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Kosovo

Kosovo votes in favour war crimes court

Parliament in Kosovo has approved a constitutional amendment that will allow a special court to be set up to prosecute former leaders over alleged

Gaza

Amnesty International claims Israeli military committed war crimes during Gaza conflict

There is “strong evidence” of war crimes commissioned and committed by the Israeli military during the conflict in Gaza last year. That’s a

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

Senegal

Hissene Habre dragged from court; officials suspend war-crimes trial

“This is a farce” shouted the former President of Chad as he was dragged from a court in Senegal, where he is being tried on counts of war crimes

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Senegal

Trial of Chad's former leader Hissene Habre begins in Senegal

The trial of the former president of Chad has begun in Senegal. Hissene Habre appears on charges of crimes against humanity after being brought to

Israel

Palestinians put claims of Israeli 'war crimes' to ICC

Details of alleged Israeli war crimes have been put to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the Palestinian Authority in its first submission of

Israel

Gaza/Israel: both guilty of serious violations last summer says UN

The UN has released its long-awaited report on last summer’s conflict between Gaza and Israel. Human Rights Council investigators say there is

Armenia

Solemn ceremony in Armenia to mark 100th anniversary of massacres by Ottoman Turks

World leaders, including the presidents of Russia, France and Serbia, have gathered in the Armenian capital

Armenia

US band rocks for peace

Rock band System of a Down might look like unlikely ambassadors for a peace mission to reconcile an international dispute that has festered for 100

Armenia

Armenia remembers the victims of 1915 [pictures]

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

Netherlands

Srebrenica genocide: Zdravko Tolimir's life sentence upheld

Former right-hand-man of Ratko Mladic has life sentence and most convictions upheld for the Srebrenica genocide. However, charges relating to the forcible transfer of Muslims from Zepa have been overt

Germany

Germany dismisses Greece's demand for billions in war reparations

Bavaria's state finance minister has called Greece's World War Two reparation claims "inappropriate" and "not very clever"

Greece

Greece's claim for war reparations from Germany explained

Serbia

Serbian politician accused of war crimes ordered to return to The Hague

A Serbian politician, charged with war crimes, has been ordered to return to The Hague for allegedly breaching the terms of his compassionate

Netherlands

Hague Court rejects 'genocide' claims dating back to breakup of Yugoslavia

Hague Court rules that both Croatia and Serbia committed crimes during breakup of Yugoslavia but they did not amount to genocide

Serbia

Hague court to rule on Croatia and Serbia genocide claims

The International Court of Justice in the Hague (ICJ) will today hand down its ruling on duel claims of genocide by Croatia and Serbia dating back

Netherlands

Srebrenica massacre perpetrators lose appeals at UN war crimes tribunal

The UN war crime tribunal (ICTY)in the Hague has upheld sentences of five men convicted over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. They had been appealing

Ukraine

Ukrainian rebel attacks on city of Mariupol are condemned by the UN as a war crime

The US and Russia differ on who is to blame for the recent escalation in fighting in Ukraine at a special UN Security Council meeting.

Uganda

Uganda war crimes suspect Dominic Ongwen on way to Hague

A senior Ugandan rebel commander wanted for war crimes has been flown out of the country on his way to The Hague to stand trial. Dominic Ongwen