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Holding Lundin Energy, Petronas & OMV to account for injustices suffered by the victims of oil wars in Block 5A and their right to remedy.

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🎙️ New episode!! - Nuer and the Oil

Sharon E. Hutchinson & Reverend James Ninrew Dong reflect on Unity State's first oil discoveries and their lasting impact. From the land to its people, what has changed—and what challenges remain?

🎧 Listen now!

https://t.co/7q6Ggg43jZ

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Lundin's defense argue that doing business in Sudan was accepted by the international community. That the UN nor the EU told the oil companies to leave. In episode 8 @Navilani check with @NicholasCoghlan and Marina Peter to see if the world was silent. https://t.co/uBVz1SIGuT

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Victims of war crimes have the right to justice and compensation. But the international legal system is failing them. In this episode meet legal counsel Anders Sjögren and researcher Fanny Holm who will talk about a failing system. Host is @Navilani. https://t.co/OT8JYY6ylw

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Who are the men behind the Lundin companies? What was driving them to Sudan? And hw is the trial affecting the family? Episode 5 of the The Lundin War Crimes podcast dives into the Lundin family: https://t.co/Qgrtx0e6Bs Featuring Emanuel Sidea @sidea and Phil Clark.

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The Lundin prosecutors build their case by presenting evidence such as internal company documents, UN reports, news articles and NGO reports. Mikael Ekman, Senior Legal Adviser @CRDSverige walks us through the trial. https://t.co/SJiJBLttu4

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@RadioMiraya invited Egbert Wesselink, Emmanuel Ira, and @petter_global to discuss Stockholm District Court's war crimes trial re complicity to crimes committed in Sudan 1999-2003. https://t.co/p2OK3UYv7v

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"Justice is justice" "When involved in such a crime you need to be punished weather you were a citizen (of Sudan) or a foreigner", says Sarah on @Navilani's question on the issue that Lundin company officials are tried and not South Sudanese perpetrators. https://t.co/e0mR5KPCZN

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Listen to @kajsasorman's summary of the first week of the #LundinWarCrimesTrial. Followed by an interview with Sarah Simon, who was 10 years when she fled the war in 1998. https://t.co/e0mR5KPCZN

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"When that war broke out we loss many of our people. Because they would bomb us everywhere. People were being chased away from their homes", says Sarah Simon when interviewed by @Navilani. Listen to Episode 3 of the podcast #LundinWarCrimesTrial https://t.co/3VczAFrna8

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Mark @Klamberg can describe with such clarity and authority the case at hand in the #LundinWarCrimesTrial
We are very happy to feature him in the second episode https://t.co/pjMji4V0DD

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Our second podcast episode “And so the trial begins” features an interview with @Klamberg as well as a brief report from the first day of the trial by @kajsasorman Our host is @Navilani #LundinWarCrimesTrial

https://t.co/SHEtGZfnri

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#LundinWarCrimesTrial has started. Follow the Unpaid Debt podcast on https://t.co/yKuzPtL3cq

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#TheLundinWarCrimesTrial, a criminal prosecution of Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter for aiding and abetting crimes committed in Sudan 1997-2003. Court proceedings begin 5 September 2023, in Stockholm.
Hosts to our podcast are @Navilani and @kajsasorman
https://t.co/qEn28QOsai

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We have launched a podcast where you can follow the trial against Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter.
Hosts for the programs are @Navilani and @kajsasorman
#LundinWarCrimesTrial
https://t.co/K9iVoElpuD

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1. Of huge significant is the trial that will start on 5 September in #Sweden🇸🇪: a rare case of #CorporateAccountability against Western actors accused of complicity in #WarCrimes in #Sudan, with a #UniversalJurisdiction twist attached to it.

https://t.co/3Jjy5ntyVi

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⚖️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.

#UniversalJurisdiction (UJ) - the possibility or even the obligation of States to investigate and prosecute certain crimes under international law even if the crimes were not committed on their territory or if the victims as well as the alleged perpetrators are not their nationals - can significantly contribute to that goal💪.

The principle of universal jurisdiction is currently experiencing a true revival.

From its shaky start in the late 1990s and early 2000s (around the #Pinochet arrest), to the period of political backlash that saw multiple countries change their legislation to curb such cases, UJ 1.0 and UJ 2.0 have now clearly receded in favour of #UniversalJurisdiction 3.0: a period that has seen in numerous countries increasingly assertive and interesting state practices develop.

The 🧵 below aims to illustrate, using recent and ongoing cases, the state of affairs by revisiting cases
👉 that have led to verdicts (A)
👉 that are currently on trial (B)
👉 or that soon will be (C)
👉 as well as highlighting important ongoing investigations and developments (D).

I will try to keep this list up-to-date. So don't forget to bookmark it.

For additional information about UJ cases, please check the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Reports (UJAR) by @TRIAL International and its partners: https://t.co/ed9RH64NE0.

Also:
👉 For my 🧵 «2022 in #UniversalJurisdiction news»: https://t.co/YVFIk6l6yW

👉 For my 🧵 «2021 in #UniversalJurisdiction news»: https://t.co/yrMGtE5Crj.

The cases presented below are certainly not exhaustive. I am leaving out civil cases, as well as extraterritorial criminal cases where a link does exist, in the form of the nationally of the victims or of the alleged perpetrators.

Finding reliable information across multiple jurisdictions and languages is not easy. All errors and misses are purely my own.

🙏Thank you for any corrections or info that could complete the global picture.

#Afghanistan #Algeria #Belgium #France #Germany #Finland #Gambia #Iran #Iraq #Liberia #Rwanda #SriLanka #Sudan #Sweden #Switzerland #Syria #UnitedKingdom #USA

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The lawyers representing the victims of obstruction of justice have been dismissed by the Court. In 2018, a criminal case was opened after witnesses in the Lundin war crimes case had been harassed and threatened. @KarolinaSBonde https://t.co/Rfj6arlNIh

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On 5 September, 2023 the trial against Ian Lundin, Alex Schneiter and Orrin Energy will begin. The trial at the first instance, Stockholm District Court is estimated to take 1,5 years. Read more of @KarolinaSBonde summary of the latest court events. https://t.co/FHrlMnp2g0

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The prosecutor in the Lundin case has provided additional information about the alleged war crimes in Sudan 1999-2003. And the pre-trial hearing of Gerhard Baum, the UN special rapporteur for Sudan. Updates by @KarolinaSBonde https://t.co/mExs4gZEP7