Tag: War crimes

One of the International Criminal Court's most consequential decisions is set to unfold as member states prepare to vote on the future of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, whose tenure has ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced that it has obtained "concrete evidence" linking senior leaders of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed ...

United Nations has sounded an alarm over a sharp rise in conflict-related sexual violence across the globe, revealing that nearly 10,000 cases were verified in 2025 alone while warning that the ...

United Nations investigative body has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Palestinian doctor Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, expressing grave concern over credible reports that the director of Kamal ...

United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk  has issued an urgent warning that another major human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan, with civilians trapped in and around the besieged city of ...

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of committing crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and widespread atrocities during their prolonged campaign to seize the strategic city of el-Fasher ...

United Nations has issued one of its starkest warnings yet on the plight of children trapped in armed conflicts, revealing that government forces and their affiliated actors were responsible for ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, a leader of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed ...

France's highest court has ruled that an arrest warrant for former Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad was invalid as it was issued when he was still in office. The Cour de ...

Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have officially sanctioned the tribunal’s first-ever hearing to proceed without the presence of the accused, paving the way for a landmark in-absentia ...