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Experts say Hamas and Israel are breaking international law, but what does that mean?

Since the latest explosion of violence began on October 7, both Israel and Hamas have been accused of breaking international law. As the terms “genocide”, “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” are used to describe the deadly acts carried out by both sides, FRANCE 24 takes a look at what…

France 24

What is a war crime, and who gets held accountable? Here's what you need to know

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has led to accusations of war crimes on both sides, as combatants are bound by international humanitarian law to minimize the impact on civilians.

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Israel bombs Greek Orthodox Gaza church sheltering displaced people

Israel is reviewing reports on casualties after Hamas says church attack killed and injured a ‘large number’ of people.

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Cutting off water to Gaza is a war crime

Letter: Western governments must call out Israel’s water war crime and call for a ceasefire, say Lyla Mehta and Alan Nicol

The Guardian - UK

Could a warning by the ICC deter war crimes in Israel-Gaza conflict?

A signal that ICC is monitoring would let victims know they are not abandoned amidst Israel-Gaza conflict, experts say.

Al Jazeera

Israel-Gaza: What international law says about the deadly hospital strike

Was the bombing of al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza a war crime?

Al Jazeera

UK politicians have got it wrong on the Israel-Hamas war. We must hold them to account

Tory and Labour reluctance to criticise the Israeli government could make our leaders complicit in war crimes, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Tilda Swinton, Steve Coogan and Miriam Margolyes among 2,000 artists calling for Gaza ceasefire

Open letter, also signed by Charles Dance and Maxine Peake, accuses government of ‘aiding and abetting’ Israel’s alleged ‘war crimes’

The Independent UK

UK could be legally complicit in Gaza war crimes, senior Tory MP warns Rishi Sunak

Ex-foreign affairs committee chair Crispin Blunt says UK’s ‘unqualified support’ puts Britain in ‘legal peril’

The Independent UK

Experts say Hamas and Israel are committing war crimes in their fight

The deadly attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the devastating Israeli airstrikes and blockade of Gaza have raised accusations among international legal experts that both sides were violating international law

The Independent UK

Israeli music manager says Hamas attack on music festival is ‘more than a war crime’

Raz Gaster escaped the massacre by driving away with some of his acts in a car from the festival

The Independent UK

SAS shot dead two sleeping Afghans in war crime, public inquiry told

Two children were seriously injured in 2012 incident, inquiry into 80 deaths hears

The Guardian - UK

Hamas says will kill hostages if Israeli attacks on Gaza civilians continue

Human Rights Watch terms Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant’s call for a ‘complete siege’ on Gaza a ‘war crime’.

Al Jazeera

War crimes in Ukraine: The traumatic work of investigators

IN THE PRESS – Friday, October 6: We take a look into a report by French newspaper Libération on Ukrainian war crime investigators. Also, Indian press freedom is under scrutiny once more as the founder of website NewsClick is arrested. In other news: the French press feels the nerves ahead…

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'Corruption' of Roberts-Smith war crimes probe avoided

Ben Roberts-Smith's bid to limit defamation evidence viewed by war crime investigators will prevent the contamination of their probe, a court has heard.

The Guardian - UK

‘I just want justice’: Ukrainians struggle with hidden war crime of sexual violence

Thousands of adults and children may have survived Russian sexual assaults but few have come forward and far fewer have seen any punishment

The Conversation

Ukraine war: reports suggest that Russia has been deliberately targeting journalists – which is a war crime

At least 15 media workers have been killed in Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale war in February 2022. Along with targeting civilians, hospitals, schools, orphanages, residential buildings, communications centres and places of worship, the Russian state has been accused by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine of deliberately…

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith fights war crime investigators’ push to access sensitive court files

Push to access restricted files comes as government confirms there are 33 active investigations into alleged criminal offences by Australian soldiers

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War crimes being committed in Darfur, says UK minister Andrew Mitchell

Africa minister says civilian death toll horrific and UK is to send evidence to UN

The Independent UK

Justice Department stands with Ukraine in war crimes investigations, Attorney General Garland says

Attorney General Merrick Garland says the U.S. Justice Department is cooperating with the International Criminal Court and supporting Ukrainian prosecutors carrying out war crime investigations

The Independent UK

War in Ukraine: Blood transfusion centre in Kharkiv hit by Russian attack as three killed

President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as a ‘war crime’ by ‘beasts’ after a night of intense shelling in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Three killed in revenge attacks as Putin retaliates after drone strikes

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky calls attack on Kupiansk community a ‘war crime’

Evening Standard

Russia accused of ‘war crimes’ after Ukrainian blood clinic bombing

The attack came after a second drone strike on a Russian tanker stationed at a Black Sea naval base overnight on Friday

The Conversation

Ukraine war: reports suggest the deaths of some journalists have been deliberate – which is a war crime

In a conflict like the war in Ukraine, many journalists risk their lives to report the truth and reveal war crimes committed by both sides. But when journalists themselves are targeted, these war crimes almost always go unpunished. Research from Human Rights Watch has found that a de facto impunity…

Al Jazeera

Widespread war crimes committed in Sudan, Amnesty International says

Violations documented in Sudan – such as rape and attacks targeting civilians – amount to war crimes, Amnesty says.

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