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Georgia

ICC demands three to be arrested for war crimes in 2008 Georgia war

The suspects are all accused of committing war crimes in the Russian-backed self-declared republic of South Ossetia.

Netherlands

Russian spy caught trying to infiltrate war crimes court, Dutch say

Dutch authorities say Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov had planned an elaborate cover story to hide his identity and penetrate the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Tech News

A race against time to collect digital evidence of Ukraine war crimes

These groups are working to ensure that the graphic content flooding social media gets properly collected, verified and archived.

Europe News

Could Vladimir Putin be tried for war crimes?

He could, but the International Criminal Court would have to catch him first.

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Ukraine

International Criminal Court launches Ukraine war crimes investigation

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

Nature

Why does a Glasgow river have fewer rights than a new €14 company?

Lawyers and environmentalists at a COP26 Coalition event called for ecocide to be made punishable in international law.

Brazil

Brazilian leader accused of genocide at International Criminal Court

Indigenous people in Brazil have filed a complaint against far-right president Jair Bolsonaro at the International Criminal Court at the Hague. Tribes say his negligence led to at least 1,160 deaths.

Israel

Israel: Netanyahu denounces ICC war crimes move as 'anti-Semitism'

Israel could face war crimes investigation after an International Criminal Court ruling extended its jurisdiction to territories Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast war.

Sudan

Sudan prosecutor to investigate former regime crimes in Darfur

Sudan's public prosecutor said on Sunday it has opened an investigation into the crimes committed in Darfur since 2003.

Myanmar

ICC opens probe into violence against Rohingya minority in Myanmar

"The chamber hereby authorises the commencement of an investigation into the situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar."

Netherlands

DRC's Bosco Ntaganda jailed for 30 years for war crimes

The former Congolese military leader was sentenced after a trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Thursday.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ex-Bosnian Serb chief Karadzic's sentence increased to life in prison

Karadzic was appealing a 2016 verdict in which he was given a 40-year sentence for the Srebrenica massacre in the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

Europe News

Prosecutor: Retrial of Gbagbo possible

Ex-Ivorian leader could face war crimes charges

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.

World News

Yugoslavia tribunal holds closing ceremony

A closing ceremony marks the end of the Yugoslavia tribunal

World

African leaders back plan for mass ICC withdrawal

Africa has 34 signatories to the Rome Statute, the treaty which set up the court.

Netherlands

After Russia, will Philippines be next to dump 'useless' International Criminal Court?

Russia has become the fourth nation to announce its intention to cut ties with the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Russia

Russia withdraws from the International Criminal Court

Officials are quoted as saying the Hague-based tribunal is not "truly independent" and has not lived up the hopes of the international community.

South Africa

South Africa to withdraw from the ICC

The country's Justice Minister, Michael Masutha, says the court's obligations are no consistent with legislation granting diplomatic immunity to sitting leaders.

World News

ICC finds former DRC vice president guilty of bribing witnesses

The former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been found guilty of bribing witnesses at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.