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Zelensky says world has ‘historic responsibility’ to prosecute Putin for war crimes

Ukrainian president uses trip to The Hague to call for international tribunal so Russian leader faces justice

The Independent UK

Putin and his invasion should be on trial in The Hague, says Zelenskiy on visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin must be brought to justice for his war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday in The Hague, calling for a new international tribunal for the "crime of aggression."

Reuters

South Africa unclear on its future status as a member of the ICC

Will they go or will they stay? This week South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he would pull his country out of the International Criminal Court. Then he said he would not. South Africa has had a fraught relationship with the Hague-based war crimes court, and the issue will come…

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South Africa, Due to Host Putin, Rows Back from Pledge to Quit War Crimes Court

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rowed back on Wednesday from a pledge to quit the International Criminal Court, months before he is due to host Russia's Vladimir Putin who is wanted by the ICC for suspected war crimes. Ramaphosa had said on Tuesday that the ruling African National Congress would…

Asharq Al-Awsat

South Africa, due to host Putin, rows back from pledge to quit war crimes court

Reuters

Watch live: Ukrainian survivors speak about Russian war crimes in US House of Representatives

Watch live as Ukrainians who say they are survivors Russian atrocities speak about war crimes in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, 19 April.

The Independent UK

'Punishment by process': Trial dates set for war crimes whistleblower

The former military lawyer's trial has been listed for November.

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Defence chief Angus Campbell warns of 'uncomfortable days' ahead on Afghanistan war crimes action

In a rare public speaking engagement, General Angus Campbell also praises the Ukrainian armed forces, and describes an apparent intelligence leak from the Pentagon as "serious".

ABC News

Australian defence chief warns further criminal charges could be laid over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

Gen Angus Campbell says there could be ‘very, very uncomfortable days’ ahead for Australia’s special forces

The Guardian - AU

Russia invites children's official sought by ICC to brief UN

Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is being sought for war crimes, will brief a controversial U.N. meeting Russia called to counter what it claims is Western disinformation about Ukrainian children taken to Russia

The Independent UK

Russian Children’s Commissioner Rejects ICC War Crime Allegations as False

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who was accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) alongside President Vladimir Putin of war crimes in Ukraine, said on Tuesday that the ICC's allegations were false and unclear. The Hague-based ICC on March 17 issued arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian children's commissioner rejects ICC war crime allegations as false

Russia's commissioner for children's rights on Tuesday dismissed International Criminal Court (ICC) allegations that she was responsible for unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine as false.

Reuters

Russian charged with war crimes may brief U.N. Security Council

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, is likely to brief an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council this week, according to a note seen by Reuters on Monday.

Reuters

International Criminal Court has cited Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children a war crime: on Russia's long history of weaponising deportation

On March 17, the International Criminal Court cited Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children as a war crime for which President Vladimir Putin is being held responsible.

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Family of killed Afghan villager wants more ADF personnel to be brought to trial after arrest of former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz

As a historic war crimes case gets underway, the family of an Afghan villager who was killed by an Australian soldier calls for more ADF personnel to be brought to trial.

The Guardian - AU

Oliver Schulz: bail for Australian former SAS soldier accused of murdering Afghan man in war crime

Schulz would be ‘extremely vulnerable’ in prison and at risk from Taliban sympathisers if he remained there, court hears

ABC News

Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz charged with war crime granted bail

A former Australian special forces soldier charged with a war crime related to his deployment in Afghanistan is granted bail, after a Sydney magistrate accepted he was in a potentially dangerous position in custody.

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Ex-SAS soldier bailed due to Taliban threat

A former SAS soldier charged over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan has been granted bail due to danger posed by extremist Islamic inmates.

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Former Australian soldier charged with war crime vulnerable to Islamic extremists in jail, lawyer argues

The lawyer for a former serviceman charged with a war crime tells a Sydney court his client should be granted bail because he is "extremely vulnerable" to Islamic extremists in prison.

The Guardian - AU

Former Australian soldier fears Taliban retribution in prison after being accused of war crime, court hears

Former SAS trooper, accused of killing Afghan man, has sought bail in a Sydney court after being arrested a week ago

Asharq Al-Awsat

Parliament Speaker Proposing Banning ICC in Russia

Russia's parliament speaker on Saturday proposed banning the activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of war crimes. Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of Putin's, said that Russian legislation should be amended to prohibit any activity of the…

Reuters

U.S. senators urge Biden to share information on war crimes with ICC as it pursues Putin

Democratic and Republican U.S. senators urged the Biden administration on Friday to share information with the International Criminal Court that could assist as it pursues war crimes charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Prosecutor Hails Deal over ICC Field Office

Ukraine and the International Criminal Court on Thursday signed a deal for a field office to probe war crimes, days after the tribunal issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said the agreement for an ICC office in Ukraine was the "beginning of…

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US Top Diplomat Blinken Urges All ICC Members to Comply with Putin Arrest Warrant

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged all members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to comply with an arrest warrant that the court issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last week, the court accused Putin of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.…

The Conversation

Putin and the ICC: history shows just how hard it is to bring a head of state to justice

The arrest warrants issued recently by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his children’s commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, represent the first time officials of a permanent member of the United Nations security council have been indicted for a war crime.

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