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View all search resultsThe U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday condemning the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage and warning the Islamic State extremist group, al-Qaida and other combatants that such attacks may constitute war crimes.
US armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said in a report Monday, raising the possibility that American citizens could be indicted even though Washington has not joined the global court.
The UN Children's agency called the airstrikes in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province a day earlier an "outrage", suggesting it may be the deadliest attack on a school since the country's war began nearly six years ago. The attack, according to UNICEF, killed 22 children and six of their teachers.
An international human rights group says that the Saudi-led coalition's bombing of a packed funeral in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, this week constitutes an apparent war crime and that the remnants of missiles found at the site of the attack showed that they were American made.
Wiranto was indicted for crimes against humanity committed in East Timor in 1999. His indictment and the brief I filed in support of the arrest warrant are public documents. These outline in detail the evidence showing Wiranto’s clear criminal responsibility or failure to fulfill his obligation to prevent these crimes and to punish those responsible despite reports in the media and from international organizations, including the United Nations, and personal appeals to Wiranto to stop the violence.
Sudan responded on Tuesday to the US’ “concern” over the attendance of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, a war crime suspect, at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit in Jakarta on March 6-7.
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