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Complaint against President Emomali Rahmon lodged with the International Criminal Court

The President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, is officially the target of a complaint for crimes against humanity lodged with the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to Pamir Inside. This landmark complaint was submitted by three organizations: the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (PRIT), now banned in its home country and classified as a “terrorist organization”...

Tajikistan: a historic complaint against Emomali Rahmon’s regime brought before the International Criminal Court

On April 11, a historic event took place for the people of Tajikistan. Tajikistan’s main banned opposition party, the Islamic Renaissance Party (PRIT), announced that it had officially lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the regime of President Emomali Rahmon, alongside two international NGOs. “Finally, it’s done!” wrote exiled PRIT leader...

Tajikistan: victims cry out in the face of impunity

For years, the government of Tajikistan has ruled the country according to its will, ignoring criticism in the face of numerous human rights violations. This deeply rooted impunity is now being challenged before the International Criminal Court (ICC). On April 10, two NGOs – the Ukrainian International Volunteer Fund and Freedom for Eurasia – together...

CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN TAJIKISTAN: THE PROSECUTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS BEEN INFORMED

Today, together with three other organizations – FUVI, Freedom For Eurasia and the Party for the Islamic Renaissance of Tajikistan – we have taken our case to the ICC to denounce a policy of state repression orchestrated at the highest level. – More than 60 cases documented: torture, rape, extrajudicial executions, disappearances, arbitrary detentions, forced...

International justice: victims finally heard

From the abducted Ukrainian children to the mass graves of Boutcha, from the ruined cathedrals of Marioupol to the silenced dissidents of Dushanbe, the voices of the victims are no longer murmurs. They have become a cry – a call to arms, to which the law is ready to respond. Today marks a turning point:...

Ukraine’s ratification of the Rome Statute: a major step forward marred by reservations

The Ukrainian Parliament recently ratified the Rome Statute, paving the way for the country’s official accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This decision, welcomed by Amnesty International, marks an important step in the quest for justice for the crimes under international law perpetrated during the Russian invasion. However, Ukraine’s reservations about the ICC’s jurisdiction...

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