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Russia takes charge of UN Security Council despite Ukraine opposition

It means the Security Council is being led by a nation whose president is facing an arrest warrant for war crimes

Evening Standard

Ex-Kosovo guerrilla chief, president Thaci faces war crimes trial on Monday

(Adds Human Rights Watch comment, paragraph 16)

Reuters

Bucha must become 'symbol of justice', says Ukraine's Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday called for Bucha to become a "symbol of justice" on the one-year anniversary of Russia's withdrawal from the town now synonymous with war crimes allegations. His visit to the martyred town came after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Russia could place intercontinental nuclear missiles…

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1 year on, Ukraine remembers Bucha victims

BUCHA, Ukraine: Ukraine on Friday marks one year since Russia withdrew from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, leaving the bodies of executed civilians strewn in the streets in what has become a symbol of alleged Russian war crimes.

Bangkok Post

Recalling Bucha deaths, Zelenskiy describes 'horrific' year in Kyiv region

Ukraine's president said on Thursday the past year had been "the most horrific" in the lives of many residents of the Kyiv region, where Russian troops are accused of committing war crimes before withdrawing a year ago.

Reuters

Opposition protesters in Senegal barricaded by police

In tonight's edition: Senegal’s state prosecutor claimed on Tuesday that a small but organised cell of opposition supporters have plotted to use violence to stop the trial of the country’s opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko. Also, a UN-backed fact-finding mission in Libya has released its final report on human rights in…

France 24

Commentary: There are consequences to pursuing a war crimes case against Vladimir Putin

The International Criminal Court’s March 17 decision to issue war crimes charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin was shocking in more ways than one. This was the first time in 12 years a head of state has been charged by the international court; in 2011, Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi was indicted…

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Family of killed Afghan villager wants more ADF personnel to be brought to trial after arrest of former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz

As a historic war crimes case gets underway, the family of an Afghan villager who was killed by an Australian soldier calls for more ADF personnel to be brought to trial.

ABC News

War crimes investigator to lead anti-corruption body

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has named NSW judge Paul Brereton as the inaugural head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

The New Daily

Paul Brereton appointed to lead National Anti-Corruption Commission

Paul Brereton, who led the Afghanistan war crimes inquiry, is appointed to lead the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

ABC News

War crimes investigator named to head integrity body

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has named NSW judge Paul Brereton as the inaugural head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

AAP

ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin: a king-size dilemma for South Africa

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an international arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes regarding the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. Such acts are war crimes under two articles of the Rome Statute, which established the court.

The Conversation

Russia-Ukraine war exposed human rights ‘double standards’

Amnesty International publishes annual report highlighting the state of human rights in more than 150 countries.

Al Jazeera

Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete at Olympics, says UN expert

Alexandra Xanthaki provoked outrage by telling the IOC that Russian soldiers who have fought in Ukraine should be allowed at Paris Games – as long as they have not committed war crimes

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Libyan migrants are victims of crimes against humanity - UN mission

A U.N. fact-finding mission on Libya said on Monday that it had reasonable grounds to believe war crimes and crimes against humanity had been committed, including against migrants, and that it would relay the evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The Independent UK

UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics

A United Nations rights expert advising the International Olympic Committee says Russian athletes who actively served in the war in Ukraine should be let back into international sport if they didn't take part in war crimes

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Nato calls Putin nuclear threat ‘dangerous and irresponsible’

Moscow has ‘consistently broken its arms control commitments’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Parliament Speaker Proposing Banning ICC in Russia

Russia's parliament speaker on Saturday proposed banning the activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of war crimes. Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of Putin's, said that Russian legislation should be amended to prohibit any activity of the…

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Putin ally proposing banning ICC in Russia

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US Senators ask Biden to help ICC with Putin war crimes probe

The US has not agreed to provide information to ICC out of concern that the court could one day scrutinise US officials.

Reuters

U.S. senators urge Biden to share information on war crimes with ICC as it pursues Putin

Democratic and Republican U.S. senators urged the Biden administration on Friday to share information with the International Criminal Court that could assist as it pursues war crimes charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Reuters

Congo President Tshisekedi brings in former VP Bemba in reshuffle ahead of election

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country's former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was detained for over 10 years for war crimes, as the country's defence minister in a sweeping government reshuffle.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Ukraine and war crimes: the start of a case against Putin

Editorial: The international criminal court’s issuance of an arrest warrant for the Russian president over Ukraine is welcome. It needs support

The Independent UK

Hungary would not act on Putin arrest warrant, official says

The chief of staff to Hungary's prime minister says Hungarian authorities wouldn't arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he were to enter the country despite him being the subject of an international warrant for alleged war crimes in Ukraine

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: China is not a credible peacemaker in Ukraine war

Whatever else it produced, this week’s visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow did not advance the cause of a just peace in Ukraine. If anything, Xi’s cordial courtship of Vladimir Putin provided the Russian president with a publicity coup days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants…

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