News updates
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17 October 2024: A Bangladeshi court has issued an arrest warrant for exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for crimes against humanity committed during her 15-year presidency.
16 October 2024: On Tuesday, a Syrian citizen accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity went on trial before a court in Stuttgart, allegedly for fighting for Hezbollah on the side of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
15 October 2024: The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, issued a report concluding that Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking the healthcare system in Gaza.
11 October 2024: Last week, a former Rwandan doctor went on trial before a Paris court allegedly accused of genocide and crimes against humanity in Rwanda in 1994.
10 October 2024: The Norwegian police has detained a German national of Cameroonian heritage for allegedly inciting crimes against humanity in war-torn Cameroon.
9 October 2024: The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I have unsealed six arrest warrants issued in the Libya situation, concerning war crimes allegedly committed in Tarhunah including murder, outrages upon personal dignity, cruel treatment, torture, sexual violence, and rape.
2 October 2024: Lithuania has submitted a referral to the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC to open an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed in Belarus, from 2020 until today.
30 September 2024: The Appeals Chamber of the Bosnian State Court has upheld the first-instance verdict of 5 Bosnian Serb Fighters for crimes against humanity committed in July 1992 in the village of Zecovi in Bosnia.
27 September 2024: The retired Colonel Hernán Mejía Gutiérrez, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity for systematically murdering civilians and presenting them as combat casualties, is being tried before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) Court in Colombia.
26 September 2024: Norwegian authorities have arrested the leader of the non-state armed group Ambazonia Defence Forces, Lucas Cho Ayaba, for allegedly having committed crimes against humanity in Cameroon's anglophone regions.
23 September 2024: On 11 December, the Paris Court of Appeal will rule on the dismissal of the investigation into the inaction of the French army, allegedly accused for complicity in genocide of Tutsi civilians during the Rwandan Genocide.
20 September 2024: The Stockholm District Court has indicted a Swedish national with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed between 2014-2016 in Syria, as part of IS's attacks on the Yazidi community.
16 September 2024: The Court of Appeal of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers has reduced the sentence of guerilla commander Salih Mustafa, known as ‘Commander Cali’, who has been found guilty of three war crimes, to 15 years of imprisonment.
13 September 2024: On 14 October 2024, the trial of Hasna A. will commence before the Schiphol Judicial Complex. Hasna A. is accused of having committed crimes against humanity against two Yazidi women and her alleged membership of ISIS.
12 September 2024: The France's National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) has dismissed a complaint alleging that a French-Israeli soldier committed, among others, the crime of torture in Gaza due to insufficient evidence.
10 September 2024: The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic (CAR SCC) has announced the arrest of 8 people, charged with several crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in May 2014 during the attack on the Catholic Church of “Notre Dame de Fatima”.
15 August 2024: A Special Division of the High Court in Gulu, Uganda, has convicted Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) for crimes against humanity, committed between 1992-2005.
New cases, briefs and videos
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NEW VIDEO: A new video is available online. On 2 October 2024, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut co-organised with the IHCL Platform entitled "The principle of ne bis in idem in international criminal law". The lecture featured Dr Gaiane Nuridzhanian, Professor Roger O’Keefe, Marie O’Leary and Teodora Jugrin and can be accessed here.
NEW VIDEO: A new video is available online. On 11 July 2024, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised a joint DILEMA-HILAC lecture entitled "Natural and artificial intelligence in armed conflict: Exploring Settled and Open Legal Questions". The lecture featured Dustin A. Lewis (HLS PILAC) and can be accessed here.
NEW CASE: The Eyad Al-Gharib Case before the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz (February 2021) can now be accessed online. This latest addition is the first decision against a former agent of the Syrian Government regarding the government-led crimes against humanity in Syria. The Higher Regional Court case can be accessed here.
NEW VIDEO: A new video is available online. On 29 May 2024, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Embassy in the Netherlands, organised an SCL Lecture entitled "The Register of Damage for Ukraine: Towards reparation for victims?". The lecture featured Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Dr. Kustrim Istrefi, Victoria Kerr, and Olesia Zaiets, and can be accessed here.
NEW CASE: The Al Bahlul Case before the U.S. District of Columbia Courts of Appeal (Opinion by Circuit Judge PAN, July 2023) can now be accessed online. This latest addition sheds light on the issue of providing material support for terrorism. The Opinion by Circuit Judge PAN can be accessed here.
NEW CASE: The Al Mahdi Case before the International Criminal Court (Trial Chamber VIII, September 2016) has just been updated and is now available online. This latest addition sheds light on the destruction of cultural heritage during armed conflict. The Trial Chamber VIII case can be accessed here.
NEW CASE: The Bemba Case before the International Criminal Court (Trial Chamber III, March 2016) has just been updated and is now available online. This latest addition sheds light on war crimes, crimes against humanity and command responsibility. The Trial Chamber III case can be accessed here.
NEW CASE: Case analysis of the First Instance and the Appeals Judgment in the Ahmad al-Y case (the Hague District Court, April 2021 and the Hague Court of Appeal, December 2022) is now available online. This latest addition sheds light on terrorist organizations and war crimes. They can be accessed here and here accordingly.
NEW VIDEO: A new video is available online. On 19 December 2023, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised the Supranational Criminal Law (SCL) Lecture titled "Navigating the International Legal Landscape of the Israel-Palestine Conflict", featuring Prof. Terry Gill, Prof. Helen Duffy and Yousuf Syed Khan J.D. LL.M. The video is available here.
NEW VIDEO: A new video is available online. On 21 September 2023, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised the Supranational Criminal Law (SCL) Lecture titled "Pursuing Accountability for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine", featuring H.E. Mr. Oleksandr Karasevych, Dr. Anton Korynevych, Prof. Larissa van den Herik, Prof. André Nollkaemper, Dr. Astrid Reisinger Coracini and Dr. Owiso Owiso. This specific SCL Lecture was co-organised by the IHCL Platform and the Embassy of Ukraine in The Hague and supported by The Hague Municipality. The video is available here.
NEW VIDEO: A new video is available online. On 22 June 2023, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised in cooperation with the IHCL Platform this Supranational Criminal Law (SCL) lecture, titled "The road to justice: Lessons for Ukraine from the USSR invasion of Afghanistan" featuring Victoria Kerr, Nader Nadery, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett and Dr. Dmytro Koval. The video is available here.
NEW BRIEF: A new ICD brief is available on the International Crimes Database, titled: "Ecocide: The Environment as Victim at the International Criminal Court", authored by Dr. Giovanna Frisso. This brief is part of the ICD Ecocide Brief Series.
NEW CASE: Case analysis of the appeals judgment in the Eshetu Alemu case (The Hague Court of Appeal, June 2022) is now online. It can be accessed here.
