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# war-crimes - Monday 18 November, 2019
International Criminal Court may investigate British military over war crimes allegations
A BBC Panorama programme claims that killings of civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq have been covered up.
# war-crimes - Sunday 7 April, 2019
Opinion: 25 years on from the Rwanda genocide. Can we make sure it never happens again?
187 million people were killed through genocide and state-sanctioned mass murder, in the 20th century, writes Cian Matthew Kearns.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic's jail sentence increased to life imprisonment
Karadzic (73) was notorious for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
# war-crimes - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
Former Nazi concentration camp guard (94) breaks down during first day of trial
The German man is charged with complicity in mass murder at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
# war-crimes - Tuesday 11 September, 2018
US threatens International Criminal Court with sanctions if it prosecutes Americans for war crimes
The court is considering prosecuting US servicemen over alleged detainee abuse.
# war-crimes - Friday 23 February, 2018
North Korean general should be 'hanged in the streets' not going to Olympics, says S. Korean politician
Kim Yong Chol is heading to the closing ceremony but is accused of war crimes.
UN wants war crime charges after people in South Sudan 'forced to watch the rape of loved ones'
A UN report said some of the cases are “reminiscent of Bosnia”.
# war-crimes - Monday 4 December, 2017
13 Bosnian Muslims arrested over 1990s war crimes
The 13 are suspected of “murders, torture, rapes, persecutions and expulsions” of civilians.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 29 November, 2017
Bosnian army leader dies after drinking poison at war crimes court
Slobodan Praljak shouted out “Praljak is not a criminal. I reject your verdict”, immediately before bringing a brown bottle to his lips.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
'Butcher of Bosnia' Mladic imprisoned for life after being found guilty of genocide
The 74 year old faced 11 charges, including genocide and crimes against humanity, at the UN tribunal.
# war-crimes - Sunday 8 October, 2017
Angelina Jolie 'offered to help capture' Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
The actor apparently wanted to invite Kony to dinner so he could be arrested.
# war-crimes - Monday 4 September, 2017
Investigators accuse government of Burundi of war crimes including execution and torture
Three investigators from the UN’s Human Rights Council have been probing the political climate of the African country for the past 12 months.
# war-crimes - Sunday 13 August, 2017
UN commission 'has enough to prosecute Assad for war crimes'
“The preparatory work has been done, but nevertheless, there is no prosecutor and no court.”
# war-crimes - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
'If men are caught, they are killed. If women are caught, they are raped'
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
# war-crimes - Saturday 1 October, 2016
Wilful killing, torture, taking of hostages - what are war crimes and how are they prosecuted?
Five facts about war crimes, and the long, arduous legal process to bring perpetrators to justice.
# war-crimes - Monday 26 September, 2016
Irish government says Syrian war has reached "new depths of barbarity" as airstrikes on Aleppo continue
Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan is to ‘convey concerns to Russian authorities’ as Western powers accuse Russia of war crimes.
# war-crimes - Sunday 18 September, 2016
All's fair in love and war? Not when it comes to war crimes
Professor of international criminal justice, Dr Niamh Howlin, says countries and individuals can be held responsible for the things they do during war time.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 1 June, 2016
Ireland could become home to witnesses under an international protection programme
This would be the first time Ireland is involved in an international witness protection programme.
# war-crimes - Saturday 28 May, 2016
Jihadist to become first person to plead guilty to war crimes for destroying historic monuments in Timbuktu
The man had told his defence lawyer he was “a Muslim who believes in justice.”
# war-crimes - Thursday 24 March, 2016
Radovan Karadzic found guilty of genocide and jailed for 40 years
The former Bosnian Serb leader was sentenced to four decades in jail over the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II.
# war-crimes - Monday 21 March, 2016
Former DR Congo warlord found guilty of deliberate campaign of rape and murder
The International Criminal Court has convicted Jean-Pierre Bemba on five charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
# war-crimes - Thursday 29 October, 2015
Evidence of mass graves, forced cannibalism and rape in South Sudan conflict
The African Union has accused South Sudanese forces of extreme violence since the country’s civil war began nearly two years ago.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 7 October, 2015
Human rights group calls for the west to stop supplying arms to those 'committing war crimes'
American allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE are leading the coalition battling rebels in Yemen.
# war-crimes - Thursday 7 May, 2015
Man who killed US soldier with a grenade when he was 15 freed from jail
Omar Khadr arrived in Guantanamo Bay aged 15.
# war-crimes - Monday 4 May, 2015
'I knew my rapists... I had to watch what they did to my daughter'
Victims in Croatia might soon get justice after war crimes.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 31 December, 2014
Israel warns of 'retaliatory steps' as Palestine signs up to International Criminal Court
Benjamin Netanyahu called Israel’s soldiers “the most moral army in the world”.
# war-crimes - Tuesday 23 December, 2014
Women and young girls are being 'sold' or given as 'gifts' by Islamic extremists
Amnesty International says thousands of people may have been targeted in the war crimes in Iraq.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
Amnesty accused of being a "propaganda tool for Hamas" by Israel
The group says Israel showed a “shocking disregard for Gaza civilians”.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 1 October, 2014
Opinion: The threat of Ebola and the 'Responsibility to Protect'
The international community is pouring its efforts into containing the criminal militancy of Isis, but we should turn our attention to funding Ebola emergency relief.
# war-crimes - Friday 12 September, 2014
Column: Syria is the humanitarian tragedy of our generation, yet most people just shrug their shoulders
Massacres, hostage-taking, torture and sexual violence. These are the war crimes happening in Syria, yet why don’t we care, asks GOAL CEO Barry Andrews.
# war-crimes - Thursday 19 June, 2014
Poll: Should Nazi concentration camp guards be tried for war crimes?
For more than 60 years German courts only prosecuted Nazi war criminals if evidence showed they personally committed atrocities.
# war-crimes - Thursday 22 May, 2014
China and Russia veto UN bringing Syria to court for war crimes
The Security Council wants to bring the crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible war crimes.
Eamon Gilmore calls for support on UN Syria, but Russia's already said no
The resolution will seek to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court.
# war-crimes - Monday 19 May, 2014
Bosnian Serb ex-army chief's defence case opens against charges of genocide
Ratko Mladic faces 11 charges for his role in Bosnia’s brutal 1992-95 conflict in which 100,000 people died.
# war-crimes - Tuesday 15 April, 2014
Tribunal rejects acquittal of "Butcher of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic
A UN war crimes tribunal says that Ratko Mladic “has a case to answer”.
# war-crimes - Saturday 5 April, 2014
Fifteen years later, the EU is to set up a special court for Kosovo war crimes
The court will address a report which found that some of Kosovo’s leaders were involved in war crimes – including harvesting and selling organs – during the conflict.
# war-crimes - Sunday 15 December, 2013
Identifying victims of Argentina's 'Dirty War'
This month marks 30 years since the end of the bloody dictatorship – but thousands are still missing.
# war-crimes - Saturday 7 December, 2013
Hundreds of Bosnian war criminals to be released and retried
A legal error meant that many people found guilty of war crimes now have to undergo retrials.
# war-crimes - Sunday 3 November, 2013
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# war-crimes - Thursday 26 September, 2013
War crimes verdict upheld for Charles Taylor
Victims of the former Liberian president’s regime spoke of their relief after his 50-year jail term was upheld.
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