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  • 29 Jan 2025
    • Australia
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • War Crimes

    POW law and the plight of Australian Oscar Jenkins in Russia

    Donald R Rothwell
    The intentional killing of prisoners of war is a war crime that can be prosecuted under Australian law.
  • 21 Oct 2024
    • Japan
    • Malaysia
    • War Crimes

    The ghosts of Japan’s occupation of Malaysia

    Ikhlas Abdul Hadi , Marin Ekstrom
    Haunting stories of wartime brutality live on in Malaysia’s folklore, allowing the country to navigate the trauma.
  • 1 Aug 2024
    • Australia
    • Islamic State
    • International law
    • War Crimes
    • Iraq
    • Syria

    The Yazidi still wait for justice

    Susan Hutchinson
    Australia also has obligations when its citizens are accused of the worst of all crimes.
  • 23 Oct 2023
    • War Crimes
    • Review

    War crimes: The trial of a fallen French war hero and lessons for today

    Mark Pierce
    When can personal responsibility be dissolved into collective culpability?
  • 18 Sep 2023
    • Cambodia
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • War Crimes

    Testimonial therapy: Buddhism’s influence in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge tribunal

    Andre Kwok
    Faith-based interventions and criminal prosecutions can innovatively meet.
  • 30 Aug 2023
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • United Nations
    • War Crimes

    Europe’s last war

    Ian Kemish
    Remembering the Bosnian conflict of 30 years ago to compare how the world responds to Russia’s war on Ukraine today.
  • 5 Jun 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • International law
    • War Crimes
    • United States

    Lessons from history: Comparing Australia’s response to war crimes with the United States

    Daniel Flitton
    The fallout from the Ben Roberts-Smith case is only the beginning of a reckoning about justice in war.
  • 23 May 2023
    • Australia
    • Terrorism
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • War Crimes
    • Africa

    It’s time Australia branded Russia’s Wagner Group a terrorist organisation

    Isabella Currie , Matthew Sussex
    A record of abuses in conflicts from Ukraine to Africa makes designating the Russian group the right choice.
  • 5 Apr 2023
    • Myanmar
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • War Crimes

    What of the Rohingya? The ICC, Ukraine, and limits of “international” justice

    Aakash Chandran , Jennifer Keene-McCann , Emma Palmer
    The International Criminal Court will always be seen as a selective tool unless states agree to decide cases on need.
  • 22 Feb 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • War Crimes

    Russia in Ukraine: accountability and global order on the precipice

    Melinda Rankin
    Not since the Second World War has international security been so inseparably tied to the prosecution of atrocity crimes.
  • 12 Jan 2023
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • War Crimes

    The hard road to justice for Russian war crimes

    Shaun Cameron
    Prosecution of war crimes in Ukraine are crucial to maintain international law and the peace and security it promotes.
  • 2 Aug 2022
    • Myanmar
    • War Crimes
    • United Nations
    • Human rights

    ASEAN governments need to act on Myanmar

    Elaine Pearson
    The execution of four opposition activists by the junta needs urgent action from governments of all stripes.
  • 29 Apr 2022
    • War Crimes
    • Russia
    • International law
    • Ukraine

    Putting Putin on trial to enforce a price for the powerful

    Shivangi Seth
    Building a just international order must go beyond the interest of a few to foster a true test of global accountability.
  • 22 Apr 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • United Nations
    • War Crimes

    Even Putin is not beyond the law

    Donald R Rothwell
    International and domestic justice systems are working in the background to bring accountability in the war on Ukraine.
  • 20 Apr 2022
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Human rights
    • International law
    • War Crimes

    The duty to prevent genocide in Ukraine

    Dominique Fraser , Juliette McIntyre
    A serious risk of Russia committing genocide imposes legal obligations for states to do what they can to stop it.
  • 16 Mar 2022
    • War Crimes
    • Russia
    • International law
    • Ukraine

    Russia is committing atrocity crimes in Ukraine, but not genocide

    Dominique Fraser
    More than legal semantics, properly recognising war crimes and crimes against humanity puts Russian leaders on notice.
  • 23 Feb 2022
    • War Crimes
    • United Nations
    • Myanmar
    • Human rights
    • International law

    It’s a mistake to allow Myanmar’s junta to appear in Rohingya case

    Adam Simpson , Juliette McIntyre
    Accepting military representatives in the genocide defence serves to lend the coup an undeserved legitimacy.
  • 2 Jun 2021
    • War Crimes
    • United Nations
    • Human rights

    R2P: An idea whose time never comes

    Catherine Renshaw
    The doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect was meant to stop atrocities. Instead, it has become another empty mantra.
  • 17 Dec 2020
    • Iraq War
    • War Crimes
    • United Kingdom

    A missed opportunity for the International Criminal Court

    Shannon Maree Torrens
    In declining to investigate possible UK war crimes in Iraq, the ICC has dealt a blow to victims and its own reputation.
  • 10 Nov 2020
    • United States
    • Afghanistan War
    • War Crimes
    • United Nations

    A chance for the US to change its tune on justice

    Shannon Maree Torrens
    Will American hostility to the International Criminal Court, and exception from it, shift under a Biden administration?
  • 28 Jul 2020
    • Human rights
    • United Nations
    • War Crimes
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • United States

    UN report on US killing of Iranian commander misses the mark

    Alison Pert
    The drone strike on Qasem Soleimani was unlawful, the report finds, but weak analysis undercuts its conclusion.
  • 11 Jun 2020
    • Syria
    • War Crimes
    • Germany

    With Syrian prosecutions, a rare case of universal jurisdiction

    Craig Hershowitz
    A seldom-used legal concept demonstrates the reach of justice even in the most hopeless circumstances.
  • 9 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • War Crimes
    • Sri Lanka
    • Human rights

    The curious case of the US Sri Lanka sanctions

    Taylor Dibbert
    An American administration with little apparent regard for human rights put sanctions on an alleged war criminal. Why?
  • 1 May 2019
    • Islamic State
    • War Crimes
    • Review

    Film review: On Her Shoulders

    Pishko Shamsi
    ISIS persecuted her community in Iraq yet Nadia Murad’s quest for justice again shows the indestructibility of spirit.
  • 30 Apr 2019
    • War Crimes
    • United Nations

    Atrocities of April

    Nikki Marczak , Alex Bellamy
    Commemorating the terrible atrocities of the 20th century must spur efforts to stop the horrors of today and the future.
  • 24 Apr 2019
    • War Crimes
    • United Nations

    US undermines UN Security Council resolution against wartime rape

    Susan Hutchinson
    Washington's hard line on abortion and the ICC almost sank Germany’s plan to improve the prosecution of perpetrators.
  • 27 Mar 2019
    • War Crimes
    • Africa

    Remembering Rwanda: small mercy from the horror of Kibeho

    John Connor
    Twenty-five years ago, Australian peacekeepers saw the tragic aftermath when the killing did not stop with the genocide.
  • 6 Mar 2019
    • War Crimes
    • Myanmar

    Violence in Myanmar: look elsewhere than Security Council

    Rebecca Barber
    The Security Council should not have a stranglehold on international justice, and all options should be on the table.
  • 29 Nov 2018
    • Asia
    • War Crimes
    • Cambodia

    International justice: tackling impunity in Asia

    Priya Pillai
    Trials in Cambodia, while fraught, may help deliver accountability for crimes against humanity across the region.
  • 12 Oct 2018
    • War Crimes

    End the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war

    Susan Hutchinson
    The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize is a message to countries to investigate and prosecute conflict related sexual violence.
  • 8 Mar 2018
    • Middle East
    • Islamic State
    • War Crimes

    The pain of hearing: Australia’s parliament recognises Yazidi genocide

    Susan Hutchinson
    A motion in parliament last week gave a crucial voice to a community’s suffering.
  • 8 Feb 2018
    • Syria
    • War Crimes

    Syria: a plan to name and shame chemical weapons suspects

    John Hart
    A French initiative, backed by Australia and international organisations, aims to hold supporters of chemical weapons use legally accountable.
  • 12 Apr 2017
    • Syria
    • War Crimes

    Will new UN mechanism boost justice for war crimes in Syria?

    Susan Hutchinson
    The IIIM is not is not a panacea. Its tasks are very specific. Nation states now have to step up to the plate.
  • 15 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • War Crimes

    UK drone strike in Syria: Bombing for past crimes reeks of extrajudicial punishment

    Ben Saul
  • 14 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Syria
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • War Crimes
    • Foreign Policy
    • Migration

    Yazidi refugees have an urgent need for protection from genocide

    Nikki Marczak
  • 5 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Australian Perspective
    • War Crimes
    • Australia and Asia

    Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Two more charged, but not indicted

    Milton Osborne
  • 25 Jul 2014
    • Global Issues
    • War Crimes

    MH17: What does international law say?

    Danielle Rajendram
  • 12 Jun 2014
    • Global Issues
    • War Crimes

    A call for practical action to end sexual violence in conflict

    Paul Madden

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