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| Highlight of the Week | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sudan | Sudanese cabinet votes to back International Criminal Court | France 24 |
| Impunity Gap | ||
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | International Humanitarian Law Applies Even in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan | Jurist |
| Australia, Afghanistan | Investigation of alleged Australian war crimes could be hindered by fall of Afghan government | The Guardian |
| Ethiopia | Sexual violence against women and girls in Ethiopia's Tigray region amount to war crimes, Amnesty says | CNN News |
| Israel, Palestine | Human Rights Watch calls rockets fired by Hamas war crimes | Jurist |
| Liberia | Liberia: Civil war reparations’ proposal must be more practical and less ambiguous | The Africa Report |
| Myanmar | Myanmar: Coup Leads to Crimes Against Humanity | Human Rights Watch |
| Sahel | Sahel: Amnesty identifies Serbian weapons in stockpiles of brutal armed groups | Amnesty International |
| United Kingdom | After Intervention, UK Bill Still Allows Justice for War Crimes | Human Rights Watch |
| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Only Parliament should be able to take Australia to war | The Canberra Times |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian parliament calls on world to adopt resolutions in support of Crimea Platform | Ukrinform |
| Judicial Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian Serb Ex-Serviceman Tried for Killing Civilian Prisoners | Balkan Insight |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Cases Closed: Deaths of Ageing Balkan War Suspects Thwart Justice | Balkan Insight |
| Brazil | Brazil’s Supreme Court to rule soon on Indigenous land rights | Aljazeera |
| Cambodia | Cambodia: Last surviving Khmer Rouge leader denies genocide and crimes against humanity at appeal hearing | Sky News |
| Colombia | Colombia’s former army chief facing 2nd mass murder trial | Colombia Reports |
| Sweden | Sweden: Iran War Crimes Trial Opens | Human Rights Watch |