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| Impunity Gap | ||
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Afghanistan victims in limbo | Justice Info |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Deceptive Report Escalates Srebrenica Genocide Denial Campaign | Just Security |
| Canada | Canada's reckoning with colonial violence | Justice Info |
| Ethiopia | Famine in Tigray, Humanitarian Access, and the War Crime of Starvation | Just Security |
| Israel, Palestine | Israel-Gaza conflict: Apparent war crimes committed, says rights group | BBC News |
| Kenya | Kenya: Why Cybercrimes Are Also Crimes Against Humanity | All Africa |
| Libya | Haftar assassinating militia leaders to erase links to war crimes | Middel East Monitor |
| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian Serbs will shut down government over genocide denial law | Euro News |
| Eswatini | Eswatini: Authorities must drop trumped-up charges against MP’s and release them immediately and unconditionally | Amnesty International |
| United Kingdom | UK Parliamentary Committee Puts Out Uyghur-Language Report on Abuses in Xinjiang | Radio Free Asia |
| Judicial Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Pleads Not Guilty to War Crimes | Balkan Insight |
| Croatia | Croatia Charges Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighter with War Crimes | Balkan Insight |
| Germany | Germany charges Syrian doctor with crimes against humanity | Aljazeera |
| ICC, Ivory Coast | ICC lifts arrest warrant for I.Coast ex first lady Simone Gbagbo | France 24 |
| Liberia | In a new twist, Massaquoi trial to return to Liberia | Justice Info |
| Sweden | Iranian charged with war crimes by Swedish court for 1988 prison killing | Reuters |
| Highlight of the Week | ||
|---|---|---|
| World | United in Support of International Justice | Parliamentarians for Global Action |
| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cuba | Republicans call for criminal tribunal for human rights abuses in Cuba | The Hill |
| Liberia | Liberia: Senate Wants War Crimes Separated From Economic Crimes - Submit Final Report On Trc Implementation to Pres. Weah | All Africa |
| United States, China | Uyghurs: US Senate passes bill to ban Xinjiang imports | BBC News |
| Judicial Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | The Colombian military killed 127 civilians passing as guerrillas | Al Día News |
| Chile | Chile’s Piñera testifies for alleged crimes against humanity in protests | The Rio Times |
| ICC, Sudan | ICC judges order first trial for Darfur war crimes | Reuters |
| Netherlands | Netherlands court convicts Syrian refugee of war crimes | Jurist |
| Serbia | Belgrade Court Cuts Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier’s War Crime Sentence | Balkan Insight |
| Serbia | Bosnian Prosecution Files Just Two War Indictments in Six Months | Balkan Insight |
| Impunity Gap | ||
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | As Troops Withdraw from Afghanistan, the UN Needs to Act | Just Security |
| Australia, United Arab Emirates | Australia pushes close military ties with United Arab Emirates despite war crime concerns | ABC News |
| Canada | Will Canada face criminal charges for residential school abuses? | Aljazeera |
| Ethiopia | UN Rights Body Needs to Act on Ethiopia | Human Rights Watch |
| Haiti | Haiti: Investigation urged into killing of Haitian President and grave human rights violations under his watch | Amnesty International |
| Iran | Will Iran’s New President be Held Accountable? | Just Security |
| Liberia | Liberia: LNBA Supports the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court | All Africa |
| Montenegro | Montenegro ‘Lacks Political Will’ to Tackle War Crimes: Prosecutor | Balkan Insight |
| Russia | Russian Mercenaries Are Driving War Crimes in Africa, U.N. Says | New York Times |
| United States | US: Bolster Justice for Grave Crimes Globally | Human Rights Watch |
| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| European Parliament | EU Parliament seeks sanctions on Iran officials for human rights abuse | The Jerusalem Post |
| Kosovo | Kosovo Parliament Adopts Resolution Recognising Srebrenica Genocide | Balkan Insight |
| Netherlands | Attacks on Yazidi in Iraq were genocide, Dutch MPs say | Dutch News |
| United Kingdom | UK government urged to hold China ‘to account’ over Uighurs | Aljazeera |
| Judicial Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | First Conviction for Dictatorship Crimes in Brazil | Human Rights Watch |
| Colombia | Colombia’s JEP indicts 10 Army officers for “false positive” murders | The City Paper of Bogota |
| France, China | French Prosecutors To Investigate Retailers’ Involvement In Crimes Against Humanity In Xinjiang | Forbes |
| IRMCT | Serbian ex-spy chiefs jailed for Balkans war crimes | BBC News |
| Kosovo | Kosovo War Crimes Court’s First Trial Will Set a Precedent | Balkan Insight |
| Netherlands | Dutch court convicts woman for spreading IS propaganda | AP News |