The Latest Breaking News from War Crimes

Sudan’s paramilitary investigated over ‘war crimes’ as tens of thousands flee

More than 70,000 people have fled el-Fashir so far after Sudan’s paramilitary force captured the city

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

ICC prosecutor warns Sudan’s paramilitary forces may be committing war crimes in Darfur

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are preserving evidence from Sudan's Darfur region

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

A Sudanese massacre foretold: the grim familiarity of the RSF’s rampage through El Fasher

Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international action

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025

Nebojsa Pavkovic, Serbian general convicted by UN of war crimes in Kosovo, dies at 79

A former Serbian army chief who was convicted by a U.N. court for war crimes during the war in Kosovo has died

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

Scottish MSP demands Britons who fought for Israel be tried for war crimes

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer made the plea in his speech to the party’s conference in Edinburgh.

Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2025

‘I am a good boy’: Eric Trump responds after hot mic catches Indonesian president asking his dad for meeting

Donald Trump’s son grilled about possible conflict of interest in father arranging personal business matters on political trip but insists ‘huge wall’ keeps the two concerns apart

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2025

Friday essay: the Nuremberg Trials at 80 – could such a reckoning ever happen again?

In November 2025, cinemas worldwide will release Nuremberg, a courtroom drama directed by James Vanderbilt. The film focuses on the International Military Tribunal against 24 major Nazi war criminals (though two were ultimately not tried) and seven Nazi organisations – including the SS, the Gestapo and the general staff of…

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2025

Hegseth gets the JAGs off his back ahead of push into cities as Pentagon hobbles lawyers who raise concerns

Hegseth has long expressed disdain for military lawyers and support for soldiers accused of war crimes

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025

Nursing unions call for UK to back prosecutions for war crimes against health workers

Calls come as report shows number of health workers killed in conflicts has risen five-fold in less than a decade

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025

The first Australian war crimes case in 30 years is going to trial. It raises big questions

Earlier this month, former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz pleaded not guilty to the war crime of murder.

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2025