International Crimes Database

08/11/2024

📢 has extradited to Croatia a former paramilitary suspected of , committed at the start of the country's war for independence in 1990s.

France has extradited to Croatia a former Serb paramilitary suspected of killing prisoners at the start of the country's war for independence in the 1990s, police said on Wednesday. The 62-year-old suspect was arrested on a European arrest warrant on October 5 at the Calais border crossing as he had...

08/11/2024

🚨Finnish prosecutors have charged Vojislav Torden, a commander of the Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary Rusich group, with allegedly committed in 2014 in .

Finnish authorities on Thursday charged a Russian citizen over alleged war crimes in Ukraine in 2014. The Nordic country's Deputy Prosecutor General Jukka Rappe filed the charges against Vojislav Torden -- a commander of the Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary Rusich group -- with the Helsinki District Co...

31/10/2024

⚖️The Assize Court has sentenced former Ugandan doctor Eugène Rwamucyo to 27 years in prison for complicity in and .

À 65 ans, il a été reconnu coupable de complicité de génocide et participation à une entente en vue de la préparation de génocide, complicité de crimes contre l’humanité et participation à une entente en vue de la préparation de ces crimes.

28/10/2024

⚖️The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Gulu, , has sentenced Thomas , a former LRA commander, to 40 years in prison for committed between 1996 and 2005.

A Ugandan court on Friday sentenced a former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander to 40 years in prison after a landmark war crimes trial over his role in the group's two-decade reign of terror. Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty in August of multiple counts of crimes against humanity in the first su...

17/10/2024

🔊A Bangladeshi court has issued an arrest warrant for exiled former prime minister Sheikh , for committed during her 15-year presidency.
https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/137178-bangladesh-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-ex-leader-hasina.html

16/10/2024

📢On Tuesday, a Syrian citizen accused of and went on trial before a court in Stuttgart, allegedly for fighting for on the side of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/137114-alleged-hezbollah-fighter-on-trial-in-germany-over-war-crimes-in-syria.html

15/10/2024

🚨The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, issued a report concluding that Israel has committed and by attacking the healthcare system in .

Israel is deliberately targeting health facilities and killing and torturing medical personnel in Gaza, UN investigators said Thursday, accusing the country of "crimes against humanity".

14/10/2024

🔊Finnish officials have detained Vojislav Torden a commander of the far-right, neo-Nazi paramilitary Rusich group, for allegedly committing in in 2014.

Finnish officials said on Friday police suspected a Russian citizen of committing war crimes in Ukraine in 2014 and he was expected to face charges before the end of the month. Vojislav Torden -- a commander of the Russian far-right, neo-Nazi paramilitary Rusich group -- was detained at Helsinki air...

14/10/2024

@🆕 The Crimes Database has been updated!

The ICD is a publicly accessible online resource maintained by the Asser Institute, which contains over 700 case summaries of international crime cases from international, hybrid and domestic courts.

Its newest update includes 7 new case summaries, concerning terrorism-related crimes, and International Criminal Court cases. These include the case of Ahmad al-Y relating to conduct during the Syrian civil war, and the historic Bemba case, one of the first ICC trials focusing on sexual violence as an international crime.

This allows the International Criminal Court - ICC to be your starting point for any online search about international crimes, whether you are a scholar, practitioner, student, etc.

👉 Explore the latest updates in international criminal justice by checking out the new summaries now! https://www.asser.nl/about-the-asser-institute/news/international-crimes-database-new-cases-on-terrorism-sexual-violence-and-cultural-heritage/

14/10/2024

🚨Last week, a former Rwandan doctor went on trial before a Paris court allegedly accused of and in in 1994.

Eugene Rwamucyo, a former doctor who practiced in France until 2010, went on trial in Paris on Tuesday accused of participating in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. His is the eighth such case to be tried in France,…

10/10/2024

🚨The police has detained a German national of Cameroonian heritage for allegedly inciting in war-torn .

Norwegian police say they have detained a German national of Cameroonian heritage for allegedly inciting crimes against humanity in Cameroon, the first time Norway is embarking on legal proceedings for such crimes.

08/10/2024

🔊The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I have unsealed six issued in the situation, concerning allegedly committed in Tarhunah including murder, outrages upon personal dignity, cruel treatment, torture, sexual violence, and r**e.

Today, 4 October 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “CPI”) granted the Prosecutor’s request to unseal six arrest warrants issued in the Libya situation on 6 April 2023 and 18 July 2023 against Mr Abdurahem Khalefa Abdurahem Elshgagi (‘Al Khani’), Mr...