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Russian drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine are war crimes, UN report concludes

Rights commission inquiry focused on south-east of country found drones targeted gathering points and critical infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

Nearly one million hectares burn as war ravages nature across Ukraine

Nearly one million hectares of land in Ukraine have gone up in smoke this year as the Russian invasion turns forests into battlefields and leaves nature badly scarred. The fires follow the front line, raise fears of war crimes and add to a growing climate bill.

Radio France Internationale

African Union condemns atrocities, 'war crimes' in Sudan's El-Fasher

The African Union chairman condemned on Tuesday alleged "atrocities" and reported "war crimes" in Sudan's strategic hub of El-Fasher and called for an immediate halt to fighting. This comes after Sudan's army admitted on Monday it had withdrawn from the city.

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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

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

‘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

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…

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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

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

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

A landmark conviction for war crimes in Sudan shows the wheels of global justice do turn – albeit slowly

Despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) being under immense pressure right now, its first conviction for crimes in Darfur, and the first for gender-based persecution as a crime against humanity, is a major win.

The Conversation

Activists welcome ICC conviction of Sudanese warlord for Darfur crimes

Human rights activists on Tuesday hailed the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to convict a Sudanese militia chief for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during attacks in Darfur at the turn of the century.

Radio France Internationale

ICC convicts former militia leader and al-Bashir ally of past war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region

Abd-Al-Rahman led the Janjaweed militia responsible for the killing of over 300,000 people and displacing millions in Sudan’s Darfur region during a brutal campaign which also displaced close to three million people.

Euronews

ICC convicts former Sudan militia leader for war crimes in Darfur

Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, found guilty over atrocities

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ICC Finds Sudan Militia Chief Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday convicted a feared Sudanese militia chief for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during brutal attacks in Darfur.

International Business Times

ICC To Give War Crimes Verdict On Sudan Militia Chief

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday hands down its verdict on a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during brutal attacks in Darfur.

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Pete Hegseth dismisses Geneva Conventions as ‘stupid rules’, wants U.S. to commit war crimes

Hegseth says he plans to untie the hands of the US Army.

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Former Congolese president Kabila sentenced to death for war crimes

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia on Tuesday by a military court in Kinshasa. The court found him guilty of treason, war crimes and organising an armed insurrection over his alleged collaboration with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group.

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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger jointly announce withdrawal from the ICC

The three member states of the Alliance of Sahel States have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court, accusing the ICC of practising “selective justice”. The declaration was made simultaneously on Monday in the capitals of Bamako, Niamey and Ouagadougou.

The Conversation

The Australian War Memorial’s prize controversy betrays the institution’s purpose: to tell the messy truth about war

The Australian War Memorial is in the news for reportedly retrospectively changing the rules of its Les Carlyon prize for military history. This resulted in it not being awarded to Walkley award-winning journalist Chris Masters’ book about disgraced special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

The Independent UK

Colombia peace court sentences former FARC leaders for their role in thousands of kidnappings

Colombia’s peace tribunal has issued its first sentence on war crimes from decades of conflict

The Guardian - US

Zohran Mamdani says as mayor he would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he traveled to New York

Mayoral candidate said he’d try to honor ICC warrant for Israeli prime minister’s arrest over war crimes

The Guardian - AU

Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith

Exclusive: Governing council ‘retrospectively’ decides the Les Carlyon literary award should go only to first-time authors, ruling out Chris Masters’ book

The Guardian - UK

Pro-Palestine activists call for arrest of Israeli president during UK visit

Campaign group accuses Isaac Herzog, arriving in UK this week, of aiding and abetting indiscriminate killing in Gaza

Al Jazeera

ICC opens war crimes hearing against Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony

Kony faces charges for the Lord’s Resistance Army campaign of torture and abuse in Uganda in the early 2000s.

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