War crimes

Efforts to isolate ICC aim to erode global legal order, governing body leaders warn

The op-ed comes as the Trump administration has sanctioned ICC judges and officials, including the court's president, and is pressing member countries to quit.

People stand outside the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands.
Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair (C) and his wife Cherie Blair (R) depart after attending the annual Order of the Garter service at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, west of London, on June 15, 2026.

Tony Blair disputes former UK UN envoy claims that he pushed PA to remove 'Palestine' from textbook

People pray by a mass grave at Nyanza Genocide Memorial Center in Kigali, Rwanda on April 11, 2024.

Rwandan genocide suspect jailed for life in Netherlands for 1994 war crimes

People sit in front of a World Central Kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on January 26, 2025.

Legal expert defends IDF rejection of World Central Kitchen strike investigation - interview


Syria’s post-Assad gov't faces a defining test of accountability over chemical weapons - analysis

According to SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani announced that Syria is beginning “a new phase” in dealing with the country’s chemical weapons legacy.

 Images of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, are riddled with bullet holes as fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the damage at a military site, in Damascus on December 14, 2024.

What does IDF's first war crimes report mean for Israel's global accountability? - analysis

Israel’s willingness to investigate its own, even if a case is later dropped, highlights a key distinction from adversaries who would never hold their own accountable for killing Israelis or Jews.

IDF soldiers are seen traversing northern Gaza rubble during Operation Brave Heart, the operation to rescue the body of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, January 26, 2026.

Israel must investigate itself: IDF accountability strengthens the country - editorial

An army governed by law must be capable of determining when a mistake was understandable, when negligence occurred, and when a line was crossed.

ISRAELI SOLDIERS look toward the northern Gaza Strip from an observation point near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, April 21, 2026.

Dozens of complaints, zero prosecutions: Hind Rajab fails to prosecute IDF soldiers analysis

In some cases, like with the most recent petition in India on Tuesday, HRF targets soldiers while they are traveling.

Israeli passport.

Hind Rajab Foundation files war crimes complaint in India against anonymous Israeli traveler

The pro-Palestinian organization claims that the Israeli is a reservist who was involved during his service in the Gaza Strip in the "unlawful destruction of civilian property" in Khan Yunis.

Hind Rajab Foundation footage of IDF soldiers posing in Gaza used to file lawsuits for alleged war crimes; Illustrative.

Pay-for-slay: Could the Palestinian Authority be held legally liable for October 7?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Thousands of plaintiffs are taking the PA to court, arguing that its financial and employment policies toward convicted terrorists create a link to the Hamas massacre.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas. Thousands of October 7 victims and their families are seeking to hold the PA civilly liable, arguing that its long-standing prisoner payment and employment policies helped sustain terrorists who return to violence.

Global coalition of orgs launch ‘Gaza GenoLIE’ initiative to counter ‘modern blood libel’

Liora Rez, executive director of StopAntisemitism, said: “Calling Israel’s defensive war against Hamas a ‘genocide’ is not activism; it is a modern blood libel dressed up in academic language.”

Gaza GenoLIE logo.

Over 8,000 plaintiffs seek to hold PA liable for October 7 massacre, war damages

The Jerusalem District Court set Sunday as the deadline for arguments as a new study links the PA prisoner-payment system to senior Hamas figures involved in the massacre.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

White phosphorus leak reported inside US airbase in South Korea, safety ministry says

No casualties were reported, and the evacuation notice for residents was lifted after about half an hour, as South Korean fire authorities and US forces carried out decontamination work.

The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) detonates an unexploded ordnance, as it was impossible to be transported, in Sahlabad village on November 4, 2020 near Tartar, Azerbaijan. ANAMA representatives alleged the ordnance was a type of artillery shell containing white phosphorus.

ICC ends war crimes case against former Darfur rebel leader Abdallah Banda

The prosecution said the evidence against Banda had deteriorated over time since the charges were confirmed over a decade ago in 2011.

Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain, suspected of having committed war crimes in Darfur, Sudan arrived voluntarily this morning at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, on June 17, 2010.