#war crimes

#war crimes

Germany potentially arresting or extraditing Netanyahu if ICC issues warrant. [ more ]

Attacks on health workers in conflict zones rose by 25% in 2023, driven by new wars like in Gaza and Sudan, leading to over 2,500 violent incidents against healthcare. [ more ]

The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for high-ranking members of Hamas and the Israeli government for war crimes in Gaza. [ more ]

Amal Clooney was part of a panel evaluating war crimes evidence in Israel-Hamas conflict. [ more ]

The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants against senior Hamas and Israeli officials for alleged war crimes in Gaza. [ more ]

France and Belgium support ICC's arrest warrant request for Israeli and Hamas leaders. [ more ]

Ukraine is investigating the execution of two Ukrainian soldiers by Russian forces near Avdiivka.

The incident was captured on video and shows the soldiers surrendering before being shot. [ more ]

Russian-American writer Masha Gessen has been charged with spreading false information about Russian army actions in Ukraine.

The charges are part of the Kremlin's crackdown on critical voices.

Gessen made the remarks in an interview discussing potential war crimes in Ukraine. [ more ]

Three Ukrainian teenagers who fled Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea shared their experiences of systematic efforts by Russian officials to keep them in Russian-controlled territory.

Ukraine says there are thousands of Ukrainian children who were forced to move to Russia or Russian-occupied territory since Russia's invasion in 2022.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his commissioner for children's rights, accusing them of war crimes for unlawfully deporting and transferring Ukrainian children. [ more ]

The latest Middle East conflict could undermine criminal prosecutions against Russia for aggression and war crimes in Ukraine.

Israel's actions in Gaza are weakening Ukraine's Western allies' moral high ground.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine. [ more ]

Bohdan Yermokhin, an orphaned Ukrainian teenager, has returned home from Russia ahead of his 18th birthday, avoiding potential conscription in the Russian army.

Yermokhin was one of 20,000 Ukrainian children illegally taken to Russia from occupied regions of Ukraine since February 2022.

The practice of taking Ukrainian children to Russia is deemed a war crime by the International Criminal Court.

Yermokhin's return was facilitated through mediation from the UN and Qatar. [ more ]

Qatar's prime minister is calling for an international investigation into what he calls Israeli crimes in Gaza.

Qatar will continue efforts to facilitate a truce and reach a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. [ more ]

Human rights groups accuse the Dutch state of complicity in war crimes in Gaza due to its export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.

The Dutch state is facing a court case filed by human rights organizations in which they claim that the Netherlands is contributing to violations of humanitarian law by Israel in Gaza.

The case alleges that the Dutch state's export of plane parts to Israel makes it complicit in Gaza war crimes. [ more ]

Students at Brown University held a sit-in demanding the divestment of the school's endowment from companies that enable war crimes in Gaza.

The protesters were eventually arrested and charged with willful trespassing.

The sit-in is part of an escalating series of protests on Brown's campus about the war in Gaza. [ more ]