War crimes round-up: Switzerland weighs in on elusive quest for justice over Syria Hama massacre

War crimes round-up: Switzerland weighs in on elusive quest for justice over Syria Hama massacre Geneva Solutions’s monthly “war criminal hunt” in collaboration with the Geneva-based NGO Civitas Maxima. Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court (FCC) revealed this month that an international arrest warrant was launched last year against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s uncle in connection with war crimes […]

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War crimes round-up: victims gain hope as ICC reopens Philippines drug war probe

War crimes round-up: victims gain hope as ICC reopens Philippines drug war probe Geneva Solutions’s monthly “war criminal hunt” in collaboration with the Geneva-based NGO Civitas Maxima. The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on 18 July that it will relaunch its investigations into an anti-drug crackdown in the Philippines that killed thousands of people after rejecting the […]

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War crimes round-up: Argentina probes Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya, German carmakers hit by Uyghur forced labour complaint

War crimes round-up: Argentina probes Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya, German carmakers hit by Uyghur forced labour complaint Geneva Solutions’s monthly “war criminal hunt” in collaboration with the Geneva-based NGO Civitas Maxima. “In Buenos Aires, Argentina, victims are seeking justice against the perpetrators of the atrocities that forced 750,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee Myanmar in 2017. […]

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War crimes round-up: Swiss court upholds war crimes conviction against Liberian rebel, ‘historic’ crimes treaty adopted

Geneva Solutions’s monthly “war criminal hunt” in collaboration with the Geneva-based NGO Civitas Maxima. “Today’s announcement in the Alieu Kosiah case closes the month with a historic development in international justice, becoming the first-ever conviction for crimes against humanity in Switzerland. This ruling is a tribute to the bravery and resilience of several Liberian victims […]

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War crimes round-up: Gambian former minister charged in Switzerland, trial against Kosovo ex-president begins

Geneva Solutions’s monthly “war criminal hunt” in collaboration with the Geneva-based NGO Civitas Maxima. “This month, the international community lost one of its legends, Benjamin Ferencz. As the last surviving member of the team of prosecutors at the Nuremberg trials, Ferencz would have been pleased with this month’s round-up – particularly the landmark case of […]

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War crimes round-up: Putin wanted by ICC, Australian soldier charged for war crimes in Afghanistan

Geneva Solutions’s monthly “war criminal hunt”, in collaboration with the Geneva-based NGO Civitas Maxima. The decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin was the most striking news of the month. Given that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over the crime of aggression of the war in […]

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