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Australia's defence force chief has been cleared to sanction officers who served in Afghanistan after a damning report into alleged war crimes.

AAP

ICC prosecutor seeks charges against Ugandan fugitive Joseph Kony

Prosecutor Karim Khan seeks charges against Joseph Kony in his absence since he has evaded arrest for 20 years.

Al Jazeera

Some Russian commanders knew of sexual violence or encouraged it, says lawyer advising Kyiv

There is evidence that Russian commanders in several instances were aware of sexual violence by military personnel in Ukraine “and in some cases, encouraging it or even ordering it,” according to an international criminal lawyer assisting Kyiv’s war crimes investigations.

Reuters

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Ukraine to investigate videos of alleged war crimes against Russian prisoners. Here's what we know about the footage

Ukraine says it will investigate footage that Moscow alleges shows Ukrainian forces executing Russian prisoners of war.

ABC News

U.S. monitoring alleged executions in Ukraine, says war crimes envoy

Washington's envoy for war crimes said on Monday the United States was monitoring allegations of Ukrainian forces summarily executing Russian troops, and said all parties should face consequences if they commit abuses in the conflict.

Reuters

The European Union in Syria: too complacent?

Since 2011, Bashar Al-Assad has waged a brutal war that has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of Syrians – estimates range between 306,000 and 610,000 victims. Overwhelming evidence ties Al-Assad to a range of war crimes and genocidal practices, and the European Union has long advocated a firm…

The Conversation

New special counsel has long career confronting corruption

The prosecutor named as special counsel to oversee investigations related to former President Donald Trump has a long career confronting public corruption and war crimes

The Independent UK

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Who is Jack Smith? The prosecutor overseeing the Trump probes

Department of Justice veteran has prosecuted corrupt politicians in the US and war crimes internationally

The Independent UK

US attorney general appoints war crimes expert as special counsel for Donald Trump investigation

Veteran prosecutor Jack Smith to oversee probe into presence of classified documents in Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida

Evening Standard

MH17 convictions pave the way for war crime prosecutions from Ukrainian invasion

On November 17 2022, the Hague District Court in the Netherlands convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian of murder in relation to the downing of flight MH17 by a Buk-TELAR surface-to-air missile in 2014 over rebel-held territory in Ukraine.

The Conversation

Russia guilty of over 400 war crimes in Kherson, Zelenksy says

‘We will find and bring to justice every murderer’

The Independent UK

Zelensky: Russian Atrocities in Kherson Region Same as other Regions

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Ukrainian forces that retook the city of Kherson found evidence of new war crimes by Russian occupiers. "The Russian army left behind the same atrocities as in other regions of our country," he said in a nightly address. "Investigators have already documented more than…

Asharq Al-Awsat

On visit to Kherson, Zelensky calls liberation 'the beginning of the end of the war'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Russian withdrawal from Kherson “the beginning of the end of the war” on Monday as he met soldiers in the newly liberated city, days after Russian forces were forced to retreat following months of occupation. Read FRANCE 24’s live blog for all the latest…

France 24

Biden and Xi condemn Russian nuclear threats; Zelenskiy visits liberated Kherson – as it happened

US and Chinese presidents agree nuclear war ‘should never be fought’, White House says; Zelenskiy accuses Russia of more than 400 war crimes

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russian forces of committing war crimes in Kherson

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vows to track down those responsible for what he alleges were war crimes in Kherson as authorities work to restore power and water to the recaptured city.

The Independent UK

More than 400 war crimes uncovered in Kherson, says Zelensky OLD

‘The army left behind the same atrocities as in other regions of our country’, said the President

Evening Standard

Ukraine war: Zelensky accuses Russian troops of committing war crimes in Kherson

Ukraine’s president says bodies of civilians have been found after Russian withdrawal from Kherson

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: More than 400 Russian war crimes in freed Kherson

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that investigators had uncovered more than 400 Russian war crimes and found the bodies of both servicemen and civilians in areas of Kherson region freed from Russian occupation.

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Germany to discuss Russian war crimes prosecution with G7 - justice minister

The justice ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations will focus on ways to prosecute suspected Russian war crimes at their meeting in Berlin later this month, the German justice minister said in a media interview published on Friday.

The Guardian - AU

Failed Senate candidate Heston Russell allegedly shot at unarmed Afghan civilians, ABC claims in court documents

Exclusive: Russell, a former special forces major, denies any wrongdoing and is suing the ABC for defamation over its reporting of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

The New Daily

Australian war crime investigation grows as more allegations crop up

Officials are investigating further allegations of war crimes as they prepare to hand over evidence to begin prosecuting soldiers.

AAP

Australian war crime investigation grows

Australian investigators are preparing to hand over the first evidence brief of alleged war crimes committed by special forces soldiers in Afghanistan.

Reuters

War crimes committed by Yemen's Houthis since truce expiry: U.N

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement has committed war crimes since the expiry of a peace agreement last month, the United Nations' human rights chief said on Friday, citing incidents of sniper attacks and shelling.

ABC News

Australia under pressure to sanction Myanmar military after Amnesty International report and leaked ANZ Bank transactions

Australia is an outlier among like-minded countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union, all of which have imposed tough sanctions on Myanmar's military rulers since the coup on February 1 last year.

Daily Mirror

Body of American, 24, killed in Ukraine held as part of war crimes investigation

The family of US solider Joshua Jones have been dealt another crushing setback after they were told their son's body will not be returned despite reassurance he would be

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