War Crimes

Putin to Skip 2025 G20 Summit in South Africa

Russian president Vladimir Putin will not attend the 2025 G20 summit in South Africa, as previously anticipated. The decision follows a pending arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes. South Africa, a signatory of the ICC’s Rome Statute, maintains neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine war but continues ties with Moscow. Putin previously skipped the 2023 BRICS summit in Johannesburg due to similar legal concerns. The ICC […]

22 February, 2025 42

Africa

UN Security Council pledges full support to peacekeepers in the DRC

The United Nations Security Council on Monday pledged its full support for UN peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as fighting in the DRC intensified in recent days. In a statement, the council says attacks against peacekeepers may constitute war crimes. Six UN peacekeepers have been killed since the fighting with M23 rebels escalated. Jody Jacobs has more from the United Nations in New York.

28 January, 2025 44

World

US returns two Bali bomber Guantanamo detainees

The Pentagon has released two detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay facility back to Malaysia. Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep had admitted carrying out war crimes for the Al Qaeda affiliate group that was responsible for the 2002 Bali bombing. Nick Harper reports from Washington.

19 December, 2024 38

Africa

Women in Sudan Suffer Systematic Sexual Violence

Reuters says a Human Rights Watch report indicates that women in Sudan's South Kordofan state have been subjected to repeated rape and some have been held as sex slaves by fighters from the Rapid Support Forces and allied militias. The RSF, which has been engaged in a brutal 20-month conflict with Sudan’s army, has denied accusations of widespread abuse during the war, which has displaced over 12 million […]

17 December, 2024 26

Africa

Ugandan Court Orders Compensation for Lord’s Resistance Army Victims

A Ugandan court has directed the government to pay up to US$2,740 to each victim of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army says Reuters. In October, Kwoyelo, the first senior LRA member convicted by Uganda’s judiciary, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for war crimes, including murder, rape, enslavement, torture, and kidnapping.

17 December, 2024 4

South Africa

Cosatu Calls for Enforcement of ICC Arrest Warrants Against Netanyahu and Others

Cosatu says the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court last week, show that no individual or state is above international law. The arrest warrants were issued for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Cosatu’s, Matthew Parks, says the international community must ensure these arrest warrants are enforced:

25 November, 2024 32

World

ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas officials

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister, the country's former defense minister as well as several Hamas officials. They are accused of crimes against humanity over the October 7th attack on Israel and the consequent war in Gaza. Europe correspondent William Denselow reports.

22 November, 2024 20

World

UN report accuses Israel of targeting Gaza’s healthcare

The Chairperson of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, presented the commission's latest investigative report to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, 31 October 2024. Navi Pillay and her team, appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, determined that Israel has implemented a policy aimed at destroying Gaza's healthcare system as part of a larger offensive, committing war crimes, […]

31 October, 2024 47

World

UN’s pact to protect future generations will be undermined by Security Council’s veto and its use in cases of mass atrocity

By Mike Brand, University of Connecticut World leaders will gather at the United Nations on Sept. 22-23, 2024, where they are set to adopt the Pact for the Future – an ambitious plan for how to best reform the U.N., and other institutions, to address the current problems of the world and protect future generations. It couldn’t come at a more pressing time. As presidents, prime […]

19 September, 2024 35