war crimes

Bangladesh: Opposition Leaders Executed for 1971 War Crimes

Bangladeshi opposition leaders Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid have been executed for war crimes committed during the…

9 years ago

Omar al-Bashir Leaves South Africa After High Court Ordered His Retention

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir returns home after fleeing South Africa, pre-empting a court ruling over an international warrant for his…

9 years ago

AU Summit 2015: ICC Calls on South Africa to Arrest Omar al-Bashir

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes charges, left Khartoum on June 13…

9 years ago

Gaza conflict: UN condemns Israel’s military actions

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has condemned Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip, saying that war…

10 years ago

Abdul Kader Mullah: Bangladeshi Islamist leader gets death penalty for war crimes

Bangladesh's Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Islamist leader Abdul Kader Mullah against his jail term for war crimes…

11 years ago

UN Global Arms Trade Treaty passed by General Assembly in New York

The United Nations General Assembly has passed the first global arms trade treaty by 154 votes to three, with 23…

12 years ago

Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo’s former prime minister, cleared of war crimes by UN tribunal

A UN tribunal has cleared Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj of war crimes from the 1998-99 conflict, after a…

12 years ago

Bashar al-Assad’s fall is “only a matter of time”, says ex-UN observer Robert Mood

Robert Mood, the former head of the UN observer mission in Syria, says it is "only a matter of time"…

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