Germany
Former Nazi guard, 94, goes on trial in juvenile court
A 94-year-old former Nazi guard goes on trial today in Germany.
Charged with aiding and abetting the murder of several hundred concentration camp prisoners during the Second World War, he faces 15 years in prison.
As he was under 21 at the time, the former SS guard will be tried in a juvenile court.
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Democratic Republic Of Congo
DR Congo: ICC overturns Bemba verdict
Congolese ex-Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba is acquitted of five counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. It's a huge blow to prosecutors and this was the first ICC case with a major focus on the use of rape as a weapon of war, according to the Open Society Justice Initiative
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Euroviews. View: After closure of Yugoslav tribunal, Western Balkans still needs
Unless governments in the Western Balkans, and their EU and US partners, redouble their efforts to bring those responsible for wartime crimes to justice, there is a danger that history will repeat itself, writes Lydia Gall
World News
Euroviews. View: Chemical weapons are becoming the new normal again, a century after World War I
The international community is sending a dangerous message to despots, dictators and terrorists the world over: stamping out chemical warfare is not a priority, writes Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
