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Russia’s alleged deportation of Ukrainian children has caused a UN standoff – what international law says and why it matters

The New Zealand government’s sanctioning of Russian commissioner for children’s rights Maria Lvova-Belova is a further demonstration of its concern over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. But it is only a small step in what will likely be a very long road to justice.

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I met 60 suspects of war crimes committed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia: what they had to say reveal cracks in our international justice system

Since the Nuremberg trials (1945-1946), criminal jurisdictions such as those for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda have aimed to judge the world’s most serious offenses: war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocides.

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US, Britain walk out at UN on Russian wanted for war crimes

The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia's envoy for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N. Security Council members on Wednesday.

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France Orders Syrian Officials to Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity

French judges have ordered on Tuesday senior officials of the Syrian regime to stand trial for collusion in crimes against humanity, a first in France, according to court documents seen by AFP. The order, signed last Wednesday, says the three officials are charged with complicity in crimes against humanity and…

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France to try Syrian regime officials for crimes against humanity

French judges charge three senior advisers to Bashar al-Assad with complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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Britain blocks UN webcast of Russian meeting on Ukraine

Britain has blocked the U.N. webcast of an informal Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday at which Russia's commissioner for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - is due to speak.

Reuters

U.N. rights body extends Ukraine inquiry into crimes since Russia's invasion

The United Nations Human Rights Council overwhelmingly voted in favour on Tuesday of extending the mandate of an investigative body probing possible war crimes committed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

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Ukrainian soldier pleads 'partly guilty' at Russia's first war crime trial

A Ukrainian soldier pleaded "partly guilty" on Tuesday at Russia's first trial for war crimes in connection with its military campaign in Ukraine.

Reuters

Ex-Kosovo president tells international judges he's innocent

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci has insisted he is an innocent man as he addressed a panel of international judges hearing his trial on 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity

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Rights Report Accuses Houthis of Committing War Crimes through Child Recruitment

The Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations, or Rasd Coalition, accused the Iran-backed Houthi militias of committing war crimes for their forced recruitment of children under 15. In a report, “Children Not Soldiers”, it also accused them of committing serious crimes against children and violating the rules of warfare…

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Ex-Kosovo leader Thaci tells war crimes court he will be exonerated

Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci expressed sorrow on Tuesday for all victims of the 1998-99 insurgency against Serbian rule but told judges on the second day of his war crimes trial that he expects to be exonerated.

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Russian Children’s Commissioner Rejects ICC War Crime Allegations as False

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who was accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) alongside President Vladimir Putin of war crimes in Ukraine, said on Tuesday that the ICC's allegations were false and unclear. The Hague-based ICC on March 17 issued arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian…

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Russian children's commissioner rejects ICC war crime allegations as false

Russia's commissioner for children's rights on Tuesday dismissed International Criminal Court (ICC) allegations that she was responsible for unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine as false.

Reuters

Watch live: Defence for Kosovo ex-president Thaci makes opening statements in war crimes trial

Watch live as defence lawyers for Hashim Thaci make opening statements on the second day of his trial for alleged war crimes trial at The Hague on Tuesday, 4 April.

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Russian charged with war crimes may brief U.N. Security Council

Russia's commissioner for children's rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, is likely to brief an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council this week, according to a note seen by Reuters on Monday.

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Factbox - Guerrilla commander, statesman, defendant: Kosovo's Hashim Thaci

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci went on trial at the Kosovo war crimes tribunal on Monday accused of responsibility for killings of civilians during the 1998-99 uprising against Serbian rule when he was guerrilla commander.

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Past presidents, while never indicted, have faced legal woes of their own

President Nixon was named as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the Watergate scandal, and President Clinton was impeached following the fallout from his affair with a White House intern.

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Watch live: Kosovo’s ex-president goes on trial for 1990s war crimes

Watch live as Kosovo's former president goes on trial accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the 1990s.

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Kosovo’s Former President Pleads Not Guilty to War Crimes Charges

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci on Monday pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity as his trial opened at a special court in The Hague. Allegations of persecution, murder, torture and forced disappearance of people stem from the 1998-99 insurgency that eventually brought independence…

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Former Kosovo president Thaci pleads not guilty to war crimes

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci on Monday pleaded innocent to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity as his trial began at a special court in The Hague, with protesters rallying outside in support of a leader once feted by the West.

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Ex-Kosovo president Hashim Thaci pleads not guilty to war crimes

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three co-defendants are charged with war crimes in 1998-1999 war with Serbia.

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Former Kosovo president Thaci pleads not guilty as war crimes trial begins

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci on Monday pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity as his trial opened at a special court in The Hague.

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Factbox-A look at past state leaders who faced international justice

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, considered a hero by compatriots for leading the 1998-99 insurgency against Serbian rule that led to independence, will go on trial on Monday for suspected war crimes during the conflict.

Reuters

Kosovo war crimes court begins trial of ex-guerrilla chief and president Thaci

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci stands trial at a special court in The Hague on Monday for alleged war crimes during the 1998-99 insurgency that eventually brought independence from Serbia and made him a hero among compatriots.

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