Security Council approves probe into ISIL’s alleged war crimes in Iraq
Sep 22, 2017, at 04:29 pm
New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Thursdayauthorised the establishment of an investigation team to support Iraq’s domestic efforts to hold the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) accountable for acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in the country.
UN officials outraged at accounts of Sri Lanka war crimes
Sep 18, 2015, at 02:22 pm
New York, Sept 18 (IBNS): Senior United Nations officials on Thursday expressed outrage at the very serious accounts of war crimes and crimes against humanity that were allegedly committed between 2002 and 2011 by all parties to the conflict in Sri Lanka, including Government security forces, affiliated paramilitary groups and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
ICC sentences former Congolese militia leader
May 24, 2014, at 08:33 pm
New York, May 24 (IBNS): The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday sentenced former militia leader Germain Katanga to 12 years in prison for war crimes committed in relation to a 2003 attack in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).