium
>> The trial of a #Rwandan man accused of having participated in the 1994 #genocide of the Tutsi minority is currently underway.
brusselstimes.com/all-news/belgi…
Read 29 tweets
13 Nov 19
Arrest in #Sweden over 1988 prison massacre in #Iran.
This is what we know so far.
1. A man under the name of Hamid Noury was arrested at Stockholm airport on Saturday 9 November.
2. He is a 58-year old Iranian national.
3. He is suspected of having participated from a prison outside Tehran in the infamous massacre of thousands of detainees during the summer of 1988.
4. He was brought before a judge this morning (13 November).
5. He claims the wrong person has been arrested.
6. The judge seems to have ordered his detention for an initial period of 1 month.
7. Sweden has jurisdiction over crimes under international law amounting to #WarCrimes and is entitled to act when a suspect is present on its territory.
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