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International Justice Update - September 2023

This Update on International Justice is compiled and provided for informational purposes only. Any opinions expressed in articles contained in this Update are not necessarily endorsed by PGA or any individual/s associated with PGA; nor does PGA or any individual/s associated with PGA vouch for the accuracy of the contents of these articles.

Impunity Gap
  Afghanistan Afghanistan: Taliban’s Gender Crimes Against Humanity HRW
  Armenia, Azerbaijan Genocide warning in Nagorno-Karabakh The Guardian
  China China: Unrelenting Crimes Against Humanity Targeting Uyghurs HRW
  Colombia Colombia: Ensure Justice for Army Killings HRW
  Eritrea Eritrean troops ‘committed war crimes’ in Ethiopia after peace deal: Report Aljazeera
  Ethiopia UN experts say war crimes committed in Ethiopia despite formal end to conflict Reuters
  Myanmar War crimes intensifying: Myanmar human rights investigators UN News
  Sudan Genocide fears in Darfur are attracting little attention − have nations abandoned their responsibility to protect civilians? The Conversation
  Sudan Widespread war crimes committed in Sudan, Amnesty International says Aljazeera
  Ukraine Ukraine war: reports suggest that Russia has been deliberately targeting journalists – which is a war crime The Conversation
  Ukraine, Russia The Law of Immunity and the Prosecution of the Head of State of the Russian Federation for International Crimes in the War against Ukraine EJIL: Talk!
Legislative/Parliamentary Developments
  Armenia Armenia sends Rome Statute to parliament for ratification Anadolu Agency
  ICC, United States US delegation to discuss Putin's war crimes warrant in The Hague Reuters
Judicial Developments
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia charges six suspects with war crimes Arab News
  Canada, Ukraine Canada’s war crimes investigation may not deter Russia, but it matters to Ukrainians The Conversation
  CAR Central African Republic ex-strongman charged with crimes against humanity Aljazeera
  Germany Germany’s Pursuit of International Criminal Justice through Universal Jurisdiction American Society of International Law
  ICC, CAR ICC concludes confirmation of charges hearing in Mokom case ICC Website
  ICC, Ukraine International Criminal Court Opens Field Office in Kyiv To Track Russian War Crimes Radio Free Europe
  Sweden, Sudan Former oil firm executives go on trial in Sweden over Sudan war crimes Reuters
  Switzerland, Algeria Switzerland indicts former Algeria defense minister for war crimes and crimes against humanity JURIST
  Switzerland, Belarus Accountability for enforced disappearances in Belarus: former member of president Lukashenka's elite hit squad brought before a Swiss Court TRIAL International