Pretoria stopped one phase of one war. Its incomplete implementation left unresolved disputes that are now colliding.
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As mass atrocities continue worldwide, finding ways to spot warning signs earlier could help mitigate or prevent future catastrophe.
Every year on August 2, the Congolese community around the world observes a day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide perpetrated against the people of eastern DRC for economic gain.
The report found evidence of children being deliberately targeted by Israeli Defense Forces. Such acts would amount to war crimes under international law.
Israel’s airstrikes in the south of the country have damaged ancient Roman ruins, mosques, schools and churches.
A bail judge has ruled there are ‘exceptional circumstances’ in the Ben Roberts-Smith case and granted the accused war criminal bail.
Australia’s most decorated living soldier, who has always denied any wrongdoing, is facing criminal proceedings. The path to this point has been long and complex.
The Victoria Cross recipient was arrested at Sydney Airport. He will face court in New South Wales on Tuesday afternoon to be formally charged.
As the war in Iran escalates across the region, urgent questions about civilian harm, accountability and the limits of international law become harder to answer.
Syrian national Salem Al-Salem faces prosecution for crimes against humanity in a first for the UK.
The visuals being used by the White House frame real victims of war as game avatars. And avatars, by definition, are not grievable.
Ongoing conflict, particularly in a three-month period in late 2024, caused widespread environmental destruction and the spread of toxic materials.
In World of War, Geoffrey Robertson calls for more law and better justice, but his arguments are less than compelling.
Among the top three priorities is addressing the gravest crisis of our time: Gaza.
Since fighting broke out in April 2023, some 150,000 people have been killed in Sudan and an estimated 13.5 million displaced.
The new film highlights how the tribunal broke ground – and where it fell short – raising enduring questions about complicity, morality and whether humanity can ever truly judge its worst crimes.
Hundreds of returnees and forced migrants reported being terrorised by soldiers and armed militias on both sides of the Sudan civil war.
The plan proposed by the US and Russia appeared to reflect Vladimir Putin’s original war aims.
Women were often jailed for their association with anti-Franco male relatives. Behind bars, they suffered mental and physical torture.
Legal academic Olivera Simic spent eight years talking to a war criminal prosecuted for crimes against humanity who receives fan-mail today.
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