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War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha

The Independent UK

Witnessing atrocities in real time in Ukraine is changing everything

Daily on-the-ground evidence makes it more straightforward for the International Criminal Court to indict Vladimir Putin with war crimes

The Guardian - UK

Greece seeks war crimes probe in besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol

Greece will ask the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes in the Russian-besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, home to a large Greek community, its foreign minister said on Thursday.

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Alleged Janjaweed Leader Denies Darfur Atrocities at War Crimes Court

A man accused of leading Sudan's feared Janjaweed militia pleaded not guilty to dozens of war crimes charges on Tuesday, at the start of the International Criminal Court's first trial over the Darfur conflict. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman is charged with overseeing thousands of pro-government Janjaweed fighters during the peak…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Janjaweed militia leader denies atrocities in Darfur at start of ICC trial

An alleged Janjaweed militia leader has pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the first ever trial at the International Criminal Court dealing with Sudan's Darfur conflict of nearly two decades ago.

Radio France Internationale

Bucha massacre: The evidence Russian soldiers killed civilians and left bodies in the street in Ukranian city

Horrific pictures have emerged showing destruction left by Russian forces in Ukrainian city of Bucha

Wales Online

Alleged militia leader on trial at ICC's first Darfur trial

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says that an alleged leader of a Sudanese militia known as “devils on horseback” took a “strange glee” in his ruthless reputation during the Darfur conflict

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First ICC Trial Addressing Darfur War Crimes to Open Tuesday

The first trial addressing atrocities in Darfur to opens at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday, nearly 20 years after the Sudanese region was racked by widespread violence that left hundreds of thousands dead. Suspected former Janjaweed militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman faces 31 counts of war crimes…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelenskyy to address UN amid outrage over civilian deaths

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to speak to U.N. Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces have deliberated killed civilians

The Independent UK

Explainer-How could Russia's Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday called for the prosecution of Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes over the discovery in Bucha, Ukraine, of mass graves and bodies of bound civilians shot at close range, but various challenges stand in the way.

Reuters

What are war crimes? 3 essential reads on atrocities in Ukraine and the likelihood of prosecuting Putin

Russian troops retreated from Kyiv and the nearby town of Bucha in early April 2022, and new horrors of their occupation were revealed.

The Conversation

More Ukraine sanctions as Ardern says Russia 'must answer to world'

“Russia must answer to the world for what it has done," Jacinda Ardern says as New Zealand announces a second tranche of sanctions.

Newsroom.co.nz

Putin set to send 130,000 new Russian conscripts to Ukraine war, officials fear

Western officials said Russia is also redeploying forces that are currently in Georgia, which it invaded in 2008, in an unplanned move that shows the war is going worse for Putin than he thought

Daily Mirror

War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha

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Growing list of war crime allegations as Russian troops branded 'worse than ISIS'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A bombshell report by Human Rights Watch today said evidence had been uncovered of "unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence" directed toward the Ukrainian population

Reuters

Explainer-How could Russia's Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?

Ukraine has accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Kyiv, with Germany, France and others expressing outrage at the images of dead civilians.

Reuters

Germany says West to agree more sanctions on Russia after Bucha killings

Germany said on Sunday that the West would agree to impose more sanctions on Russia in the coming days after Ukraine accused Russian forces of war crimes near Kyiv, ratchetting up the already vast economic pressure on Russia over its invasion.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: Indiscriminate Russian attacks must be investigated as war crimes

The Foreign Secretary referred to the ‘appalling acts’ carried out by Russian forces in the towns of Irpin and Bucha.

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UK says alleged attacks on civilians in Ukraine must be investigated as war crimes

Allegations of attacks against civilians during Russia's invasion of Ukraine must be investigated as war crimes, Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said, adding that the UK would fully support any such move by the International Criminal Court.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-ICC Prosecutor Urges Global Arrest Warrant for Putin

The former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Putin is a war criminal,” Carla Del Ponte told the Swiss newspaper Le Temps in an interview published Saturday. In interviews given to Swiss media to…

The Independent UK

Ex-ICC prosecutor urges global arrest warrant for Putin

The former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ethiopia Fails to Block UN Funding for Human Rights Investigation

Ethiopia on Thursday failed to block the United Nations from funding an international committee that will investigate human rights violations by all parties in the nation's recent war. The International Commission of Human Rights Experts (ICHRE) on Ethiopia was created last December by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, despite…

The Independent UK

International Criminal Court to open office in Venezuela

The prosecutor’s office of the International Criminal Court says it will open an office in Venezuela as it investigates allegations of torture and killings by the South American country’s security forces

Reuters

ICC to open office in Venezuela, prosecutor says

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan, appearing on Venezuelan state television on a visit to Caracas on Thursday, said the court will open an office there.

Reuters

Canada to make 'significant contribution' to ICC's investigations into Ukraine invasion

Canada will make a "significant contribution" to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigations into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said in a statement on Tuesday.

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