International Criminal Law

'It's Not A War Crime If It Was Fun.' Three Years Of Gory Messages By A Russian General

Radio Free Europe February 20th, 2026 Major General Roman Demurchiev has served as commander of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, fighting in Ukraine. On October 18, 2022, roughly eight months after Russia launched its all-out war on Ukraine, a high-ranking Russian officer texted several messages to his wife and several acquaintances back home in Russia. The officer, then-Colonel Roman Demurchiev, commander of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, bragged about how his so

Yelizaveta Surnacheva, Valeriya Yegoshina & Kira Tolstyakova | Radio Free Europe

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Amnesty warns CAR Special Court at risk of closure

Central African Republic Special Criminal Court in session. credit: Facebook Amnesty International warns CAR Special Court at risk of closure JuristNews February12, 2026 By Cecilia Akoko Attiogbe Atayi Amnesty International has warned that the Special Criminal Court (SCC) of the Central African Republic (CAR), a hybrid tribunal established to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity, is facing a “serious risk of closure” because of severe funding shortages. Amnesty I

Jurist News

Feb 12

Italy Probes ‘Sniper Tourism’ During Bosnia War

Italy probes suspect in Sarajevo ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnia war: Report Report says an 80-year-old suspect faces charges on several counts, including premeditated murder. 5 Feb 2026, Al Jazeera The Human Hunters of Sarajevo / True Crime Reports Prosecutors in Italy have placed a man under investigation as part of a probe into alleged “sniper tourism” in Sarajevo during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia, the Reuters news agency reports. Sources told Reuters on Wednesday that th

Al Jazeera

Feb 4

Mass Deportations Are Crimes Against Humanity

President Donald Trump…credit: Fulton County Sheriff’s Department Mass deportations violate U.S. and international law. They’re also crimes against humanity. By Dr. Gregory H Stanton Founding President Genocide Watch President Trump’s order to arrest and deport millions of undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of refugees, violates US obligations under the 1967 Protocol on the Status of Refugees. The US Senate ratified that treaty unanimously in 1968. 147

Genocide Watch

Feb 1

Fifteen Below Zero

A protester facing down Customs and Border Protection officers during a demonstration over the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents, Minneapolis, January 24, 2026 Arthur Maiorella/Anadolu/Getty Images Fifteen Below Zero The New York Review of Books January 30, 2026 Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein Up against the delirious scale of Operation Metro Surge, ordinary people juggle daily life with looking out for each other however they can. Driving to St. Paul from the airport you

Genocide Watch

Jan 30

The Calling of International Law by Gregory Stanton

Dr. Stanton in front of the International Criminal Court, the Hague, October 28, 2025 The Calling of International Law Dr. Gregory H. Stanton Founding President, Genocide Watch During my first year at Yale Law School, Church World Service called me to become Field Director of its relief program in Cambodia. My roommate from Oberlin College was then the organization’s program director in New York and he knew that I had been a Peace Corps Volunteer and had just spent a year i

Genocide Watch

Nov 28, 2025

Sudan Govt. uses chlorine gas in attack - a war crime

Videos show Sudanese Army's use of chlorine gas, a war crime France 24 October 9, 2025 By: The FRANCE 24 Observers / Quentin PESCHARD Khartoum, Sudan The FRANCE 24 Observers team verified videos and photos documenting chemical weapons attacks by the Sudanese army. They were filmed in September 2024 at the al-Jaili oil refinery north of Khartoum, occupied at the time by the Rapid Support Forces militia. © Observers On May 22, 2025, the US accused the Sudanese army of using ch

The FRANCE 24 Observers | Quentin PESCHARD

Oct 12, 2025