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Ethiopia rights probe extended after close vote at U.N. body

Countries voted on Friday to extend a U.N.-mandated monitoring mission for a war in Ethiopia where investigators have found "reasonable grounds to believe" that parties to the conflict have committed serious rights violations, including war crimes.

Reuters

Journalists at foreign-owned outlets in Australia could face jail for exposing ADF war crimes, paper suggests

Press freedom policy paper says Australia’s foreign interference laws could be used to target journalists who ‘prejudice national security’

The Guardian - AU

Is the Booking.com reversal on Palestine corporate hypocrisy?

Foreign companies working in illegal settlements implicate themselves in violations of Palestinians’ rights: Analysts.

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Gold teeth pulled from mouths of living and dead Ukrainians, claims Kyiv

The discovery has been reported to the War Crimes Commission for investigation

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 224 of the invasion

Putin signs annexation of Ukraine’s territory into Russian law as Zelenskiy says ‘dozens’ of towns have been recaptured in latest advance

The Guardian - AU

Russia is not cooperating with us on Ukraine, ICC says

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court spoke about alleged war crimes in Ukraine with FRANCE 24, Karim A. A. Khan KC urged Russia to cooperate with the ICC and said "we've got no political agenda". Asked about Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's claim that the ICC is not investigating…

France 24

Defence officials call for ‘deep reform’ to counter perceptions of inaction on Brereton inquiry

Exclusive: Despite war crimes inquiry saying commanders ‘must bear’ responsibility for what happened on their watch, the previous government suspended punishment against them

The Guardian - AU

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Defense: Evidence is weak in Central African Republic trial

A defense lawyer for an alleged Central African Republic rebel has told International Criminal Court judges that evidence that led to him being charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes is unreliable

The Independent UK

UN says Russia abuses prisoners in Ukraine

Russian forces and their armed affiliates have subjected Ukrainian prisoners to extrajudicial executions, sexual violence and other abuses, the U.N. human rights office said in a report on Tuesday.

Reuters

Journalists are being trained to gather evidence of war crimes — starting in Ukraine

For years, the coverage of war crimes by journalists wasn't used in criminal trials. The Reckoning Project is an educational program that aims to change that, starting with Ukraine.

WEKU

Central African Republic Seleka militia leader goes on trial at ICC

An alleged senior leader of a predominantly Muslim rebel group that ousted the president of Central African Republic in 2013 pleaded not guilty Monday to seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.

France 24

Alleged Central African Republic rebel goes on trial at ICC

An alleged senior leader of a predominantly Muslim rebel group that ousted the president of Central African Republic in 2013 has pleaded not guilty at the International Criminal Court to seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The Independent UK

Central African Republic Seleka militia leader pleads not guilty at ICC

A suspected leader of the Seleka militia groups in the Central African Republic, Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the opening of his trial at the International Criminal Court.

Reuters

British judge says 'lunatic' Vladimir Putin should be put on trial for Ukraine war crimes

Sir Geoffrey Nice QC - who prosecuted Serbian warlord Slobodan Milosevic - says it is essential the Russian leader is brought to trial as a lesson to other dictators

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US President Joe Biden says US will never recognise annexation as UN investigators find evidence of war crimes

US President Joe Biden says Russian referendums aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine are a sham, as UN investigators find evidence of war crimes including executions and torture.

Axios

UN human rights commission says war crimes have been committed in Ukraine

Investigators found "visible signs of executions on bodies, such as hands tied behind backs ... and slit throats."

The Guardian - UK

Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, say UN investigators

Investigating teams reported evidence of executions, torture and sexual violence in civilian areas

The Independent UK

Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, including executions and sexual violence, says UN

Victims of sexual or gender-based violence aged from four to 82-years-old, investigators found

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The Independent UK

UN rights experts cite signs of war crimes in Ukraine

A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body to look into rights violations in Ukraine says its initial investigation has turned up evidence of war crimes in the country following Russia’s invasion nearly seven months ago

Reuters

Investigation chief says Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine

War crimes including rape, torture, executions and confinement of children were committed by Russia in areas it occupied in Ukraine, the head of a U.N.-mandated investigation body said on Friday.

Al Jazeera

‘Even their remains should be in handcuffs’: Khmer Rouge vilified

Cambodians reflect after the UN-backed war crimes tribunal issued its final judgement on the regime’s brutal rule.

The Independent UK

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict

U.N.-backed investigators say they have turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military — including rape, murder and pillage — over the nearly two-year war on Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Al Jazeera

Former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan loses genocide appeal

Ruling marks the final decision by the court and ends 16 years of work by the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia.

Reuters

Lavrov defends Russia at U.N. showdown rife with anger over Ukraine war

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defended Moscow's war in Ukraine at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday as the United Nations warned Moscow against annexing Ukrainian regions and Western ministers called for accountability over atrocities.

ABC News

Former Australian commando under investigation over 2012 Afghanistan rotation

A former special forces soldier is a target of a war crimes investigation for the alleged killing of at least one unarmed detainee in Afghanistan in 2012.

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