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Ukrainian presidential adviser hails MH17 ruling in The Hague

A Dutch court ruling on Thursday on the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine sent a strong signal that "every war crime committed by the Russians" will be investigated and "brought to a conclusion", a senior Ukrainian official said.

Reuters

Failed Senate candidate Heston Russell allegedly shot at unarmed Afghan civilians, ABC claims in court documents

Exclusive: Russell, a former special forces major, denies any wrongdoing and is suing the ABC for defamation over its reporting of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine wants G20 help on Russian deportations of children

Kyiv says thousands of children have been taken to Russia and that deportations should be investigated as a war crime.

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International Mobile Justice Team building war crimes cases in Ukraine targeting the Kremlin

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to bring death and destruction, small teams of dedicated lawyers are investigating war crimes they say could lead all the way to the Kremlin.

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Myanmar military defends deadly air strike after accusations of war crime

Myanmar's military has defended air strikes on a concert organised by an ethnic minority force as a justified response to attacks in the area, after opponents accused the junta of targeting civilians and conducting war crimes.

Reuters

Amnesty Urges ICC Probe of Possible Gaza War Crimes

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into possible war crimes committed in August by both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants during deadly fighting in Gaza. Thirty-one civilians were among the 49 Palestinians killed in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip during the three-day conflict, the global…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France’s TotalEnergies accused of fuelling Russian bombers in Ukraine

Two NGOs have filed a complaint against French power giant TotalEnergies for "complicity in war crimes" for allegedly helping fuel Russian planes that have bombed Ukraine.

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France’s TotalEnergies faces legal case for allegedly fuelling Russian bombers

Two NGOs have filed a complaint against French energy giant TotalEnergies for "complicity in war crimes" for allegedly helping fuel Russian planes that have bombed Ukraine, according to French media reports.

France 24

Top U.S. general suggests Russian strikes on civilians are war crimes

The top U.S. general on Wednesday condemned indiscriminate Russian missile strikes on Ukraine that killed civilians, suggesting they met the definition of war crimes under the international rules of war.

Reuters

Russia Showers Ukraine with More Missiles

Russian forces showered Ukraine with more missiles and munition-carrying drones Tuesday after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in an attack the UN human rights office described as “particularly shocking” and potential war crimes. Air raid warnings extended throughout the country for a second straight morning as Ukrainian officials…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelenskiy asks G7 for monitoring of Ukraine’s border with Belarus

Ukrainian president also asks for more air defence systems after new wave of Russian missile strikes

The Guardian - UK

‘Deliberate war crime’: horror as Russian missile hits civilian convoy

Blast tore through metal and shattered glass as people queued to travel to Russian-occupied territory

The Guardian - UK

UN human rights commission says war crimes have been committed in Ukraine

Investigators found "visible signs of executions on bodies, such as hands tied behind backs ... and slit throats."

Axios

‘Our lives are destroyed’: families take fight for truth of flight 752 to ICC

Exclusive: grieving relatives allege war crime and crime against humanity over January 2020 downing of aircraft

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The Independent UK

‘A country of missing people’: How Russia is vanishing thousands of Ukrainians

The Missing: In her latest investigation, international correspondent Bel Trew reports from Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Poltava, speaking to Ukrainians and families of victims who were captured and taken to Russia in another possible war crime

Daily Mirror

Mum says son was shot in back by Russians after they smashed his phone SIM card

A mum in Ukraine is calling for justice for her son after he was shot and killed in Ukraine in an alleged war crime by Russian troops. Cases against Russia are mounting as investigations continue

ABC News

Ukraine exports 1 million tonnes of grain under new deal, train attacks may be war crimes, experts say

President Zelenskyy says Ukraine has so far exported 1 million tonnes of agricultural products from its Black Sea ports under the terms of a grain deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations.

The Independent UK

Ukraine train station attack may be war crime, experts say

Some international legal scholars say Russia’s attack on a Ukrainian train station that killed more than 20 people this week is the latest in a series of strikes on the country’s railway system that may be war crimes

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UN rights office 'very concerned' about planned trials of Ukrainian POWs

The U.N. human rights office expressed concern on Tuesday about plans by Russian-backed authorities to try Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the port city of Mariupol, possibly within days, saying such a process could itself amount to a war crime.

The Guardian - UK

Justice should be colour blind. So why is it served for Ukraine but not the Congolese?

While the west races to investigate Russia’s war crimes, it continues to ignore atrocities perpetrated on DRC for 20 years

The Independent UK

Ukraine investigating nearly 26,000 alleged war crimes

Just 15 of 135 people charged are in custody, prosecutor says

Reuters

Ukraine probing almost 26,000 suspected war crimes cases - prosecutor

Ukraine is investigating almost 26,000 suspected war crime cases committed since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion and has charged 135 people, its chief war crimes prosecutor told Reuters.

The Conversation

Proving war crimes isn't simple – a forensics expert explains what's involved with documenting human rights violations during conflicts, from Afghanistan to Ukraine

The United Nations reports that at least 5,237 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the Ukraine war – but other estimates place this figure at more than 10,000.

Evening Standard

Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘war crime’ after air strike kills 50 Ukrainian prisoners

Around 50 prisoners are believed to have been killed and at least 75 wounded in the attack

The Independent UK

Ukraine urges UN and Red Cross to investigate prisoner of war deaths after rocket strike

Volodymyr Zelenksy says attack was a ‘deliberate Russian war crime’

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