On February 14 and 15, 2023, a Rotterdam court, the District Court of The Hague, held the first pro forma hearings against twelve women that the Dutch government brought back from a prison camp in Syr...
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German Federal Court Of Justice Confirms The First-Ever Conviction Of A Daesh Member For Genocide
On January 17, 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed the conviction against Daesh member Taha A.-J. for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against Yazidi victims ...
Why There Is No Political Will To Bring Daesh To Justice?
On January 23, 2022, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, is to debate and vote on the report and draft resolution on “Addressing...
Putin’s War Crimes Could Be Prosecuted In The United States
On Thursday, January 5, 2023, President Joe Biden signed into law the bipartisan Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act (S. 4240), which expands the scope of individuals subject to prosecution for war ...
The Destruction Of Religious Sites By Russian Forces In Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Putin unleashed an attack on Ukraine without any provocation and without any credible justification. Subsequent months have seen evidence suggesting that Russian troops are perpe...
A Step Closer Towards A Treaty On Crimes Against Humanity
On October 18, 2022, the Sixth Committee, the primary forum for the consideration of legal questions in the U.N. General Assembly, approved a resolution on “Crimes against humanity” without a vote. Th...
Putin’s Atrocities In Ukraine – Crimes With A Name
On November 14, 2022, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the U.S. Helsinki Commission, will host a briefing on the issue of Russia’s genocide in Ukraine. The briefing comes months a...
There Can Be No Peace In Ethiopia Without Justice And Accountability
On November 2, 2022, the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed a peace deal towards ending the brutal two year war in Ethiopia. On November 12, 2022, they further...
What Are Putin’s ‘Filtration Camps’ And Why Are They Concerning?
Ten months of Putin’s war in Ukraine have seen a litany of atrocities including summary executions, unlawful confinement, torture, ill-treatment, rape and other sexual violence, forced displacement of...
Heightened Risk Of Genocide Against Tigrayans In Ethiopia
On October 25, 2022, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum issued a warning of a heightened risk of genocide in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. According to the statement, “the situation has deteriora...
Sunday, October 2. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leads a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council … [+] in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP Uk...
International Community Is Failing The Uyghurs But A Change May Be Ahead
In 2021, several reports produced by experts found that the Uyghurs are subjected to genocide in Xinjiang, China. This finding was followed by several determinations of the atrocities as genocide by P...
Saturday, October 1. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
KUPIANSK, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 1: Kupiansk refugees flee over a destroyed bridge on October 1, 2022 in … [+] Kupiansk, Ukraine. The city has been successfully captured by Ukrainian Armed Forc...
Yet Another Attack On The Hazara In Afghanistan
On September 30, 2022, a suicide attack inside the Kaaj Educational Center in the Dasht-e-Barchi district of West Kabul, Afghanistan, claimed the lives of over 35 girls and young women belonging to th...
Monday, September 19. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
In this photo provided by the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, a crater left by a Russian rocket … [+] is seen 300 meter from the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, in the background, close to...
How The Military Junta Diminished The Right To A Fair Trial And The Rule Of Law In Myanmar
On September 2, 2022, the United Kingdom’s former ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman, and her husband Htein Lin, prominent artist and former political prisoner, have each been sentenced to one y...
Uyghurs May Be Subjected To Crimes Against Humanity In Xinjiang -United Nations’ Report Finds
On August 31, 2022, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights announced that it would publish its report on China after all, despite protests from the Chinese representation to the Uni...
Stop Genocide In Ukraine By Cancelling All Russian Visas
The Russian passport may soon no longer be a valued item if the EU implements sanctions (Photo by … [+] Vladimir Zivojinovic / AFP) (Photo by VLADIMIR ZIVOJINOVIC/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via G...
Eight Years Later, The World is Yet To Address The Daesh Atrocities And Assist The Yazidis
August 3 marks the anniversary of the genocidal attack carried out by Daesh in Sinjar, Iraq. On that day, Daesh unleashed prohibited acts against the Yazidis, an ethno-religious minority group in Iraq...
How One Yazidi Woman Helped To Secure The Second Genocide Conviction Of A Daesh Member
On July 27, 2022, a court in Germany convicted a German Daesh member, Jalda A., of aiding and abetting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for the enslavement and abuse of a young Yazidi ...
Crimes Against Humanity Continue Unabated In North Korea
A new report published by the International Bar Association’s (IBA) War Crimes Committee and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) has found there is reasonable basis to conclude that K...
Renewed Focus On Brining Daesh To Justice Urgently Needed
On July 5, 2022, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) published its new report and recommendations for Member States to the Cou...
Turkey, Syria And Iraq Face Allegations Of Failing To Prevent And Punish The Daesh Genocide
On July 6, 2022, a group of international human rights lawyers published a report accusing Turkey, Syria and Iraq of failing to implement their obligations under the UN Convention on the Prevention an...
There Is A Risk Of Genocide In Ukraine
On May 27, 2022, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy published a legal analysis of the serious risk of genocide in Ukraine and Russia’s incitement ...
United Nations On A Visit To Xinjiang, China
In May 2022, United Nations, including Michelle Bachelet, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, are to visit Xinjiang, China, to investigate the allegations of serious human rights violations. This...
Pope Seeks Putin Meeting And Compares Russian ‘Brutality’ To Rwandan Genocide
Topline Pope Francis said he’s offered to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in an interview published Tuesday that included his firmest condemnation yet of Putin, comparing the viol...
Biden Accuses Russia Of Committing ‘Genocide’ In Ukraine For First Time
Topline President Joe Biden called Russia’s actions in Ukraine a “genocide” during a speech in Iowa on Tuesday, an allegation he reiterated while speaking to the media later that day, marking the firs...
Ms. Bachelet — Don’t Go To Xinjiang
BEIJING, CHINA – MAY 15: Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet (L) shakes hands with Chinese President … [+] Xi Jinping during the welcome ceremony for the Belt and Road Forum, at the ...
Is Putin Committing Genocide In Ukraine?
Early April 2022 has seen allegations of Putin committing genocide in Ukraine. These allegations, as expressed by President Zelensky, came after Russian troops were retreating from Bucha and Irpin rev...
Zelensky Accuses Russia Of Genocide As Allegations Of Civilian Killings Mount
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday accused Russia of committing genocide during its invasion of Ukraine, marking the most sweeping genocide allegation from Zelensky yet, after Ru...
Determination Of The Genocide Against The Rohingyas- A Step Toward Truth, Accountability, And Future
On March 21, 2022, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken formally recognized the atrocities against the Rohingyas as genocide and crimes against humanity, during his visit to the United States Holocaus...