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The confirmation of charges hearings against El Hishri at the International Criminal Court from 19 - 21 May, 2026 was “a moment of reckoning” and “a monumental achievement” for survivors, victims, ...

In May 2026, survivors of Libya’s detention system stood in front of the International Criminal Court on the first day of the confirmation of charges hearing against Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri (M...

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Understanding Prison MENA Prison Forum in Berlin #7 Justice for Little Palestine: The Siege and Starvation of Yarmouk (Syria) on Trial Concert & Reading with Aeham Ahmad, Wassim Mukdad, and Lujai

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Polluters Have to Pay: Pakistani farmers take climate justice fight against RWE and Heidelberg Materials to German court   In the summer of 2022, Pakistan suffered its worst climate-related disas

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Schon im September 2025 haben wir Strafanzeige gegen den sog. "Gaza Sniper" eingereicht. Da die Bundesanwaltschaft seither nur "beobachtet", legen wir neue Beweise nach und fordern erneut: Der Verd...

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Highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) banned in Europe and Switzerland continue to be exported to the Global South, often with fatal consequences. A recent investigation by Public Eye and Unearthed re...

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Mit deiner Spende sicherst du die Zukunft des CLT – heute und für kommende Generationen: https://www.ecchr.eu/jetzt-online-spenden/ "Es gibt in Deutschland nicht viele Programme wie das CLT. Im St...

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A Syrian refugee, award-winning journalist and human rights advocate filed a complaint on 26 of November 2025 to the Administrative Court in Stuttgart, challenging an unlawful, violent and seemingl...

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On the 26 of November 2025, at the European parliament, Sandra Alloush, a French resident, Syrian refugee and human rights advocate announced the filing of a case against Germany challenging an unl...

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At the ECCHR we have been working on the disregard of the law at European borders for the past 10 years. And with the disregard of the law comes increasing violence which we have witnessed. At th...

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Wo stehen wir 77 Jahre nach der Verkündung der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte? Weltweit stehen die Menschenrechte und jene, die für sie einstehen, unter Druck. Autoritäre Staaten und sol...

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A just world for all is possible. Your donation will help us to achieve this goal. https://www.ecchr.eu/en/donate/supporting-membership/ That is why we have been training future human rights lawye...

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Deine Spende sichert die Zukunft dieser Arbeit – heute und für kommende Generationen: https://www.ecchr.eu/spenden/foerdermitgliedschaft/ Wirkungsvolle juristische Interventionen brauchen ein sta...

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Can you imagine an EU without freedom of movement? Can you imagine an EU where you have to go through border controls every time you need to cross from one country to another? This is the reality...

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Whoever needs to hear it: Saving lives is not a crime. Funding and coordinating abductions to torture is. 13 search and rescue organizations announced the formation of the Justice Fleet, supported...

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𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 After nine years of investigation, cement giant Lafarge and several of its former executives are finally standi

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Mena Prison Forum #5 - Libya „The first step to accountability is seeing what actually happens”- with these words Phoebe Walton (Forensis) explained the core value guiding the organisation’s work....

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(english below) Diese Frage will ein Palästinenser aus Gaza vom Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) klären lassen. Er beruft sich auf seine Grundrechte auf Leben sowie auf effektiven Rechtsschutz. N...

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(German below) We support a Palestinian applicant from Gaza in a constitutional complaint against German arms exports to Israel. In this video, we make space for his voice – an excerpt from his aff...

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The Pretense of Justice - Israel’s unwillingness to genuinely investigate and prosecute allegations of international crimes committed against Palestinians Find out more at: https://www.ecchr.eu/pu...

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