War crimes

ICC appeals judges greenlight first in absentia listening to over Ugandan insurgent chief

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Appeals judges on the Worldwide Prison Courtroom gave a ultimate greenlight Tuesday for the tribunal’s first in absentia listening to by permitting the subsequent step in proceedings in opposition to infamous fugitive Ugandan insurgent...

Guatemala court docket convicts 3 ex-paramilitaries of battle crimes for rape and offers them 40-year sentences

GUATEMALA CITY -- Greater than 4 a long time after Guatemalan troopers and paramilitaries raped Indigenous ladies throughout their efforts to crush an insurgency within the nation’s 36-year civil battle, a court docket on Friday convicted three males...

Rwanda-backed rebels dedicated doable conflict crimes, rights group says

DAKAR, Senegal -- Human rights group Amnesty Worldwide accused the M23 rebels in japanese Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two rebel-controlled cities on Tuesday.“These acts violate worldwide humanitarian legislation and will quantity to...

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