France is escalating its military mission in the Central African Republic, airlifting troops and equipment to the capital Bangui ahead of an anticipated UN-backed intervention.
Human Rights Watch urged the International Criminal Court to expedite an inquiry into war crimes committed in Afghanistan by insurgent and government forces alike.
Two gunmen assassinated Juan Álvaro Pai, traditional governor of the endangered Awá indigenous people, in an incursion into their reserve in Colombia’s Nariño department.
The same court that threw out ex-dictator Ríos Montt's genocide conviction last spring is now looking for a way to get him an amnesty.
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh sentenced Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, a lawmaker for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to death for war crimes.
New York area Congolese protested a panel on Syria that Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel shared with Rwandan President Paul Kagame—who they accuse of massive war crimes.
The UN Special Court for Sierra Leone rejected an appeal by former Liberian president Charles Taylor of his convictions for war crimes.
Syria does not recognize the International Criminal Court, so an ICC case against Bashar Assad can only be launched by the Security Council—where Russia holds a veto.
Amnesty International called upon UN members to demand Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir turn himself in to the International Criminal Court to face genocide charges.
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia warns that 62.7% of Colombia’s indigenous population is at risk of extinction due to armed conflict and mining development.
Armenians, Circassians, Mandaeans and other small ethnicities in Syria are being uprooted by jihadist terror, and increasingly see the Assad regime as the lesser evil.
Jihadist forces of the Nusra Front launched an assault on the ancient Christian village of Maaloula, which is on the UNESCO tentative list of world heritage sites.
