War crimes

The Amhara conflict broke out less than a year after the government reached a peace deal in November 2022 to end a two-year civil war in the neighboring Tigray region that killed tens of thousands.

A lot of ideas went out the door on October 7, but human rights can’t be one of them.

Israel accused the UN of sharing unverified and unsubstantiated claims which Israel claims is tantamount to blood libel.

Generals and paramilitaries have been fighting over the country and plunged it into disaster. Now there are reports that the RSF have taken Wadi Medani, southeast of Khartoum.

The two most critical issues will be whether the ICC views Israel’s targeting system as legitimate and its legal system of self-prosecution of its own soldiers as legitimate.

A large number of the challenges Israel faces from the ICC became an issue long before the current war and this past weekend.

The four allegedly interrogated, severely beat, and tortured the victim as well as threatening to kill the victim and conducting a mock execution.

October 7 should prove too flagrant to be ignored by the body that is supposed to be the world’s watchdog on protecting and advancing human rights.

Though the Dutch Defense Ministry would not comment on the case, a letter said "it cannot be established that the F-35s are involved in grave violations of the humanitarian laws of war."

Hamas intentionally hides in Gazan hospitals, schools, and homes because it understands, perversely, that a higher Gazan casualty rate will bring about greater international pressure on Israel.