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 · Oct 15, 2025
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 · Oct 14, 2025
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 · Oct 9, 2025
Trump is willing to flout the rules of war like no other US president The US vice-president, J.D. Vance, recently declared that he “doesn’t give a shit” if the Trump administration’s strike on a suspected Venezuelan gang boat is called a “war crime”. In a speech to hundreds of senior US military officers weeks later, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, then called for troops… The Conversation · Oct 8, 2025
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 · Oct 7, 2025
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 · Oct 7, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2025
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 · Oct 6, 2025
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. International Business Times · Oct 6, 2025
Australian accused of Afghanistan war crime pleads not guilty but trial held until at least 2027 A prosecutor has told a court an Australian soldier charged with a war crime in Afghanistan won't stand trial until at least 2027 The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025
War crimes trial could be years away for ex-SAS soldier National security concerns are threatening to delay a landmark war crimes trial for more than a year as a former soldier pleads not guilty to murder. AAP · Oct 3, 2025
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. We Got This Covered · Oct 1, 2025
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. Radio France Internationale · Oct 1, 2025
Abbas decries Israel’s ‘genocide’ and says Hamas will have no role in future Gaza government Palestinian Authority president speaks to UN by video about Israel’s ‘war crime’ after visa was revoked by the US The Guardian - US · Sep 25, 2025
Radio France Internationale · Sep 23, 2025 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 · Sep 18, 2025 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 · Sep 16, 2025 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 · Sep 13, 2025 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 · Sep 12, 2025 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 · Sep 9, 2025 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 · Sep 9, 2025 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.
The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025 ICC opening its war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first in absentia hearing
International Business Times · Sep 9, 2025 ICC Hears Charges Against Ugandan Warlord Kony The International Criminal Court opens war crimes hearings Tuesday against Joseph Kony, a brutal Ugandan rebel chief whose Lord's Resistance Army was responsible for murdering and kidnapping tens of thousands.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2025 Ukraine war briefing: Putin awards ‘courage’ medal to Russian general sought by ICC over alleged crimes against humanity in Ukraine Army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov is accused of war crimes for directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects in Ukraine under an arrest warrant from the international criminal court. What we know on day 1,294
We Got This Covered · Sep 8, 2025 ‘I don’t give’: JD Vance explodes on Venezuelan boat strike that killed 11 JD Vance just said he doesn't care if we commit war crimes... and he meant it literally.