War crimes

New Syrian chemical weapons find could help prosecute perpetrators of war crimes, experts say

Syrian Authorities have detained 18 individuals suspected of involvement in operating and managing the Assad regime’s chemical weapons program.

A drawing exhibition by a group of young men and women depicting various scenes related to the chemical attack, during an event commemorating the 12th anniversary of the attack on August 21, 2025 in Moadamiyat Al-Sham, Syria.
Illustration of The New York Times application displayed on a smartphone held in hand in Corsica France April 18, 2026.

The battle over the narrative - opinion

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.

Why ICC going after Smotrich is a bigger deal than going after Netanyahu - analysis

(Illustrative) IDF soldiers are seen traversing northern Gaza rubble during Operation Brave Heart, the operation to rescue the body of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, January 26, 2026.

HRF files complaint against German prosecutor over dismissed charges against IDF soldier


ICC delays arrest warrants process against PM, Gallant

The decision permits UK, other countries to oppose the jurisdiction.

(L-R): International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

ICC convicts Mali Islamist for Timbuktu atrocities

Judges said Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz played a critical role in the Ansar Dine Islamist group, which took the city on the fringe of the Sahara desert in 2012 and tried to impose sharia Islamic law.

 International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters about the violence in Israel and Gaza in The Hague, Netherlands October 12, 2023

How an international trial for Hamas should be conducted - opinion

I accuse Hamas of war crimes, of crimes against humanity, genocide, and of depriving Gaza residents of a normal life.

 REPRESENTATIVES OF families of hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 pose in front of the International Criminal Court after submitting legal filings to the ICC, accusing Hamas of war crimes, in The Hague, in February.

South Korean NGOs bring war crimes charges against Israeli coalition leaders, including Netanyahu

South Korean NGOs allege that Israeli officials are involved in planning and executing crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.

'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)