18 August 2026: The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus has found Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of Bashar al-Assad, guilty of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes, including of "murder accompanied by torture and brutality". He has been sentenced to death and can still appeal the verdict. 

11 August 2026: The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) has published its annual report, finding an escalation in the frequency and intensity of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including deliberate aerial attacks against civilians or civilian objects, torture and sexual violence, committed by both the Myanmar military and various non-State armed groups. 

11 August 2026: After a trial in absentia, a Syrian court has convicted Bashar as-Assad of committing crimes including crimes against humanity, murder, and torture, and has sentenced him to death. Assad's cousin, Atef Najib, who appeared in court, was convicted of committing crimes including murder, "the intentional killing of children under 15" and "torture leading to death", and has been sentenced to death. Six other former military and security officials were tried in absentia and also sentenced to death. 

6 August 2026: Germany's Federal Court of Justice has upheld the life sentence against Ammar A., a former member of a local militia operating alongside the Assad regime, for the commission of crimes against humanity, including of murder, torture, and forcible transfer resulting in death, and war crimes against persons and property in Syria between 2012 and 2014. 

4 August 2026: Three people have been arrested on suspicion of having committed war crimes against the civilian population during the Kosovo War between 1998 and 1999. The Pristina Basic Court has ordered pre-trial detention of all three suspects on the ground of flight risk. 

29 July 2026: Amnesty International has called for a war crimes investigation into what it described as "summary killings of at least 19 Malian soldiers by members of armed groups" after the soldiers were ambushed in the Gao region on 18 July. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has also urged an investigation into the incident. 

13 July 2026: The Higher Regional Court of Munich has found an Iraqi couple guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity of enslavement, war crimes of cruel or inhuman treatment and of sexual violence, and other offenses primarily related to the couple's treatment of two enslaved Yazidi girls. The court sentenced one defendant to life imprisonment and the other defendant to juvenile detention of nine years and six months. 

9 July 2026: The Hague Court of Appeal has found a Dutch woman guilty of the war crime of pillaging, participation in terrorist organisations, preparation of terrorist offences, and threatening to commit a terrorist crime. The Court imposed, among others, a prison sentence of 860 days, of which 720 days were suspended and the remaining time was already spent in pre-trial detention, and 400 hours of community service. 

6 July 2026: The Vienna Regional Court has found Khaled Al H., a former head of the Syrian secret service, guilty of numerous counts of serious bodily harm, aggravated coercion, torture, and sexual violence. It also found Moussab Abou R., a former police commander of the Assad regime, guilty of aggravated bodily harm, aggravated coercion, and sexual coercion. The men have been sentenced to eight years of imprisonment. In both cases, the public prosecutor has filed appeals and motions of nullity. 

1 July 2026: A German-Rwandan national called Innocent S., accused of complicity in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and 25 counts of murder during this genocide, has been arrested and will be prosecuted in Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction. 

23 June 2026: The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel has published its findings on the deliberate targeting and killing of Palestinian children by Israel. Referring to its previous findings, the Commission concludes that these acts are contributing to the ongoing crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. 

15 June 2026: Five former members of the Serbian police forces have been placed in pre-trial detention in Kosovo for allegedly committing war crimes against the civilian population in the village of Recak/Racak on 15 January 1999. 

15 June 2026: The Hague District Court has found a Syrian national guilty of committing multiple crimes against humanity of torture, rape and sexual violence within his capacity as interrogator for the National Defence Forces in Syria in 2013 and 2014. The man has been sentenced to 26 years of imprisonment. 

9 June 2026: French prosecutors have opened an investigation into Israel's treatment of French nationals after intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May, which allegedly amounted to a war crime and torture. Similarly, Italian prosecutors have now launched an investigation into Israel's treatment of Italian activists on this flotilla allegedly amounting to torture. 

5 June 2026: The District Court of The Hague has convicted a Dutch woman of multiple crimes, including complicity in the war crime of recruiting a child soldier and participation in the terrorist organization IS. The woman has been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. This marks the first time someone in the Netherlands has been convicted of complicity in the war crime of recruiting a child soldier.