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World News

Increased sentences for two Serbs convicted of crimes in Balkan wars

Both Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic remained emotionless and silence as the court handed down the increased sentence.

31/05/2023

France

Syria: France wants to see Bashar al-Assad in war crimes court

Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna says there's no change in French policy, despite al-Assad being warmly welcomed back into the fold by fellow Arab leaders.

23/05/2023

Netherlands

In the Hague, Ukraine's Zelenskyy said Putin must face justice

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy has used an unscheduled trip to the Dutch capital to predict that Vladimir Putin will one day pay for the consequences of his invasion by standing trial in the Hague.

04/05/2023

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.

20/04/2023

Russia

'I shot a 5-year-old': Ex-Wagner soldiers admit to killing children

During the hourlong confessions, ex-Wagner commanders recounted details of killings around Bakhmut and Soledar.

19/04/2023

Ukraine

Mines and unexploded ordnances: Ukraine’s other enemy

Since the beginning of the war, at least 758 civilians have died in Ukraine due to explosions caused by mines.

18/04/2023

Vatican

Pope calls for peace in Northern Ireland to be consolidated

Peace in Northern Ireland and the desire for peace in Ukraine marked Pope Francis' Easter service in Vatican City.

10/04/2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian torture site survivors angered by museum praising perpetrators

The survivors of a concentration and labor camp in Mostar, Bosnia are opposed to plans to turn the site into a museum honoring the army that incarcerated and tortured them.

07/04/2023

Kosovo

Trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thac gets underway in The Hag

Kosovo’s former president, Hashim Thaci has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity as his trial got underway Monday in The Hague.

03/04/2023

My Europe Series

Ukrainian children deported to Russia face uncertain future

Thousands of Ukrainian children are being forced into a system designed to turn them into Russians.

22/03/2023

Ukraine

Missile Cemetary in Kharkiv to document war crimes against civilians

In Kharkiv, the debris of over 1000 russian missiles that hit the region since the start of the war have been collected in a secret location, as evidence of war crimes committed against civilians.

15/03/2023

Ukraine

Zelenskyy says 70,000 war crimes committed in Ukraine as Kyiv moves to open ICC office

Ukraine is taking steps to open an office of the International Criminal Court, as Kyiv says it has registered more than 70,000 war crimes since fighting began.

04/03/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine War: Irpin's library is an oasis of calm

Within the heavily damaged city, the public library is a symbol of Ukrainian resilience

01/03/2023

Ukraine

Bucha: City hit by Russian atrocities opens doors to other war victims

The city near Kyiv that was the scene of mass torture and murder committed by Russian soldiers is now helping those afflicted by war from other parts of Ukraine

28/02/2023

Europe News

Russian war crimes in Ukraine tribunal still not set up one year on

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is already investigating allegations of war crimes and genocide in Ukraine.

22/02/2023

Ukraine

Kherson's torture chambers show evidence of a brutal occupation

Ukrainian investigators say they are examining 300 cases of torture in Kherson. They have found cellars where civilians were starved, beaten and given electric shocks during Russia's eight month occupation.

01/02/2023

Ukraine

'Loss is all around us': Ukrainian women reporting from the frontline

“We don't really have a choice of burning out or not,” Ukrainian journalist Alya Shandra told Euronews. “If we burn out and who's left?"

17/01/2023

Russia

Russian prisoners who fought as mercenaries in Ukraine given freedom

A number of Russian prisoners who fought for the Wagner group against Ukraine have been stood down from military service and granted an amnesty

05/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Investigators probe 58,000 possible Russian war crimes

The potential crimes include killings, kidnappings, indiscriminate bombings and sexual assaults, with more than 600 incidents already independently verified.

31/12/2022

World News

Former Kosovo rebel commander convicted of war crimes by Hague court

A former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army was found guilty Friday of arbitrarily detaining and torturing prisoners perceived as supporters of Serbia during the country’s conflict to break away from Serbia, and murdering one of them.

16/12/2022