Abstract
On 20 December 2023, the Hof van Justitie, Suriname’s highest court of appeal, issued a judgement confirming the conviction and twenty-year prison sentence of Desiré Delano Bouterse in what has been the longest criminal trial in the country’s history. In this article, which forms the first of two parts, Jeff Handmaker explains the background to the trial, and why the International Commission of Jurists started to actively monitor this trial since 2012.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Den Haag |
| Publisher | BLISS: The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice |
| Media of output | Blog |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Jan 2024 |
| Event | The long road to justice: Reflecting on Suriname's December Murders trial - International Institute of Social Studies (Hybrid), The Hague , Netherlands Duration: 11 Apr 2024 → 11 Apr 2024 https://www.iss.nl/en/events/long-road-justice-reflecting-surinames-december-murders-trial-2024-04-11 |
Research programs
- ISS-LMP
