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Philip Grant
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Philip Grant
@PhilipGrant40
Executive Director, TRIAL International (@Trial).
Tweets in 🇬🇧 & 🇫🇷.
#UniversalJurisdiction #CompétenceUniverselle
Soft spot: believes in the rule of law.
Joined January 2012
- 🚨Breaking news🚨 ⚖️The Cour de Cassation, #France’s🇫🇷 highest court, has just confirmed that cement giant #Lafarge can be prosecuted for complicity in #crimesagainsthumanity, for having paid millions of USD to the #IslamicState in order to pursue its activities in #Syria🇸🇾.
- Tomorrow will mark 20 years since the arrest of General #Pinochet in London on the basis of #UniversalJurisdiction. This precedent paved the way for dozens of other trials to take place against perpetrators of atrocities. Today, Universal Jurisdiction needs to be strengthened.
- D. Tutu: "African leaders behind move to leave #ICC are effectively seeking licence to kill, maim & oppress their people w/o consequences"
- Exactly 25 years ago today, General Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London on the orders of a Spanish magistrate, due to massive violations committed during his dictatorship in #Chile. The arrest of General Pinochet set a historic precedent that galvanised human rights
⚖️THE REVIVAL OF UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION⚖️ Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the @IntlCrimCourt. As highlighted in the preamble of the Rome Statute, the fight against impunity should in priority be the responsibility of States. - ⚖️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... 1/5
- 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.
- #Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been targeted with a criminal complaint during a visit to the #WEF in #Switzerland, Swiss prosecutors said Friday, amid allegations of #CrimesAgainstHumanity over the war in #Gaza. Office of Attorney General of 🇨🇭indicates that first step will
- Big news from 🇫🇷#France Judicial authorities have opened an investigation at the end of June for "concealment of #crimesagainsthumanity" targeting four textile giants, including Inditex and Uniqlo, accused of having profited from the forced labor of #Uyghurs in 🇨🇳#China.Wow. 🇫🇷#France: le parquet national antiterroriste a ouvert fin juin une enquête pour « recel de #crimescontrelhumanité » visant quatre géants du textile, dont Inditex et Uniqlo, accusés d’avoir profité du travail forcé de #Ouïghours en 🇨🇳#Chine. justiceinfo.net/fr/79356-trava…
- 🚨HUGE! A #French Court of Appeal has validated the arrest warrant issued against #Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in #crimesagainsthumanity for the deadly chemical attacks of August 2013. No personal #immunity applies.
- 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 🏳️🌈 Conservative #Switzerland🇨🇭 doesn’t look as unchanging and traditionalist as some might have expected. Every single canton, even the smaller, rural ones, said yes to #samesex🌈 marriage.
- 🚨HISTORIC NEWS #Swedish🇸🇪 court sentences ex-#Iranian🇮🇷 official #HamidNouri to life in prison for #WarCrimes for his role in the #1988PrisonMassacres. Groundbreaking verdict, as it is 1st time ever member of Iranian regime is found guilty of massive #humanrights violations.
- ⚖️THE REVIVAL OF UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION⚖️ Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the @IntlCrimCourt. As highlighted in the preamble of the Rome Statute, the fight against impunity should in priority be the responsibility of States.
- Ahead of Thursday verdict in the #HamidNouri case in #Sweden related to #PrisonMassacres, former #Iranian judge makes extraordinary claim "that mass executions carried out in 1988 were necessary to eliminate conspirators plotting against the government".
