Central African Republic UN fears growing war crimes in Central African Republic A new United Nations report claims a fresh wave of human rights violations in Central African Republic may amount to war crimes. Investigators who 30/05/2017
Syria Russia says bombed rebel weapons dump caused Syria 'chemical attack' Russia has said chemical gas which killed dozens in Syria leaked from a rebel facility, after it was bombed by Syrian planes. 05/04/2017
Syria Russia says bombed rebel weapons dump caused Syria 'chemical attack' Russia has said chemical weapons that killed as many as 100 people in the town of Idlib leaked from a rebel weapons facility after it was bombed by the Syrian air… 05/04/2017
Syria International outrage at Syria 'gas attack' The White House said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump was alarmed at reports of a suspected Syrian government chemical attack that has left dozens of people… 04/04/2017
world news ISIL accused of using civilians as human shields near Raqqa People fleeing villages around the Syrian city of Raqqa claim ISIL has been using civilians as human shields. 31/03/2017
Philippines Human rights groups slam Philippine's war on drugs Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International call for investigations into the extrajudicial police killings of President Duterte's war on drugs 01/02/2017
review Aleppo in ruins as Assad celebrates a good 2016 Aleppo the target of a relentless human violence 19/12/2016
Syria New deal agreed for Aleppo evacuation Fresh agreement will allow wounded civilians to be evacuated from the villages of Kefraya and Fua as well as from two towns near the Lebanese border. 17/12/2016
Syria Syria Aleppo: thousands of trapped civilians wait as evacuation halts Amid recriminations on all sides, fears are growing for the thousands of people still desperately trying to flee Eastern Aleppo after the operation 17/12/2016
Syria Hezbollah and Iranians hold up convoys fleeing Aleppo says witness The Aleppo endgame is proving deadly for civilians trying to flee as Hezbollah and Iranian militias defy Russian efforts to shepherd people to safety. 16/12/2016
Syria Battle for Aleppo: cries of desperation appear on social media As the attacks by Syrian government forces have intensified on the last rebel-held area of Aleppo, cries of desperation have been published via social media in a series of videos and… 13/12/2016
Syria Amnesty International accuses Syrian opposition groups of human rights abuses The rights watchdog says the alleged abuse was committed over four years by the members of five armed organisations in the conflict-torn country. 05/07/2016
world news ICC gives former rebel warlord 18 years for war crimes and crimes against humanity Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, led a campaign of rape and murder in neighbouring Central African Republic in 2002-3. 21/06/2016
world news Habre - "I hope this is a lesson to all the other dictators out there" News that the former president of Chad has been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity has been met with celebration. 30/05/2016
Senegal Ex-Chad leader Hissène Habré gets life in prison for crimes against humanity Habré ruled Chad from 1982-1990 Investigators told trial he was responsible for 40,000 killings and torture of 200,000 people He denied all charges, refuses court’s authority Victims campaigned for 25 30/05/2016
Senegal Ex-Chad president sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity Hissene Habre has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for ordering the killing and torture of thousands of political opponents during his rule from 1982-1990. 30/05/2016
Turkey Armenian massacres of 1915: the Armenian viewpoint This article sets out how Armenians generally view the context, events and implications of the massacres of ethnic Armenians living in the Ottoman 24/04/2016
Netherlands No-one in Bosnia satisfied with Karadzic sentence In Srebrenica, scene of an appalling massacre of Bosnian Muslim men and boys by the Serbs during the Yugoslav war, survivors and victims’ family 24/03/2016
Ivory Coast ICC trial begins of former Ivory Coast president, Laurent Gbagbo Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo goes on trial today at the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity 28/01/2016
interview Judge Theodor Meron reflects on his quest for international justice Judge Theodor Meron has presided over the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia for the past five years. A court which has managed 19/11/2015
Unreported Europe ICTY: The trials and tribulations of international justice Since 1993 the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia in the Hague has sought to bring to justice perpetrators of atrocities during 13/11/2015
Syria Satellite images show ISIL destruction in Palmyra Newly released satellite images show the destruction by ISIL militants of the Bel Temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The images 01/09/2015
Romania Romania: former prison commandant given 20 years for crimes against humanity The former commandant of one of the harshest prisons of Romania’s communist era has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity 24/07/2015
Syria "Death Everywhere" - report accuses Syria of bombing civilians Amnesty International report accuses Syrian government of deliberately targeting civilians with deadly barrel bombs in Aleppo 06/05/2015
Cambodia Cambodia: 40th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh In Cambodia, opposition leader Sam Rainsy leads prayers on the 40th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge. #Cambodge : 40e 17/04/2015
Serbia Rebel Serb leader on war crimes charges released on medical grounds Rebel Serb leader Goran Hadzic has arrived in Belgrade after being granted temporary release on medical grounds by the International Criminal 16/04/2015