War crimes

Australian former soldier gets bail on Afghanistan war crime charges

Police arrested and charged Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, with five counts of war crimes last week over the murder of five unarmed Afghan civilians between 2009 and 2012.

Former Australian Defence Force soldier Ben Roberts-Smith's parents, Len and Sue Roberts-Smith, leave the Downing Centre Courts after Ben Roberts-Smith was granted bail in Sydney, Australia, April 17, 2026.
A member of Iranian militia forces (Basij) attends an anti-Israeli march in Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2025.

Iran's war crimes: Behind the IRGC's recruitment of 12-year-olds - analysis

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

The moral barometer: Iran uses its people as live targets, as America values every life - opinion

A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce


'Hope to see them behind bars': Zelensky commends ICC warrants for Russia's Shoigu and Gerasimov

The Russian officials were suspected of having committed war crimes and crimes against humanity for directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects in Ukraine.

 The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. Uploaded on 29/5/2024

Israel may have violated laws of war in Gaza campaign, UN rights office says

Last week the UN human rights office said the killing of civilians during an Israeli operation to free four hostages could amount to war crimes.

 Israeli military vehicles maneuver inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from Israel, June 18, 2024

Ukraine investigates suspected beheading of soldier by Russia, prosecutors say

The Ukrainian military had received information on Monday that members of a unit of Russian forces had ordered their subordinates not to capture Ukrainian servicemen and to behead them.

 A funeral service employee looks at bodies of civilians, collected from streets to local cemetery, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine April 6, 2022.

How the ICC twisted the lessons of the Nuremberg, Tokyo trials - opinion

The recent actions of the chief prosecutor of the ICC to want to issue arrest warrants against two leaders of Israel are against the very foundational principles of the mandate of the ICC.

 The tribunal at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, 1945.

'Immense' scale of Gaza killings amount to crime against humanity, UN inquiry says

UN inquiry accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes, including murder and inhuman treatment, during the Gaza war's early stages.

Outgoing U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay talks during an interview to Reuters in her office in Geneva August 19, 2014.

'The day has come': ICC seeks arrests of Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas chiefs

“I could not have been clearer,” Khan said. “Those who do not comply with the law should not complain later when my Office takes action.

 (L-R): Yoav Gallant, Yahya Sinwar, and Benjamin Netanyahu at the International Court of Justice (illustrative)

Sudanese military retain control of Darfur capital in battle against anti-government forces

The RSF-led military incursion into El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur province, was reportedly repulsed by the defending Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its partners.

 A member of Sudanese armed forces looks on as he holds his weapon in the street in Omdurman, Sudan, March 9, 2024.

US senator questions whether State Dept properly assessing Israel conduct

Senator Chris Van Hollen pressed President Joe Biden to impose conditions on military assistance to pressure Israel to limit civilian deaths in the Gaza conflict.

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks during a press conference addressing a new policy that demands recipients of foreign military aid to follow international humanitarian law at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2024.

Some US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international law in Gaza

The assessment from the four bureaus said Israel's assurances were "neither credible nor reliable."

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken arrives for the Summit for Democracy, in South Korea this week. The gradual shift in the historic US-Israel alliance has been partly influenced by a greater influence given to the State Department under Blinken, the writer maintains.

Netanyahu says ICC decisions will not affect Israel's actions, set dangerous precedent

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said his team is actively investigating any crimes allegedly committed in Gaza and that those who are in breach of the law will be held accountable.

 Benjamin Netanyahu