War Criminals

A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility. Examples of crimes include intentionally killing civilians or prisoners, torturing, destroying civilian property, taking hostages, performing a perfidy, raping, using child soldiers, pillaging, declaring that no quarter will be given, and seriously violating the principles of distinction, proportionality, and military necessity. The concept of war crimes emerged at the turn of the twentieth century when the body of customary international law applicable to warfare between sovereign states was codified. Such codification occurred at the national level, such …

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RAND Corporation · 16 July 2024 English

The research in this report fills a gap in analysis on what the future could hold for the Russian government's ability to recruit and retain a professional military force in …

Directorate [Головне Управління Розвідки], “War Criminals—Servicemen of the 136th Separate Motorized


EU: European Union · 26 June 2024 English

raises concerns over the fact that convicted war criminals are continuing to spread hate speech in State-controlled


ACCORD: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes · 14 June 2024 English

Since the independence of Sudan in 1956, the region of Darfur has been under the oppressive hegemony of a ruling elite primarily drawn from the northern region of Sudan. [...] …

a blanket amnesty for all north-south civil war criminals. Eminent Sudanese lawyer Magdi Algazouli maintains adapting such a court to run trials of Darfur war criminals a risky affair. Moreover, many of these chiefs


JINSA: Jewish Institute for National Security of America · 28 May 2024

l On May 27, Hamas said in a statement, “in light of the horrific Zionist massacre this evening committed by the criminal occupation army against the tents of the displaced …

situation.” » He also said, “terrorist Hamas are war criminals, and we intend on making them pay for their


EU: European Union · 23 May 2024 Italian

defeat of Isis, which is undoubtedly led by war criminals, the conflict in Syria has now finally reached


Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 12 May 2024 English

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participation of victims. It is through holding Israeli war criminals to account that policies of collective punishment


UN: The United Nations · 7 May 2024 Chinese

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Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 4 May 2024 English

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Gaza, the siege may be lifted, and Israeli war criminals may even be prosecuted. But Palestinians still


UN: The United Nations · 2 May 2024 Russian

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displayed in prominent locations, glorifying war criminals, promoting false narratives about the past and


UN: The United Nations · 2 May 2024 English

18 p.

displayed in prominent locations, glorifying war criminals, promoting false narratives about the past and


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