Latest war crimes News

UN experts welcome landmark corporate accountability decision, call for victim-centred reparations: Colombia
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on deadly strikes in Ukraine
Government’s failure to act doesn’t match its words on the international rule of law
Atrocity denial and perpetrator glorification undermining efforts to secure truth, justice and non-recurrence, warns UN expert
Civilians trapped between extreme State repression and violations arising from devastating conflict with US, Israel, UN Fact-Finding Mission finds: Iran
REACTION: Red Lines Legislation
UN experts outraged by funeral honours accorded to Ratko Mladić, former general convicted of Srebrenica genocide
Türk says recovery of remains in Gaza three years later adds to Palestinian trauma
UN Fact-Finding Mission calls for immediate cessation of hostilities after deadly US airstrikes hit civilians: Iran
Save the Children calls on Australia to join allies in banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank
Accountability, inclusion, and non-recurrence central to successful transition, UN Syria Commisssion says: Syria
Ratko Mladić is still viewed as a hero by many Bosnian Serbs. It’s a reminder how divided my country remains today
UN committee warns of racial discrimination amid civilian deaths, mass displacement and destruction by Israel’s military operations: Lebanon
‘No surprise’ that Israel clears soldiers that murdered Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom
UN experts warn against normalisation of Taliban rule: Afghanistan
UN experts alarmed by killings, displacement and gender-specific harm as Israel escalates hostilities: Lebanon
Intensified Israeli attacks in Gaza
Israel must release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian medical personnel arbitrarily detained and adhere to international law, UN Commission of Inquiry says
After 1,000 days of war, Gaza’s children dream of home and a better future despite the world’s failure
UN experts urge reversal of disciplinary actions against judges applying international human rights law: Peru
Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children
Arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances fueling civilian protection crisis, UN Fact-Finding Mission says: Sudan
Palestinian civilians are victims of all sides, trapped between the mass atrocities of Israeli forces and settlers and the fear-based rule of Hamas
Australians support stronger whistleblower laws, while Labor drags its feet
Grattan on Friday: An effective ‘reset’ of the NACC should revisit the issue of public hearings
Controversy-ridden NACC chief Paul Brereton quits two years short of his term’s end
The Silence of the Lambs introduced the world to forensic entomology – but how much has the science changed since?
Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians driving displacement, warn UN experts
‘Exceptional circumstances’: why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail?
Iran Fact-Finding Mission calls on parties to the devastating regional conflict to end hostilities and investigate alleged violations, and strongly condemns violent rhetoric
Escalating violence creates child trafficking crisis in South Sudan, says UN expert
Former Australian Soldier Charged Over War Crimes
Statement from Senator David Shoebridge on the arrest of Ben Roberts Smith
AFP Commissioner opening statement following arrest of former Australian soldier
Former Australian Soldier Arrested Over War Crimes
UN experts urge immediate protection of civilians amid escalating crisis: South Sudan
UN experts call for international independent investigation into Israel’s killing of journalists: Lebanon
UN Syria Commission releases report on July massacres and other grave violations committed in Suwayda and calls for expanded accountability measures
Sharp increase in civilian deaths as a result of growing drone warfare: Sudan
Sharp increase in civilian deaths as a result of growing warfare: Sudan
Israeli forces using Gaza playbook in Lebanon, decimating water infrastructure
UN experts strongly condemn deadly missile strike on girls’ school in Iran, call for independent investigation
UN experts: Justice, truth and reparations long overdue for survivors of so-called ‘comfort women’ system
UN experts condemn ‘Board of Peace’, call for a reparative, rights-based approach to reconstruction in Gaza
UN inquiry finds South Sudan’s political and military leaders are driving the country towards a full-scall war and mass atrocity crimes
Ethnic cleansing concerns in Gaza and West Bank amid intensified violence and forcible transfers by Israel – UN report
Evidence in El-Fasher reveals genocidal campaign, targeting non-Arab communities, UN Fact-Finding Mission says: Sudan
‘Promote justice, not disinformation’: Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns attacks against Francesca Albanese by State representatives