Former Kosovo Army Leader Appears Before War Crimes Tribunal
A former Kosovo military officer on Monday became the first defendant to be brought before a special court established to try war crimes during the Kosovo War.
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1st Kosovar Albanian Arrested on War Crimes Charges
A special international court said Thursday that a former commander of the separatist fighters in Kosovo’s 1998-1999 war has been arrested as part of a war crimes and crimes against humanity investigation stemming from the conflict with Serbia.
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9 Arrested in Bosnia Over Wartime Killings of Civilians
Authorities in Bosnia on Wednesday arrested nine former Bosnian Serb military officers and troops who are suspected in the killing of 44 civilians during the 1992-95 Bosnian War.
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White House Imposes Sanctions on Prosecutor Behind Afghanistan Probe
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it is placing sanctions on the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, escalating its feud with the global judicial body investigating American military actions in Afghanistan.
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Khmer Rouge’s Chief Jailer, Guilty of War Crimes, Dies at 77
The Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, who admitted overseeing the torture and killings of as many as 16,000 Cambodians while running the regime’s most notorious prison, has died. Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, was 77 and had been serving a life prison term for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Italy Off the Table for Colombian Warlord Facing Removal
Not waiting for an extradition request, U.S. officials is reportedly deporting former Colombia paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso to a homeland where the convicted warlord believes he will be assassinated.
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‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Blasts Genocide Charges at UN Court
The former military leader known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” told a United Nations appeals court on Wednesday that the case against him “has gone down the drain.”
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Ex-Bosnian Serb General Asks UN Court to Toss Genocide Conviction
Plagued by technical difficulties at the outset, two days of hearings began Tuesday in an appeal of the genocide conviction of a former Bosnian Serb general known as the “Butcher of Bosnia.”
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Mali War Crimes Trial Kicks Off in International Criminal Court
An accused Islamic militant refused to enter a plea on the 13 counts of crimes against humanity he faces before the International Criminal Court as his trial officially began Tuesday.
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Kosovo President, 9 Ex-Fighters Indicted for War Crimes
Kosovo’s president and nine other former separatist fighters were indicted on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by a court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs, Albanians and Roma during and after Kosovo’s 1998-99 independence war with Serbia.
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White House Escalates Feud With International Criminal Court
The decision to sanction employees at The Hague-based court is just the United States’ latest provocative measure targeting the global
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Militia Leader Hauled Before Hague Court Denies War Crimes
Making his first appearance Monday at the International Criminal Court, a former Sudanese Janjaweed militia leader disputed the 50 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity he faces.
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Trump Orders Sanctions on Workers at Court Probing War Crimes in Afghanistan
Escalating his feud with the International Criminal Court, President Donald Trump levied economic sanctions and travel restrictions Thursday against ICC workers investigating American war crimes in Afghanistan.
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ICC Rejects Compensation Claim by Former Congo VP Bemba
The International Criminal Court on Monday rejected a multimillion euro compensation claim by a former Congolese vice president who was cleared of war crimes charges after spending a decade in the court’s custody.
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Kosovo Court in Another Step Toward Indicting War Suspects
A court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after Kosovo’s 1998-99 independence war with Serbia on Tuesday said it has initiated charges against suspects without giving details.
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Defense Team Urges Leniency for Accused Ugandan Warlord
Final closing arguments were heard at the International Criminal Court on Thursday in a years-long trial of a former child soldier from Uganda charged with war crimes.
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Former Child Soldier on Trial at Hague Criminal Court
Closing arguments began Tuesday in the trial of an ex-commander of a Christian extremist group in Uganda, the first case of a former child soldier to be brought before the International Criminal Court.
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Hague Court Reopens Probe of US War Crimes in Afghanistan
American soldiers could face charges for war-time abuses in Afghanistan after the International Criminal Court ruled Thursday to reopen an investigation.
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Report: War Crimes Committed by Almost All Sides in Syria
Investigators for the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council said on Monday that they had found evidence of war crimes in Syria committed by nearly all sides in the conflict during the second half of last year and into January.
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Islanders Who Suffered 1940s War Atrocities on Guam Get Paid
For Antonina Palomo Cross, Japan’s occupation of Guam started with terror at church. The then-7-year-old was attending Catholic services with her family when the 1941 invasion began, setting off bomb blasts, sirens and screams.
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