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Read it in English El Estado chileno reafirma su compromiso de adoptar, para casos futuros, directrices claras y transparentes para los procesos de extradición relativos a crímenes internacionales Hoy, el Estado chileno ofreció una disculpa pública a la familia del fallecido Leopoldo García Lucero, sobreviviente de tortura… Read More

Léalo en español Chilean State reaffirms its commitment to adopt, for future cases, clear and transparent guidelines for extradition proceedings related to international crimes Today, the Chilean government offered a public apology to the family of the late Leopoldo García Lucero, a survivor of torture under the… Read More

ENGLISH Le Consortium United Against Torture exprime sa plus vive préoccupation et condamne avec la plus grande fermeté la brutalité de la répression exercée par les forces de sécurité malgaches à l’encontre de manifestants pacifiques. Depuis le 25 septembre 2025, la capitale, Antananarivo, est le théâtre de protestations citoyennes menées… Read More

Français The United Against Torture Consortium expresses its deepest concern and condemns in the strongest terms the brutal repression carried out by the Madagascan security forces against peaceful demonstrators. Since 25 September 2025, Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, has witnessed protests led mainly by young people, grouped under the… Read More

Today, in a landmark decision, the International Criminal Court (ICC) found former Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kushayb) guilty of 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur between August 2003 and March 2004.   Despite… Read More

By Malak Khalil, Advocacy and Survivor Participation Fellow With the Labour party conference underway, there is much scrutiny of the Government’s first year in power. Despite rare cross-party agreement from all four major parties that reform of consular assistance is needed, one manifesto commitment that has… Read More

By Lauren Schaefer, Legal Fellow   If a senior military commander implicated in atrocities in Ukraine, or an official involved in repression in Iran, were to visit the UK today, they could not be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. The exercise of universal jurisdiction is a vital mechanism… Read More

Reliable sources indicate that the United States plans to sanction the ICC as an institution in the coming weeks. Civil society worldwide is urgently calling on States Parties to the Rome Statute to prevent these sanctions. Below is a full list of organisations and individuals that have endorsed the… Read More