On October 31, the Legal Affairs Committee of the National Council decided to continue its work on the preliminary draft of the federal law on the inclusion of torture in the Swiss Criminal Code, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament.
Although Switzerland helped give birth to several international conventions combating torture, Swiss national legislation does not contain the offence of torture. Attorney Alain Werner calls on the Legal Affairs Committee to remedy this anomaly.
Today, following a closed hearing held on 30th September 2025, the judge of the “Chambre du conseil” in the Ghent Court of First Instance issued a decision formally closing the investigation into Martina Johnson.
Granting Vladimir Putin temporary immunity so that he could come to negotiate is legally possible in Switzerland, but it would undermine our credibility as a reliable partner of international justice, writes Alain Werner.
Laye Sekou Camara, high-ranking member of the LURD has been sentenced to 57 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release and assessed a $400 special fee by the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the United States.
In recent weeks, mounting pressure on Karim Khan—the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)—aimed at blocking the issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli officials for crimes committed in Gaza has come to light.
The first challenge arises from the differing definitions of enforced disappearances found in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
the Spanish court entrusted with jurisdiction over international crimes committed abroad, reopened the pre-trial investigation into international crimes allegedly committed by a Spanish national during the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone.
War today seems to be the only agenda for some major powers, including a war against justice itself. U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) continue.
In 2009, the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report where it made several recommendations designed to promote justice and reconciliation in post-war Liberia.
On May 27, 2025, the criminal division of the Jura-Bernois-Seeland Regional Court, in Switzerland, found Mr. Alan White, a U.S. citizen, guilty of the offence of defamation committed on July 19, 2021 against Alain Werner, the Director of CM.
Legal news often make fewer headlines on what is — or isn’t — happening on the political or humanitarian front in conflict regions. Yet, important developments continue to occur across all continents.
