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The use of human shields breaches international human rights law.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Singapore earlier this month.
Amnesty said it had uncovered proof in Kharkiv of the repeated use by Russian forces of cluster bombs and scatterable land mines.
Three foreigners captured fighting for Ukraine were sentenced to death by pro-Russian rebels yesterday.
The soldier was accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head in the north-east village of Chupakhivka.
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
Cross-examined about his work at the camp, Schuetz had denied knowledge about what happened there.
Sgt Vadim Shyshimarin, 21, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head in the north-east village of Chupakhivka.
Listen to expert Professor Ray Murphy of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway explain.
The ICC is investigating suspected war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine.
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee spoke at the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors conference in Killarney today.
Moscow has denied targeting civilians in areas under its control.
Russian forces carried out “acts of unspeakable cruelty and shocking brutality”, according to Amnesty International.
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.
Western leaders called for further sanctions in response to the alleged atrocities, as Moscow continued to press its offensive in the east.
The former justice minister has written to the Garda Commissioner asking for the the gardaí to take statements.
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.
An Irish expert believes Putin has committed war crimes but says it will be down to international investigators to make the case.
The UN says at least 241,000 people have been displaced since May.
The UN tribunal in The Hague rejected Ratko Mladic’s appeal against his 2017 life sentence.
The findings recommended 19 soldiers be investigated by police for possible charges, including murder.
The charges relate to his time as a guerrilla leader in the country’s war for independence.
A BBC Panorama programme claims that killings of civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq have been covered up.
187 million people were killed through genocide and state-sanctioned mass murder, in the 20th century, writes Cian Matthew Kearns.
Karadzic (73) was notorious for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
The German man is charged with complicity in mass murder at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
The court is considering prosecuting US servicemen over alleged detainee abuse.
Kim Yong Chol is heading to the closing ceremony but is accused of war crimes.
A UN report said some of the cases are “reminiscent of Bosnia”.
The 13 are suspected of “murders, torture, rapes, persecutions and expulsions” of civilians.
Slobodan Praljak shouted out “Praljak is not a criminal. I reject your verdict”, immediately before bringing a brown bottle to his lips.
The 74 year old faced 11 charges, including genocide and crimes against humanity, at the UN tribunal.
The actor apparently wanted to invite Kony to dinner so he could be arrested.
Three investigators from the UN’s Human Rights Council have been probing the political climate of the African country for the past 12 months.
“The preparatory work has been done, but nevertheless, there is no prosecutor and no court.”
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
Five facts about war crimes, and the long, arduous legal process to bring perpetrators to justice.
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