War Crimes
latest news & developmentsCongo remembers as the world forgets
Decades after the outbreak of the Second Congo War, the victims of relentless conflict in eastern Congo remain largely forgotten by the international community. Yet local heroes…
Christian churches applaud World Council of Churches for its resolutions condemning Israel over Gaza
The council has urged governments, institutions and churches to commit to the principles of justice under international law and ethics against Israel’s war against Palestinian
Holding the powerful to account: War crimes and the new global reckoning
From Nuremberg to The Hague and Rwanda to Gaza, author traces the relentless pursuit of justice for humanity’s darkest crimes
UN credibility crisis: The US veto shields Israel’s destruction of Gaza
The United Nations Security Council needs reform. The US has, since 1946, exercised its veto more than 80 times, many of those to block resolutions critical of Israel
DRC war: The blood-soaked path to your smartphone
The invasion and occupation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the extraction of its natural resources, which amounts to industrial-scale theft, must be stopped
Hamas is intent on destroying the Jewish people
Raping women and beheading children is not a struggle for human rights or freedom, it is a massacre
Liberian warlord awaits appeals verdict in war crimes trial
Alieu Kosiah maintains he is innocent and has requested a full acquittal
US to send Ukraine precision guided weapons to bolster Ukraine forces in the country
The US is attempting to help Kyiv’s war effort while not being seen as a direct belligerent
OPINION | Genocide should not exist in a moral world
The fact that mass killings should still take place in our modern world shows that we need to do more to oppose it
South Africa: A safe haven for perpetrators of international crimes?
Examples from the past 10 years illustrate a growing trend to avoid or slow down extradition proceedings to other countries or transfers to international entities
Widow of Anton Hammerl, killed in Libya, asks UN to investigate his death
A decade after the photojournalist’s death his family wants his remains found and to know the circumstances in which he died
South Sudanese leaders must bring justice for victims of atrocities
The cycles of violence can be broken by the truth, reparations and guarantees of peace for the victims of the war
‘Beheadings’: Aid workers wait for visas as violence intensifies in Mozambique
Amnesty International has released a report that implicates Al-Shabaab, the military and mercenaries in atrocities in Cabo Delgado province
Namibia’s Blue Book of record: Part one
On 27 January, the world remembers the victims of the Holocaust, but it is also worth remembering the victims of Germany’s other, earlier genocide in Namibia. A rare book,…
Exclusive: Top-secret testimonies implicate Rwanda’s president in war crimes
Explosive witness testimony from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda implicates Paul Kagame and the RPF in mass killings before, during and after the 1994 genocide.