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| ICC, Sudan | ICC: First Major Hearings on Darfur Crimes | Human Rights Watch |
| Impunity Gap | ||
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| Chad | Hissène Habré’s Victims Continue Fight for Reparations | Human Rights Watch |
| China | Chinese foreign minister slams EU’s ‘genocide’ accusations | Euractive |
| Gambia | Gambia: Commission Uncovered Ex-President’s Alleged Crimes | Human Rights Watch |
| Haiti | Harvard report accuses Haitian government of crimes against humanity | The Hatian Times |
| Israel, Palestine | Gaza Hostilities Underscore ICC’s Role | Human Rights Watch |
| Namibia | Namibia Sits On the Fence On Vote Against UN Resolution to Stop Crimes Against Humanity | All Africa |
| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
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| Armenia | Armenia will take steps to bring the perpetrators of war crimes to international justice – MFA | Republic Radio of Armenia |
| Croatia | Croatia ratifies four amendments to the Rome Statute on war crimes | Parliamentarians for Global Action |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian parliament latest to call China's treatment of Uyghurs 'genocide' | Reuters |
| Pakistan | Genocide, ethnic cleansing': Senate passes resolution condemning Israeli 'war crimes' in Palestine | Dawn |
| Judicial Developments | ||
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina top court confirms indictment for crimes against humanity during Bosnian War | Jurist |
| Ethiopia | Four Ethiopian soldiers convicted of crimes against civilians in Tigray | Reuters |
| Germany | War crimes sentence on Heinen | The Times |
| South Africa, Israel | Israelis face war crimes charges in South Africa | Middle East Monitor |
| Sweden | Sweden top court deems posing with dead bodies a war crime | Jurist |
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| Ukraine | The Parliament of Ukraine Adopts Bill to Implement International Criminal and Humanitarian Law | Parliamentarians for Global Action |
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| Ethiopia | Massacres, rapes and starvation: Breaking through the blackout to expose Tigray’s ‘crimes against humanity’ | The Telegraph |
| Iraq | Yazidis Deserve Justice for Genocide: How Biden’s Team Can Lead the Way | Just Security |
| Israel, Palestine | Israel/Gaza: likely war crimes by Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups | Amnesty International |
| Israel, Palestine | Why is accountability for alleged war crimes so hard to achieve in the Israel-Palestinian conflict? | The Conversation |
| Libya | Libya: ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’, ICC chief prosecutor tells Security Council | UN News |
| United States | Slavery: What the United States can learn from Africa about reparations | Justice Info |
| United States, UK, Germany | U.S., UK, Germany clash with China at U.N. over Xinjiang | Reuters |
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| Argentina | Argentina Wants to Punish Deniers of Crimes Against Humanity | Vice |
| Switzerland | Intentional starvation of civilians should be considered a war crime worldwide: Federal Council supports International Criminal Court | Reliefweb |
| Judicial Developments | ||
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| France, Germany | France or Germany: State torturers, don’t go to the wrong place | Justice Info |
| Serbia | Pandemic Slows Progress of War Crime Trials in Serbia: Report | Balkan Insight |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone war crimes: Suspect held and house searched in Leeds | BBC News |
| Spain, Morocco | Polisario Front leader Ghali served with Spanish court summons in war crime case | Reuters |
| The Gambia | Gambia: Jammeh’s Justice And The Shadow Of Bensouda | Justice Info |
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| Iraq | ISIL crimes against Yazidis constitute genocide, UN investigation team finds | UN News |
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| Australia, Afghanistan | Australia Avoids Reckoning With Afghanistan War Crimes Allegations | The Diplomat |
| Colombia | Colombia is in Turmoil. Biden Must Push it Toward Dialogue | The New York Times |
| Ethiopia | War Crimes Are Suspected In Northern Ethiopia's Conflict Zone | npr |
| Myanmar | Myanmar: UN rights experts urge business ‘to take a stand’ against military junta | UN News |
| Israel, Palestine | The I.C.C. is monitoring the Israeli-Palestinian violence for possible war crimes. | The New York Times |
| Serbia | Serbia Gives Citizenship to Fugitive War Crimes Defendant | Balkan Insight |
| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian Serb Parliament to Mull Revoking Honours for War Criminals | Balkan Insight |
| New Zealand | New Zealand parliament says Uyghur rights abuses taking place in China | Reuters |
| Turkey | Turkish parliament head condemns Israeli atrocities in Palestine | Anadolu Agency |
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| Belarus | Belarus torture survivors take legal action in Germany | Deutsche Welle |
| Colombia | Gender-based persecution as a crime against humanity: A milestone for LGBTI rights before the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace | EJIL:Talk! |
| ICC, Afghanistan | Afghan foreign minister meets ICC prosecutors to discuss war crimes investigation | Reuters |
| ICC, Uganda | Dominic Ongwen: Former Ugandan child soldier jailed for war crimes | BBC News |
| Liberia, Sierra Leone | Liberia war crimes: First hearings in Gibril Massaquoi trial held in Sierra Leone | Africa News |
| United Kingdom | Britain says ex-Bosnian Serb wartime leader Karadzic to serve jail term in UK | Reuters |
| Serbia | Bosnia Convicts Serb Ex-Policeman of Crimes Against Humanity | Balkan Insight |
| Switzerland | War crimes cases on the rise despite Covid-19 | Swiss Info |