The Latest Breaking News from War Crimes

Trump threatens Iran with "hell" if Hormuz strait isn't open in 48 hours

Iran has accused the U.S. of planning to commit war crimes.

Axios · Apr 4

Trump’s ‘Stone Ages’ threat against Iran harks back to a notorious Vietnam War declaration

ANALYSIS: President’s channeling of legendary Strategic Air Command boss Curtis LeMay in his bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ rhetoric is part of a longstanding campaign to delegitimize modern laws of war ... but ignores LeMay’s own judgments that his preferred tactics would be war crimes, Andrew Feinberg writes

The Independent UK · Apr 4

More than 1,800 killed by army and jihadists in Burkina Faso since 2023, NGO reports

Burkina Faso's army, its civilian auxiliaries and jihadist groups have killed more than 1,800 civilians since 2023 in acts that constitute "war crimes and crimes against humanity", Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 3

Artist files war crime case in Paris over Israeli strike that killed parents in Lebanon

Lebanese-French man Ali Cherri demands investigation into Beirut bombing as possible war crime against civilians

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2

Tony Blair says the left is in ‘unholy alliance’ with Islamists. It’s a desperate last ploy to quell the anger over Gaza

The former PM has no valid response when progressives raise a voice over war crimes, so he seeks to mute them. But we’ll take no moral lectures from him, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1

EU countries, except Hungary, vow 'full accountability' for war crimes in Ukraine

High Representative Kaja Kallas gathered EU foreign ministers in Kyiv to honour the victims of the Bucha massacre, which has since then come to symbolise the search for justice and accountability in Ukraine.

Euronews · Mar 31

A war without accountability: why the Middle East crisis is also a legal quagmire

What began with surprise US and Israeli strikes on Iran one month ago has hardened into a grinding stand-off, with no clear way out.

The Conversation · Mar 29

Swedish prosecutors seek prison for oil executives over alleged Sudan war crimes

Prosecutors said the accused men were complicit because Lundin Oil had entered into agreements with Sudan's government to make the military responsible for security.

Euronews · Mar 26

Who are the latest Russian disinformation actors sanctioned by the EU?

A former military serviceman and a freelance journalist accused of war crimes - who are the four individuals the EU is sanctioning for spreading Russian propaganda?

Euronews · Mar 24

The UN just dropped a war crime bombshell about the U.S. and Israel — and it’s not what their leaders want the world to hear

Image by US Mission Geneva, CC BY-ND 2.0.

We Got This Covered · Mar 23