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UK reverses stance on ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu

The Prime Minister's office said the decision is "based on a strong belief in the separation of powers and the rule of law, both domestically and internationally."

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Europe's divisions over the Middle East

This edition of State of the Union focuses on the divisions within the EU over the Middle East, western hesitations to arm Ukraine, Moldova's growing ties with the EU and the release of a commemorative coin to remember D-Day.

Israel

Israel PM slams arrest warrant as Palestinians killed in West Bank

Benjamin Netanyahu has blasted the International Criminal Court's decision to seek an arrest warrant for him and Hamas leaders, while Israeli forces have shot dead at least seven in the occupied West Bank.

Iran

ICC prosecutor's request for arrest warrants triggers global reaction

Several Western leaders, including US President Joe Biden, have rejected the ICC's chief prosecutor's decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders. Meanwhile, others have called for the protection of the war crimes court's impartiality.

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World News

ICC: What's its role in prosecuting war crimes?

The ICC's chief prosecutor Karim Khan has requested the Hague's top court to issue arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders. How significant is this move and how ICC operates?

World News

ICC plans to issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Israeli media reports

The International Criminal Court is probing Israel's actions in the West Bank and Gaza, independent of other cases at the International Court of Justice, such as South Africa's genocide claims against Israel in Gaza.

World News

ICJ orders Syria to do all it can to prevent torture

The interim order is intended to protect potential victims while the case accusing Syria of breaching the torture convention proceeds through the International Court of Justice, a process likely to take years.

South Africa

South Africa grants Putin immunity despite international warrant

Russia's president was granted diplomatic immunity to attend a BRICS summit in August, despite being wanted for his involvement in alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

My Europe Series

Inside the network deporting Ukrainian children to Russia

Open-source data investigations and social media channels like Telegram are playing a key role in spreading awareness not only about Maria Lvova-Belova, but a bigger structure of re-education camps, transport routes, deportation strategies and the network deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.

Europe News

US wants prosecution of Russia's crimes to create deterrent effect

The crime of aggression targets the individual who is in ultimate control of the political and military action of a state.

Russia

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

The charges are in connection with the forced removal of Ukrainian children who were taken to Russia against their will.

Ukraine

The EU wants a court to probe Russian war crime claims. Will it work?

The creation of a special tribunal able to charge the Russian leadership with the crime of aggression -- the invasion of Ukraine -- will show Kyiv that Moscow can be held accountable for violating its sovereignty.

Ukraine

Five things to know from Russia's war in Ukraine

From another deadly Russian missile strike on Ukrainian civilians far from the front line... to France's Ukrainian touch on Bastille Day: five key events related to the war.

Ukraine

International Criminal Court launches Ukraine war crimes investigation

Dozens of member countries had called for a probe into crimes against humanity.

Sudan

Sudan 'to hand over' ex-president Omar al-Bashir for war crimes trial

Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for three decades before being deposed in 2019, faces charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

Philippines

ICC prosecutor seeks to probe Philippines' crackdown on drug crime

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said a preliminary probe "determined that there is a reasonable basis to believe that the crime against humanity of murder has been committed" in the Philippines.

World News

British barrister Karim Khan elected next ICC prosecutor

Khan, an assistant U.N. secretary-general, was widely seen as the favorite to get the job. But neither Khan nor any of the other candidates garnered enough support to be appointed by consensus, prompting Friday’s election in the U.N. General Assembly Hall.

World News

ICC clears way for war crimes probe of Israeli actions

The International Criminal Court said that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions.

USA

Euroviews. Trump’s ICC attack shows his contempt for the rule of law ǀ View

In the face of a blatant attempt at interference by Donald Trump, the ICC should guard its independence and push on with its probes into alleged war crimes committed by the US in Afghanistan and Israeli forces in Palestine.

Brazil

Euroviews. Brazil's Bolsonaro: A new candidate for trial in the Hague? | View

Brazil's newly elected president, Jair Bolsonaro, promotes destructive environmental policies that could amount to international crimes, warn human rights experts.