Voislav Torden, a commander in a Russian paramilitary group, was sentenced to life in prison for the attack and mutilation of ...

It is the first time a Finnish court presided over a case involving an alleged war crime committed during the Russia-Ukraine war.

Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza ...

The use of chemical gas is now regarded as a war crime (Imperial War Museums / HMSO) The definition of war crimes was later expanded in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its related articles ...

A Finnish court has convicted a Russian former far-right militia member of committing war crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Donbas region in 2014. The Helsinki court sentenced Voislav ...

Kosovo’s ex-President Hashim Thaci, who is facing war crime charges, has been briefly released from a European Union-backed court to visit his ill father.

The Trump administration is rolling back law enforcement initiatives focused on prosecuting accusations of Russian atrocities ...

The Helsinki District Court in Finland on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old man to life for committing war crimes in Ukraine.

A Russian man was jailed for life by a Finnish court on Friday for war crimes committed in 2014 in eastern Ukraine, where his ...

Hamas, a recent study argues, has invented a new war crime: kinocide. In December 2024, the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes Against Women and Children published a lengthy report titled ...

The series includes an overview, as well as separate pieces about genocide and war crimes. The International Criminal Court has recently focused on Israel’s war on Gaza, including issuing arrest ...