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UN experts call for ‘impartial force’ to protect civilians in Sudan

Warring parties have committed ‘harrowing human rights violations’ that could amount to war crimes, report finds.

Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2024

UN mission calls for peacekeeping force in Sudan, suspects war crimes

Flagrant rights violations by Sudan's warring parties require the deployment of an "independent and impartial force" to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes, UN experts said Friday.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 6, 2024

Ukrainian Soldiers Executed After Surrendering, War Crimes Uncovered

Exclusive video shows Ukrainian soldiers being brutally murdered after surrendering to Russian forces in Ukraine, highlighting grave human rights violations.

Russia-Ukraine war: More than 4o people killed in Russian missile strike on Poltava, says Zelenskiy – as it happened

180 more people have been wounded after two ballistic missiles hit Ukrainian city, says president Volodymyr Zelenskiy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024

Putin Visits Mongolia Amid Calls For Arrest

Russian President Putin's visit to Mongolia amidst calls for his arrest over Ukraine war crimes.

Russian leader Putin visits Mongolia, defying an international warrant for his arrest

Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Mongolia with no sign that the host country will bow to calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from the invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2024

The Nuremberg Code isn’t just for prosecuting Nazis − its principles have shaped medical ethics to this day

After World War II, Nuremberg, Germany, was the site of trials of Nazi officials charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg trials were landmarks in the development of international law. But one of them has also been applied in peacetime: the “Medical Trial,” which has helped to…

The Conversation · Aug 29, 2024

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Ukraine Ratifies ICC Statute, Opens Door To War Crime Prosecutions

Ukraine ratifies Rome Statute, paving the way for potential ICC membership and increased accountability for war crimes, particularly those committed by Rus...

Ukraine ratifies the statute for joining the International Criminal Court

Ukraine has ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Wednesday, opening the possibility of more prosecutions of Russian officials for war crimes

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024

UK ministers 'may be held liable for Israeli war crimes', legal opinion concludes

THERE is a “real prospect” that UK Government ministers and officials may be held liable under international law for crimes committed by Israel,…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 21, 2024

Israel perpetrating war crimes in plain sight in Gaza, says ex-UK diplomat

Mark Smith, who quit Dublin embassy role, says he raised his concerns over weapons sales with foreign secretary

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2024

Lawyers seeking arms export ban submit claims of Israeli war crimes to UK court

Case brought by NGOs is attempt to prevent the UK government continuing to grant arms export licences

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2024

UK diplomat accuses Israel of 'war crimes in plain sight' against Palestinians after quitting over arms sales

Mark Smith says he has quit the Foreign Office over the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2024

Foreign Office official quits over UK refusal to ban arms exports to Israel

Mark Smith says evidence of Gaza war crimes is clear, but that his complaints were brushed aside

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

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The National (Scotland) · Aug 17, 2024

Senior diplomat quits amid concerns Foreign Office 'complicit in war crimes'

A SENIOR diplomat working at the Foreign Office has resigned after claiming that the department “may be complicit in war crimes” over the…

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2024

‘Breaker’ Morant killed 12 prisoners during the Boer war. So why do supporters say he should be memorialised in Adelaide?

Adelaide council has rejected a push to get Morant, who was executed for war crimes, on a memorial – but there are plans to seek a posthumous pardon

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2024

Myanmar military committing war crimes at ‘alarming’ rate, UN warns

UN investigators say more than three million people were displaced in Myanmar’s escalating conflict in last six months.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2024

Who is Thomas Kwoyelo, Ugandan LRA rebel commander guilty of war crimes?

Kwoyelo is the first member of the Lord’s Resistance Army militia group to face trial in Uganda.

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 10, 2024

Former AFP commissioner Mick Keelty gives up Order of Australia honour six years after Ben Roberts-Smith tip-off

Federal court judge in last year’s defamation case found Roberts-Smith tried to evade surveillance after Keelty alerted him to pending war crimes investigation in 2018

The National (Scotland) · Aug 8, 2024

Humza Yousaf's in-laws to give testimony to ICC amid Israel war crimes probe

HUMZA Yousaf’s in-laws are preparing eyewitness testimony to deliver to the International Criminal Court (ICC) amid a war crimes investigation…

AAP · Aug 8, 2024

Australia must pay war crime victims, UN experts urge

Australia's failure to compensate victims more than a decade after Australian soldiers allegedly killed Afghan civilians, has been criticised by UN experts.

The Guardian - US · Aug 3, 2024

US-Israeli soldier posted videos showing detonation of Gaza homes and mosque

IDF soldiers have shared scores of videos of their conduct in Gaza. The American-Israeli soldier says his videos were ‘taken out of context’

UK Government Drops Opposition To ICC Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu

The UK government supports ICC's arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza. US VP Harris pledges to address Gaza human suffering.

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024

A mysterious pile of bones could hide evidence of Japanese war crimes, activists say

Bones dug up from a wartime Army Medical School site in Tokyo decades ago and linked to victims of human experiments by Unit 731, Japan’s germ and biological warfare outfit, remain in a repository still waiting to find their home

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2024

Labour must drop challenge over Netanyahu arrest warrant, says human rights chief

Yasmine Ahmed of Human Rights Watch says the UK should not challenge the international criminal court’s right to seek justice for alleged war crimes

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