crimes against humanity

Vojislav Seselj Not Guilty of Balkan War Crimes

Vojislav Seselj has been found not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the Balkan wars in the…

9 years ago

North Korea to be referred to ICC to face charges of crimes against humanity

North Korea will be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of crimes against humanity. The UN…

10 years ago

African Union Summit demands Uhuru Kenyatta ICC case deferral

A deferral of The Hague trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta - due to start in November – has been…

11 years ago

Kenyan parliament votes to leave International Criminal Court

Kenyan parliament has approved a motion to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) following an emergency debate. A bill to…

11 years ago

Efrain Rios Montt genocide and crimes against humanity conviction overturned

Efrain Rios Montt, Guatemala's former military leader, has had his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity overturned. The constitutional…

12 years ago

Jorge Rafael Videla: Argentina’s former military leader dies in prison aged 87

General Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina’s former military leader, has died aged 87 while serving a life sentence for crimes against…

12 years ago

Efrain Rios Montt sentenced to 80 years in jail over genocide and crimes against humanity in Guatemala

Guatemala’s former military leader Efrain Rios Montt has been found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and a three-judge…

12 years ago

Baby Doc Duvalier appears in Haiti court over crimes against humanity

Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, Haiti's former ruler, has appeared in court for a hearing to determine if he can be…

12 years ago

Baby Doc Duvalier: Haiti urged to pursue Jean-Claude Duvalier trial over crimes against humanity

Amnesty International and the Open Society Justice Initiative have urged the Haitian authorities not to drop a rights case against…

12 years ago

UN General Assembly condemns Security Council for failing to end Syria unrest

The UN General Assembly has voted by a big majority to condemn its own Security Council for failing to end…

12 years ago

Ratko Mladic trial resumes at the International Criminal Court

Elvedin Pasic is the first witness who has taken the stand in the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb…

12 years ago

Ratko Maladic goes on international trial in The Hague over Bosnian war crimes

General Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander, is set to go on trial on 11 counts of war…

13 years ago

Judge Baltasar Garzon found guilty in wiretapping case by Supreme Court in Madrid

Baltasar Garzon, Spain’s best-known judge has been found guilty of authorizing illegal recordings of lawyers' conversations by Supreme Court in…

13 years ago