Russia opens criminal case against top Ukrainian officials Avakov and KolomoiskyRussia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told journalists on Wednesday.12:49 18.06.2014
Over 70 lawsuits prepared to protect conflict victims in Ukraine“Law Against Fascism, an association of NGOs for the international legal remedy of the rights of Ukrainians affected by Kiev’s special operation, has prepared over 70 lawsuits to be heard in Ukrainian courts and could also file them with international courts, including the European Court of Human Rights and the Hague court,” said Alexander Brod, an association coordinator and director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights.15:27 17.06.2014
Russia’s chief investigator says they will find and punish Ukrainian war criminalsThose who are guilty of committing military crimes in eastern Ukraine will be punished even if they hide “at the bottom of the ocean,” Investigative Committee head Sergei Bastrykin said on Wednesday.12:17 11.06.2014
Latvia approves criminalization of Soviet occupation denialLatvian parliament on Thursday approved in the third and final reading the amendments proposing criminal liability and imprisonment for glorification, denial, white-washing or doubting the Soviet and Nazi occupation, RIA Novosti reported.13:25 15.05.2014
Mladić defense team requests postponement due to computer failureLawyers for General Ratko Mladić, former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), have requested a postponement for three weeks due to the tribunal’s computer network failures, the Beta news agency reports.12:18 30.04.2014
UN to investigate massacre in South SudanThe UN Security Council adopted a press statement on Thursday demanding that the South Sudanese government prosecute those who were responsible for the death of civilians in the oil-producing town of Bentiu.10:29 25.04.2014
UN has enough evidence for Syrian war crime indictments – reportUN investigators said Tuesday that evidence of war crimes in Syria is strong enough at this point to substantiate indictments, Reuters reported. A list of suspected war criminals including individuals on both sides of the conflict was reportedly expanded.16:37 19.03.2014
Ukrainian protest leaders fought alongside Chechen militants – Russian officialMembers of the UNA-UNSO party, including leaders of the recent Ukrainian protests Oleg Tyagnibok and Dmitry Yarosh, are under investigation for participating in armed conflict in Chechnya, official spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said on Friday.17:58 14.03.2014
World War II orphan sues Germany for recovery of looted artThe great nephew of a holocaust survivor has turned to the US courts in hopes of compelling Germany to return a painting allegedly looted by Nazis.18:11 07.03.2014
A second infamous Ukrainian nationalist wanted by RussiaRussian investigators have filed a request with Interpol to issue a notice for the arrest of Ukrainian nationalist Aleksandr Muzychko (alias Sasha Beliy), Investigative Committee Spokesman Vladimir Markin told reporters Friday.13:22 07.03.2014
Niger extradites Gaddafi’s son to LibyaNiger has extradited Saadi, the son of the late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, according to a statement on the Libyan government’s website.12:42 06.03.2014
California city sued over controversial World War II monumentA city in southern California has been sued for unconstitutional interference with the authority of the US Government to conduct foreign relations in a case arising from the city’s recent construction of a monument to so-called “comfort women,” a class of women who were allegedly forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese authorities during World War II.18:00 24.02.2014
Latvia may criminalize denial of "Soviet occupation"The legal Commission of the Latvian parliament has passed the amendments to the law stipulating criminal liability for denial of the Soviet and Nazi occupation, RIA Novosti reported.10:18 12.02.2014
Lukić sentenced to life by ICTY, taken to EstoniaThe press service of the Estonian Ministry of Justice reported Monday that a prison convoy delivered Milan Lukić to Estonia. Lukić was sentenced to life by the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for military crimes.11:32 11.02.2014
Nazism-denial bill back on legislative agenda in RussiaRussia’s ruling United Russia party reinvigorated on Friday a bill – shelved five years ago – that aims to curb attempts to justify or deny Nazism and Nazi crimes.17:33 31.01.2014
Serbian general sentenced to 18 years for crimes in KosovoThe Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday adopted a final ruling in the case of Serbian general Vlastimir Djordjevic, sentencing him to 18 years in prison for crimes committed in Kosovo.11:23 28.01.2014
UK forces accused of war crimes in Iraq in new ICC communicationLegal advocacy groups filed a communication with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) requesting that action be taken in connection with abuses and mistreatments allegedly carried out by UK forces against Iraqi detainees between 2003 and 2008.20:53 12.01.2014
88-year-old suspect to be tried over alleged involvement in WWII massacreThe prosecutor’s office of Dortmund, Germany has sent the case of an 88-year-old former member of an SS armored division to a court, charging him with murder and participating in the largest civilian massacre in France during WWII.13:20 09.01.2014
Bosnian court releases ten war crime convicts after ECHR rulingThe Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ordered the release of ten people who were convicted of 1990s war crimes as their rights under the European Convention were violated.14:24 20.11.2013
Junta war criminal in Argentina escaped from custodyAlejandro Loveless, a war criminal and the member of the Argentinian Junta of 1976-83, convicted for kidnapping and torture, escaped from custody.12:13 13.11.2013