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Australian senator urges ICC probe into war crimes allegations

Senator Jacqui Lambie (L) and lawyer Glenn Kolomeitz invited the International Criminal Court to investigate Australian military commanders [Mick Tsikas/AAP/AP]

An Australian senator has invited the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate what Australian military commanders knew about war crimes allegations in Afghanistan, in a bid to pressure Australia into launching its own review.

Senator Jacqui Lambie, an influential independent legislator, sent an Article 15 Communication to the Hague-based court on Tuesday on the grounds that military commanders have not been held accountable for their soldiers’ alleged war crimes.

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