ECHR abstains from evaluating Russian Katyn massacre investigationThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled on Monday that it has no competence to examine the adequacy of an investigation into the events of 1940 when Polish POWs were executed in Katyn.13:57 21.10.2013
Charles Taylor will serve out his sentence in UKFormer Liberian president Charles Taylor sentenced for 50 years in prison for war crimes, will soon be transported to the UK to serve out his sentence, AFP reported on Thursday.14:36 10.10.2013
Charles Taylor loses appeal of war crimes convictionA Hague-based appeals chamber for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) upheld on Thursday the conviction and 50-year sentence imposed in 2012 against former Liberian president Charles Taylor.18:41 26.09.2013
US evidence on Syrian chemical attack inconclusive - LavrovThe evidence the US has provided to Russia about use of chemical weapons by government forces in Syria is inconclusive, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.13:36 02.09.2013
UK Parliament votes against military intervention in SyriaUK Members of Parliament voted against the prospect of a military intervention by the UK in Syria late Thursday evening in a vote of 285 to 272.18:08 30.08.2013
UK Government publishes legal theory for Syrian interventionThe UK Government published its legal position Thursday for the use of military force in Syria in response to the suspected chemical attack that occurred on August 21 near Damascus.02:41 30.08.2013
Russia implores US to observe international law as Syria rhetoric mountsThe Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement Tuesday warning the US and the international community as a whole to remain strictly and prudently observant of international law in light of increasingly fervent reports of a possible military intervention in Syria.17:44 27.08.2013
Nazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary dies in HungaryLaszlo Csatary, a 98-year-old accused Nazi war criminal, has died in a Hungarian hospital, the BBC reported Monday. Csatary faced charges over war crimes he was alleged to have committed as a Nazi during World War II.14:05 12.08.2013
Covert CIA officer sues agency over war crimes investigationA senior covert paramilitary officer for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) filed a claim against his employer Wednesday seeking to compel the agency’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to complete a war crimes investigation presently pending against the claimant.13:38 14.06.2013
Russian Foreign Ministry outraged over teen's murder in SyriaRussia is appalled at the murder of a 15-year-old boy by Syrian militants and urges all the parties to the conflict to observe human rights and international humanitarian law, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.11:53 11.06.2013
US soldier confesses to Afghan mass killings - reportUS soldier Robert Bales charged with massacring 16 people, nine of them children, in southern Afghanistan last year pleaded guilty in an attempt to avoid a death penalty.12:35 06.06.2013
ICC prosecutor urges UN to clamp down on military criminals in DarfurProsecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to take urgent measures to punish those responsible for military crimes against civilians in Darfur, Sudan.12:01 06.06.2013
Six Bosnian Croat leaders convicted and sentenced by the ICTYSix former Bosnian Croat leaders were convicted Wednesday by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of having committed various crimes against humanity, violations of the laws or customs of war, and grave breaches of the Geneva conventions between 1992 and 1994, during the Bosnian War.19:03 29.05.2013
Convicted murderer of Chechen War colonel appeals 15-year sentenceYusup Temerkhanov, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of retired Colonel Yury Budanov, have appealed the Moscow City Court's ruling on Monday.17:17 13.05.2013
The US State Department’s War Crimes Rewards Program takes on a new lifeUS President Barrack Obama signed off on a law last January offering millions of dollars in rewards for information leading to the arrest, capture, or transfer of certain fugitives, such as those sought for certain horrendous large-scale crimes by international, mixed, and hybrid tribunals, including “new mixed courts that may be established in places such as the Democratic Republic of Congo or for Syria.”16:28 10.05.2013
Russia has no proof of chemical weapon use in Syria - officialRussia does not have reliable information that either of the conflicting parties in Syria has used chemical weapons, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told reporters on Monday amid escalating tensions in the region.16:16 06.05.2013
Prosecutor demands 16 years for Chechen War colonel's killerOn Tuesday, the prosecutor asked the Moscow City Court to sentence Yusup Temerkhanov, whom the jury declared guilty of murdering former Colonel Yury Budanov last night, to 16 years in prison.14:50 30.04.2013
Jury delivers guilty verdict in Chechen War colonel murder caseThe jury of the Moscow City Court has handed down a guilty verdict to Yusup Temerkhanov, accused of murdering former Colonel Yury Budanov, convicted Chechen war criminal.10:10 30.04.2013
Prosecutor urges guilty verdict in Chechen War colonel’s murders caseProsecutor Maria Semenenko asked a jury Monday to hand down a guilty verdict against Yusup Temerkhanov for the murder of former Russian Colonel Yury Budanov.15:52 29.04.2013
Russia calls for investigating cases of chemical weapons use in SyriaMoscow is calling for an immediate investigation into all cases of chemical weapons use in Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a news conference on the NATO-Russia Council meeting on Tuesday.12:45 24.04.2013