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Zimbabwe: What is the current status of the Torture Docket case?

Africa Atilla Kisla - 23 May 2020

International crimes must be prosecuted and domestic jurisdictions are well placed to do this. Domestic prosecutions based on universal jurisdiction are on the rise

UN backs weakened resolution on sexual violence in conflicts

Article Philippe Rater - 24 Apr 2019

Washington threatened a veto if the text spoke of reproductive rights

Amnesty report says SA arms diverted to Yemeni militia

Article Kiri Rupiah - 6 Feb 2019

Between 2015 and the end of 2017, South Africa transferred $62-million worth of major conventional weapons to the UAE

CAR’s Colonel ‘Rambo’ to face war crimes charges in The Hague

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 18 Nov 2018

A militia leader from the Central African Republic has been extradited to the International Criminal Court in The Hague

Gambia launches probe into ex-dictator’s abuse

Africa Staff Reporter - 15 Oct 2018

The commission will hold witness hearings into Yahya Jammeh's 22-year era of oppression, opening the way to prosecuting those responsible

Liberians still seek justice for war crimes

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 10 Jul 2018

Liberians are asking why the government has failed to prosecute those responsible for atrocities committed during Liberia's two civil wars

Will seven million starving Yemenis ever find justice?

Article Al Jazeera - 2 Oct 2017

In the "war the world forgot", the international community won't react to the human rights violations which will leave 6.8 million hungry.

Jean-Pierre Bemba: From DRC vice-president to war criminal

Africa Staff Reporter - 24 Jun 2016

Bemba's MLC troops helped put down an attempted coup in neighbouring CAR, in months-long campaign of horrific abuses against civilian population.

Habré trial a victory for hearing crimes against humanity in Africa

Analysis Mia Swart - 8 Jun 2016

The trial of the Chad dictator in Senegal shows that war and other similar crimes need not be heard in The Hague.

AU-backed tribunal jails Chadian dictator Hissène Habré

Article Malick Rokhy Ba - 31 May 2016

The trial and judgment on the continent has been hailed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and other countries and organisations.

Syrian children pay the price for ‘world’s inaction’

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Mar 2016

Humanitarian workers and activists say the government has repeatedly delayed access for relief and aid, potentially in violation of a truce agreement.

Feelings mixed over US war crimes ruling

Africa Staff Reporter - 4 Feb 2016

An appeals court ruling that denied alleged war criminal Yusuf Abdi Ali from Somalia immunity from prosecution in the US is only a partial success.

Amnesty International calls for probe into Nigerian army war crimes

Africa Staff Reporter - 4 Jun 2015

The organisation wants senior military officers investigated for war crimes including murder, starvation, suffocation and torture.

Plight of civilians caught up in Boko Haram fight flagged

Africa Liesl Louw-Vaudran - 25 Feb 2015

Many of the nations fighting the terror group have themselves been accused of human rights abuses and even of war crimes.

Radovan Karadzic denies knowledge of Bosnian genocide

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Oct 2014

The former Bosnian leader's legal advisor says he is not guilty of genocide because there is no "evidence" he knew about the massacre.

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