investigations

Sudan: in response to the crimes committed in El-Fasher, and more generally in the Darfur region, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is launching an appeal for testimony. Photo: A cattle market burns down in El-Fasher after a bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Suliman Baldo: El-Fasher, a siege “comparable to Gaza”

13 June 2024 by Franck Petit

Surrounded, starving, under artillery fire and awaiting an imminent offensive by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), El-Fasher, the capital of Darfur, is “hell on earth”. On Tuesday 11 June, the prosecutor of the International Crimina [...]

Is there a right methodology to document war crimes in Myanmar, Syria, Iraq or Ukraine?

14 October 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts

“Don’t over document” warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan in a recent meeting held in The Hague with Eurojust, in an address to civil society organizations, referring to situations in Myanmar, Syria [...]

Alexander Bastrykin poses in front of a Russian flag

Ukraine

Ukraine: What to make of Russia’s copycat justice

22 August 2022 by Julia Crawford

A top Russian official said in late July that Moscow had charged 92 members of the Ukrainian armed forces with “crimes against the peace and security of mankind” and opened over 1,300 criminal investigations. Are there any grounds [...]