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David McBride to face trial this year as Australian Defence Force investigates alleged Afghanistan war crimes

Former military lawyer David McBride will be tried in November, as the Australian Defence Force investigates alleged Afghanistan war crimes.

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'Punishment by process': Trial dates set for war crimes whistleblower

The former military lawyer's trial has been listed for November.

The Canberra Times

Benjamin Ferencz obituary

Last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor who played a key role in advancing the cause of international justice

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Defence chief Angus Campbell warns of 'uncomfortable days' ahead on Afghanistan war crimes action

In a rare public speaking engagement, General Angus Campbell also praises the Ukrainian armed forces, and describes an apparent intelligence leak from the Pentagon as "serious".

ABC News

Australian defence chief warns further criminal charges could be laid over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

Gen Angus Campbell says there could be ‘very, very uncomfortable days’ ahead for Australia’s special forces

The Guardian - AU

War crimes tribunal centres on how much former Kosovan president knew

Once feted by Tony Blair and Madeleine Albright, Hashim Thaçi stands accused in The Hague of complicity in torture and murder

The Guardian - UK

From Nuremberg to the ICC, Ben Ferencz never gave up fighting for international justice

The legal icon, who has died aged 103, witnessed then prosecuted Nazi war crimes and campaigned tirelessly for ‘law not war’

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Ben Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, has died at 103

Ben Ferencz tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps.

WEKU

Last living Nuremberg prosecutor and South Floridian Ben Ferencz dies at 103

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials, has died at age 103, his son confirmed to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Tribune News Service

Ben Ferencz, last living prosecutor of Nazi war crimes, dies

The last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps, has died

The Independent UK

Ben Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103

Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials in Germany that brought Nazi war criminals to justice after World War Two and a longtime apostle of international criminal law, died on Friday at age 103, NBC News reported, citing his son.

Reuters

Red Cross confirms contact with Russia about Ukrainian kids

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has been in contact with Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is suspected of war crimes, as it works for the return of Ukrainian children who were deported to Russia

The Independent UK

Russia’s alleged deportation of Ukrainian children has caused a UN standoff – what international law says and why it matters

The New Zealand government’s sanctioning of Russian commissioner for children’s rights Maria Lvova-Belova is a further demonstration of its concern over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. But it is only a small step in what will likely be a very long road to justice.

The Conversation

I met 60 suspects of war crimes committed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia: what they had to say reveal cracks in our international justice system

Since the Nuremberg trials (1945-1946), criminal jurisdictions such as those for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda have aimed to judge the world’s most serious offenses: war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocides.

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Reuters

US, Britain walk out at UN on Russian wanted for war crimes

The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia's envoy for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N. Security Council members on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

France Orders Syrian Officials to Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity

French judges have ordered on Tuesday senior officials of the Syrian regime to stand trial for collusion in crimes against humanity, a first in France, according to court documents seen by AFP. The order, signed last Wednesday, says the three officials are charged with complicity in crimes against humanity and…

Al Jazeera

France to try Syrian regime officials for crimes against humanity

French judges charge three senior advisers to Bashar al-Assad with complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Reuters

Britain blocks UN webcast of Russian meeting on Ukraine

Britain has blocked the U.N. webcast of an informal Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday at which Russia's commissioner for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - is due to speak.

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U.N. rights body extends Ukraine inquiry into crimes since Russia's invasion

The United Nations Human Rights Council overwhelmingly voted in favour on Tuesday of extending the mandate of an investigative body probing possible war crimes committed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukrainian soldier pleads 'partly guilty' at Russia's first war crime trial

A Ukrainian soldier pleaded "partly guilty" on Tuesday at Russia's first trial for war crimes in connection with its military campaign in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Ex-Kosovo president tells international judges he's innocent

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci has insisted he is an innocent man as he addressed a panel of international judges hearing his trial on 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rights Report Accuses Houthis of Committing War Crimes through Child Recruitment

The Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations, or Rasd Coalition, accused the Iran-backed Houthi militias of committing war crimes for their forced recruitment of children under 15. In a report, “Children Not Soldiers”, it also accused them of committing serious crimes against children and violating the rules of warfare…

Reuters

Ex-Kosovo leader Thaci tells war crimes court he will be exonerated

Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci expressed sorrow on Tuesday for all victims of the 1998-99 insurgency against Serbian rule but told judges on the second day of his war crimes trial that he expects to be exonerated.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Children’s Commissioner Rejects ICC War Crime Allegations as False

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who was accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) alongside President Vladimir Putin of war crimes in Ukraine, said on Tuesday that the ICC's allegations were false and unclear. The Hague-based ICC on March 17 issued arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian…

Reuters

Russian children's commissioner rejects ICC war crime allegations as false

Russia's commissioner for children's rights on Tuesday dismissed International Criminal Court (ICC) allegations that she was responsible for unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine as false.

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