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| Highlight of the Week | ||
|---|---|---|
| Global | Top International Lawyers Unveil Definition of "Ecocide" | Stop Ecocide |
| Impunity Gap | ||
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| Australia, Afghanistan | ‘I won’t be bullied’: expert who helped spark war crimes inquiry speaks out after Dutton criticism | The Guardian |
| Burundi | The EU Should Honor Its Commitments to Human Rights in Burundi | Human Rights Watch |
| China | UN: Growing international concern must translate into concrete action over China’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang | Amnesty International |
| Iran | Iran: Ebrahim Raisi must be investigated for crimes against humanity | Amnesty International |
| Sudan | ICC Prosecutor Calls on Sudan to Hand Over War Crimes Suspects | VOA |
| Syria | French NGO reportedly funding Syrian regime militia linked to war crimes | TRT World |
| Venezuela | The International Criminal Court has postponed the announcement of the investigation into crimes against humanity of the Maduro regime | East Africa News Post |
| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Belgium, Czech Republic | Belgium, Czech Republic Legislatures Pass Uyghur Genocide Declarations | Radio Free Asia |
| Montenegro | Montenegro passes resolution condemning Srebrenica genocide | Aljazeera |
| United States | Ilhan Omar was attacked for saying war crimes allegations should be investigated | MSNBC |
| Judicial Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | Croatia Charges Unnamed Former Serb Fighter With War Crimes | Balkan Insight |
| Germany | German court convicts a third ISIS member of crimes against humanity committed against Yazidis | Doughty Street Chambers |
| IRMCT | Hague Tribunal Leaves Uncertain Legacy as Last Trial Nears End | Balkan Insight |
| Kosovo Specialist Chamber (KSC) | First suspect charged with Kosovo war crimes to stand trial in The Hague in September | NL Times |
| Liberia | Former Liberia warlord given 20 years' jail for war crimes | rfi |
| Philippines, ICC | Statement of the Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, on her request to open an investigation of the Situation in the Philippines | ICC |
| Highlight of the Week | ||
|---|---|---|
| G7 | Human Rights Watch Letter to the Heads of States and Governments ahead of the G7 Summit | Human Rights Watch |
| Impunity Gap | ||
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| Australia | Australians Should Know That Apartheid Is Still Happening Today | Human Rights Watch |
| Burkina Faso | Le dernier massacre commis par des islamistes armés au Sahel a visé le Burkina Faso | Human Rights Watch |
| Canada | Canadian trainers being questioned by military police about witnessing possible Iraqi war crimes | CBC |
| CAR | UN says attacks on peacekeepers in CAR may constitute war crimes | TRT World |
| China | Beijing Plans a Slow Genocide in Xinjiang | Foreign Policy |
| Romania | Long Buried War Crimes Convictions Dog Romanian Restitution | Balkan Insight |
| United States, Cameroon | U.S. imposes visa restrictions on perpetrators of violence in Cameroon | Africa News |
| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
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| Armenia | Armenia will take steps to bring the perpetrators of war crimes to international justice – MFA | Public Radio of Armenia |
| Mauritania | Mauritanian parliament urges ICC to prosecute Israel for 'genocide' | Middle East Eye |
| Judicial Developments | ||
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| Australia | Australian soldier sues media over Afghan war crimes allegations | France 24 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina top court confirms indictment for crimes against humanity during Bosnian War | Jurist |
| ICC, Sudan | Suspect faces murder, rape charges in first Darfur war crimes case | Reuters |
| IRMCT | UN War Crimes Tribunal upholds genocide conviction for Ratko Mladic, 'Butcher of Bosnia' | Deutsche Welle |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin Prosecutor Promises to Identify War Criminals | Balkan Insight |
| United Kingdom |
Hearings in London aim to assess allegations of genocide in China | BBC News |