# war-crimes - Friday 12 August, 2022
# Debunked
# Debunked
The use of human shields breaches international human rights law.
# war-crimes - Monday 25 July, 2022
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Singapore earlier this month.
# war-crimes - Monday 13 June, 2022
# Kharkiv
# Kharkiv
Amnesty said it had uncovered proof in Kharkiv of the repeated use by Russian forces of cluster bombs and scatterable land mines.
# war-crimes - Friday 10 June, 2022
# Russia
# Russia
Three foreigners captured fighting for Ukraine were sentenced to death by pro-Russian rebels yesterday.
# war-crimes - Monday 23 May, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The soldier was accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head in the north-east village of Chupakhivka.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 18 May, 2022
# The Fix
# The Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# war-crimes - Tuesday 17 May, 2022
# Ex-Nazi Trial
# Ex-Nazi Trial
Cross-examined about his work at the camp, Schuetz had denied knowledge about what happened there.
# war-crimes - Friday 13 May, 2022
# Ukraine
Sergei Lavrov has accused the EU of transforming from a "constructive, economic platform" into an "aggressive, militant player" Kyiv has admitted it is unlikely to become a Nato member - but has forged ahead with an application to join the EU Russian forces have been accused of committing atrocities - including the killing of unarmed civilians, torture and rape
# Kyiv
# Kyiv
Sgt Vadim Shyshimarin, 21, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head in the north-east village of Chupakhivka.
# war-crimes - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# NATO
Kyiv is preparing for its first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier. Gazprom announced it would stop supplying gas via the Polish part of the Yamal-Europe pipeline. Finland's president and prime minister have said they are in favour of applying for Nato membership.
# war-crimes - Thursday 14 April, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
Listen to expert Professor Ray Murphy of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway explain.
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The ICC is investigating suspected war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine.
# Crimes Against Humanity
Evidence of rape by Russian soldiers is mounting in Ukraine, Lauren Boland reports. A growing number of women have shared testimony of being sexually assaulted during the war. The International Criminal Court is investigating suspected war crimes.
# war-crimes - Monday 11 April, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee spoke at the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors conference in Killarney today.
# war-crimes - Friday 8 April, 2022
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
Moscow has denied targeting civilians in areas under its control.
# war-crimes - Thursday 7 April, 2022
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
Russian forces carried out “acts of unspeakable cruelty and shocking brutality”, according to Amnesty International.
# war-crimes - Monday 4 April, 2022
# War Crime Probe
# War Crime Probe
Retired Colonel Colm Doyle, who served with the EU in Bosnia, looks at the recent horrors in Bucha and what can be done to bring perpetrators to justice.
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
Western leaders called for further sanctions in response to the alleged atrocities, as Moscow continued to press its offensive in the east.
# war-crimes - Friday 1 April, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The former justice minister has written to the Garda Commissioner asking for the the gardaí to take statements.
# war-crimes - Thursday 31 March, 2022
# International Criminal Court
# International Criminal Court
Trinity’s Dr Donna Lyons outlines the historical background to war crimes charges and asks where Putin’s invasion of Ukraine sits under the law.
# war-crimes - Saturday 5 March, 2022
# Investigation
# Investigation
An Irish expert believes Putin has committed war crimes but says it will be down to international investigators to make the case.
# war-crimes - Tuesday 10 August, 2021
# Offensive
# Offensive
The UN says at least 241,000 people have been displaced since May.
# war-crimes - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Genocide Conviction
# Genocide Conviction
The UN tribunal in The Hague rejected Ratko Mladic’s appeal against his 2017 life sentence.
# war-crimes - Thursday 19 November, 2020
# Military Inquiry
# Military Inquiry
The findings recommended 19 soldiers be investigated by police for possible charges, including murder.
# war-crimes - Thursday 5 November, 2020
# Hashim Thaci
# Hashim Thaci
The charges relate to his time as a guerrilla leader in the country’s war for independence.
# war-crimes - Monday 18 November, 2019
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
A BBC Panorama programme claims that killings of civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq have been covered up.
# war-crimes - Sunday 7 April, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
187 million people were killed through genocide and state-sanctioned mass murder, in the 20th century, writes Cian Matthew Kearns.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# The Hague
# The Hague
Karadzic (73) was notorious for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
# war-crimes - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
The German man is charged with complicity in mass murder at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
# war-crimes - Tuesday 11 September, 2018
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
The court is considering prosecuting US servicemen over alleged detainee abuse.
# war-crimes - Friday 23 February, 2018
# Closing Ceremony
# Closing Ceremony
Kim Yong Chol is heading to the closing ceremony but is accused of war crimes.
# Heinous Acts
# Heinous Acts
A UN report said some of the cases are “reminiscent of Bosnia”.
# war-crimes - Monday 4 December, 2017
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
The 13 are suspected of “murders, torture, rapes, persecutions and expulsions” of civilians.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 29 November, 2017
# The Hague
# The Hague
Slobodan Praljak shouted out “Praljak is not a criminal. I reject your verdict”, immediately before bringing a brown bottle to his lips.
# war-crimes - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
# The Hague
# The Hague
The 74 year old faced 11 charges, including genocide and crimes against humanity, at the UN tribunal.
# war-crimes - Sunday 8 October, 2017
# Child Soldiers
# Child Soldiers
The actor apparently wanted to invite Kony to dinner so he could be arrested.
# war-crimes - Monday 4 September, 2017
# Climate Of Fear
# Climate Of Fear
Three investigators from the UN’s Human Rights Council have been probing the political climate of the African country for the past 12 months.
# war-crimes - Sunday 13 August, 2017
# Syria
# Syria
“The preparatory work has been done, but nevertheless, there is no prosecutor and no court.”
# war-crimes - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
# war-crimes - Saturday 1 October, 2016
# Explainer
# Explainer
Five facts about war crimes, and the long, arduous legal process to bring perpetrators to justice.
