The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) on July 3 announced the launch of the International Center for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression (ICPA). According to organizers, the ICPA is meant to serve as a “central database for evidence collected against Russia and other perpetrators of aggression.” At a press briefing marking…
EU Opens Center to Aid Prosecution of Alleged Russian ‘Crimes of Aggression’
A Decision That Will Reverberate for Decades to Come
Commentary Ben Roberts-Smith. A name that will be etched in the memory of Australians for decades to come and one suspects in the law journals forever. Winning a Victoria Cross on the battlefield is no “every participant wins a prize” award. It is an honour bestowed on the truly brave who have acted against the…
Pentagon Hindering Investigation of Alleged Russian War-Crimes in Ukraine: US Ambassador
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is withholding valuable information from the International Criminal Court (ICC), hindering the court’s investigation of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, according to a key U.S. ambassador. At a Wednesday Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack testified that she believes the…
Taliban Threat to Ex-SAS Soldier in Jail, Court Told
A former SAS soldier charged with a war crime while serving in Afghanistan has sought bail claiming his safety could be at risk from Islamic terrorists while behind bars. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested by the Australian Federal Police last Monday and has spent a week behind bars. He…
London to Host International Meeting on Alleged War Crimes in Ukraine
LONDON—Justice ministers from around the world will gather in London to scale up the support being offered to the International Criminal Court in its investigations of alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the British government said on Saturday. The meeting in March, which will be hosted by UK Justice Secretary Dominic Raab and his Dutch counterpart…
Ukraine Wants UN-backed Peace Deal With Russia, but on One Condition: Officials
A top Ukrainian official said on Monday that the country wants a United Nations-backed peace summit to end the war with Russia by February 2023 but only if Moscow faces a war crimes tribunal in an international court first. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told the Associated Press in an interview that Ukraine will do whatever it can…
Controversial Footage of Military Deaths Highlights ‘War of Perception’ Between Russia, Ukraine
Video footage that appears to show unarmed Russian soldiers being summarily executed by Ukrainian troops has sparked tit-for-tat claims of “war crimes” between the two warring sides. According to Moscow, the footage clearly shows Ukrainian forces killing Russian troops who had already surrendered. But Kyiv says its soldiers merely acted in “self-defense” after being fired…
US State Dept Evidence Suggests ‘Systemic War Crimes’ by Russia in Ukraine is ‘New Nuremberg Moment’
The U.S. State Department’s ambassador for global criminal justice said Monday that Washington has seen “systemic war crimes” committed by Russian forces in Ukraine and called the current situation a “new Nuremberg moment.” U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack made the comments during a special briefing. Van Schaack said that there is growing…
DHS Pursuing 1,700 Leads on Alleged War Criminals Living in US
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Sept. 28 that it’s pursuing nearly 1,700 leads of people living in the United States who were alleged perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other human rights violations. The department confirmed the number of leads it’s pursuing in response to questioning by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin…
US Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Declare Russia a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday introduced a bi-partisan bill that would designate the Russian government as a “state sponsor of terrorism.” It comes the same day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia as a “terrorist state” after Russian forces fired a missile on the Karachunivske reservoir, which broke and flooded…
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