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Sexual Violence On "Staggering" Scale In Sudan Civil War: UN Probe
Rape is widespread in Sudan's civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries, especially of committing sexual violence on a "staggering" scale.
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Russia Committing "Systematic" Torture, Rape In Ukraine: UN
Russia is continuing to commit serious rights violations and war crimes in Ukraine, including "systematic" torture and rape, United Nations investigators said on Friday.
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UN Experts Seek Probe Into Alleged War Crimes In Israel, Palestinian Areas
UN rights experts called Monday for independent investigations into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out in Israel and the Palestinian territories since October 7.
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India Abstains From UN Vote On Resolution Extending Probe Into Ukraine War
India has abstained from voting on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution for an extension of the mandate of the investigation into alleged war crimes by a year.
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Russia Has Committed "Wide Range" Of War Crimes In Ukraine, Says UN
Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as wilful killings, torture and the deportation of children, a UN-mandated investigative body said in a report published on Thursday.
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Russia Committed War Crimes In Ukraine, Say UN Investigators
UN investigators said Friday that war crimes have been committed in the Ukraine conflict, listing Russian bombings of civilians areas, numerous executions, torture and horrific sexual violence.
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UN Chief Decries War In Ukraine Visit, Urges Russia To Cooperate With ICC
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday visited sites of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, decrying war as "an absurdity in the 21st century" and urging Russia to cooperate with an international investigation into atrocities.
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World Court Judges Ask UN To Help Identify Who Represents Afghanistan
The International Criminal Court on Friday said it cannot rule on a prosecutor's request to resume a war crimes investigation of Afghanistan until it can decide who represents the country in international bodies.
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Rape Used As Wide-Scale Weapon Of War In Syria: UN Report
Syrian government forces and allied militias have raped and sexually assaulted women, girls and men in a campaign to punish opposition communities - acts that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, U.N. investigators said on Thursday.
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UN Probe Finds Syria Government Behind Sarin Gas Attack In April
United Nations war crimes investigators on Wednesday said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind the chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun in April.
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UN On Syria: Major Powers Feeding 'Military Escalation'
War crimes are "rampant" in Syria, and the conflict has become "a multisided proxy war steered from abroad by an intricate network of alliances," UN investigators said in a new report today.
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Sri Lanka Rejects International War Crimes Probe
Sri Lanka's prime minister on Tuesday rejected a UN call for international involvement in an investigation into alleged war crimes.
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War Crimes Probe Delayed, Says Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's proposed war crimes investigation has been delayed by several months until September as the government focuses on impending parliamentary elections, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said today.
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Israel to Issue Its Own Gaza War Report, Pre-Empting UN Inquiry
Israel will issue a report on Sunday arguing its 2014 Gaza offensive was lawful, a move aimed at pre-empting the release of findings of a UN war crimes investigation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed as a waste of time.
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Ukraine Global Court to Investigate Crimes in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine
Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, where it has been fighting pro-Russian rebels, foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview, broadening an existing probe.
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Sexual Violence On "Staggering" Scale In Sudan Civil War: UN Probe
Rape is widespread in Sudan's civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries, especially of committing sexual violence on a "staggering" scale.
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Russia Committing "Systematic" Torture, Rape In Ukraine: UN
Russia is continuing to commit serious rights violations and war crimes in Ukraine, including "systematic" torture and rape, United Nations investigators said on Friday.
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UN Experts Seek Probe Into Alleged War Crimes In Israel, Palestinian Areas
UN rights experts called Monday for independent investigations into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out in Israel and the Palestinian territories since October 7.
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India Abstains From UN Vote On Resolution Extending Probe Into Ukraine War
India has abstained from voting on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution for an extension of the mandate of the investigation into alleged war crimes by a year.
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Russia Has Committed "Wide Range" Of War Crimes In Ukraine, Says UN
Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as wilful killings, torture and the deportation of children, a UN-mandated investigative body said in a report published on Thursday.
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Russia Committed War Crimes In Ukraine, Say UN Investigators
UN investigators said Friday that war crimes have been committed in the Ukraine conflict, listing Russian bombings of civilians areas, numerous executions, torture and horrific sexual violence.
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UN Chief Decries War In Ukraine Visit, Urges Russia To Cooperate With ICC
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday visited sites of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, decrying war as "an absurdity in the 21st century" and urging Russia to cooperate with an international investigation into atrocities.
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World Court Judges Ask UN To Help Identify Who Represents Afghanistan
The International Criminal Court on Friday said it cannot rule on a prosecutor's request to resume a war crimes investigation of Afghanistan until it can decide who represents the country in international bodies.
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Rape Used As Wide-Scale Weapon Of War In Syria: UN Report
Syrian government forces and allied militias have raped and sexually assaulted women, girls and men in a campaign to punish opposition communities - acts that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, U.N. investigators said on Thursday.
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UN Probe Finds Syria Government Behind Sarin Gas Attack In April
United Nations war crimes investigators on Wednesday said they had evidence that Syrian government forces were behind the chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Khan Sheikhun in April.
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UN On Syria: Major Powers Feeding 'Military Escalation'
War crimes are "rampant" in Syria, and the conflict has become "a multisided proxy war steered from abroad by an intricate network of alliances," UN investigators said in a new report today.
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Sri Lanka Rejects International War Crimes Probe
Sri Lanka's prime minister on Tuesday rejected a UN call for international involvement in an investigation into alleged war crimes.
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War Crimes Probe Delayed, Says Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's proposed war crimes investigation has been delayed by several months until September as the government focuses on impending parliamentary elections, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said today.
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Israel to Issue Its Own Gaza War Report, Pre-Empting UN Inquiry
Israel will issue a report on Sunday arguing its 2014 Gaza offensive was lawful, a move aimed at pre-empting the release of findings of a UN war crimes investigation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed as a waste of time.
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Ukraine Global Court to Investigate Crimes in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine
Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, where it has been fighting pro-Russian rebels, foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview, broadening an existing probe.
