War crimes

WATCH: Pahlavi announces six demands for int'l community, Iranian diaspora to support protesters

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi outlined six key demands to rally global support for Iranian activists and protesters, urging a coordinated international effort to weaken the regime.

Anti-Iranian regime protesters in Paris, France, hold banners, including of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi over a background with the Pahlavi royal crest, reading "FREE IRAN," January 18, 2026.
US President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. participate in a roundtable on rural health, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 16, 2026.

Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace is concerning for Israeli security - opinion

A "Ceasefire in Gaza" banner hangs in the window of an Amnesty International store in Lund, Sweden, June 11, 2024; illustrative.

Murder, rape, and extermination: Hamas guilty of crimes against humanity, Amnesty charges

Cyril Laucci, Lead Counsel for Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, a Sudanese national, waits to hear the verdict of the International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

ICC sentences Darfur Janjaweed militia leader to 20 years


Israel's restrictions to Gaza aid may be war crime, says UN rights office

"Israel, as the occupying power, has an obligation to ensure the provision of food and medical care to the population commensurate with their needs," Turk said.

Volker Turk United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights addresses the Human Rights Council on his report on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, F

Is Israel ready for the next legal war crimes tidal wave? - analysis

Israel is facing the most daunting and critical period in decades as IDF lawyers are trying to balance both global and domestic pressures.

Public hearing held by ICJ to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024.

How will ICJ genocide report, IDF chief lawyer letter impact war crimes debate? - analysis

Though only an interim report, this will be even more comprehensive than the ICJ report coming out this week. 

 PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters pose for a photo in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, last Friday. ‘The ICJ has handed Israel, however unintentional it may be, a golden public relations ticket that it so desperately needs,’ the writer argues.

Biden admin. investigating potential Israel war crimes despite claiming the opposite - report

These investigations have been reportedly ongoing for months, with the State Department scrutinizing Israeli actions through various channels, including assessing potential human rights abuses.

 John Kirby, White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, November 27, 2023.

IDF to produce interim reports on war crimes probes

IDF lawyers stuck between opposing global, domestic pressures

 Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024

Why are Britain's police asking the public for anti-Israel war crime accusations?

This campaign by the Met is an open invitation to all and sundry – and especially those dedicated to delegitimizing Israel – to flood the police with antisemitic and anti-Israel bile.

  People attend the We Stand With Israel rally to express solidarity with the Jewish state, marking the 100th day since the October 7 attack by Hamas, London’s Trafalgar Square, January 14.

UN experts: Undercover Israeli killings in West Bank hospital may be war crimes

Israel’s military was not immediately available for comment on their statement.

 Israeli commandos, dressed as doctors, foil terror attack in Jenin hospital on January 30, 2024

Residents say Ethiopian soldiers kill more than 50 civilians in Amhara town

The Amhara conflict broke out less than a year after the government reached a peace deal in November 2022 to end a two-year civil war in the neighboring Tigray region that killed tens of thousands.

 Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force are seen during a pro-government rally to denounce what the organisers say is the TPLF and the Western countries' interference in internal affairs of the country, at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 7, 2021.

Expulsion is a war crime, not ‘the solution’ - opinion

A lot of ideas went out the door on October 7, but human rights can’t be one of them.

 The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

Israel accuses UN-OHCHR of blood libel over war crimes claims

Israel accused the UN of sharing unverified and unsubstantiated claims which Israel claims is tantamount to blood libel.

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023