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<p><em><strong>27 November 2024: </strong></em>The Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC has
<a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-application-arrest-warrant-situation-bangladesh" target="_blank">requested</a> an arrest warrant against Senior General and Acting President Min Aung
Hlaing for the alleged crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya within the Situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar.</p>
<p><em><strong>21 November 2024: </strong></em>The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC has
<a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-rejects-state-israels-challenges">issued warrants of arrest</a> for Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr. Yoav Gallant,
and <a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-state-palestine-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-issues-warrant-arrest-mohammed-diab-ibrahim">Mr. Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri</a> for alleged
<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/WarCrimes">war crimes</a> and <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity">crimes against humanity</a> committed in Gaza from October
2023 onwards.</p>
<p><em><strong>20 November 2024: </strong></em>Last week, Bangladesh's former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, accused of <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/Genocide">genocide</a>
and <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity">crimes against humanity</a>, went on trial before a court in Dhaka, allegedly for
<a href="https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/138463-bangladesh-ex-police-chief-faces-crimes-against-humanity-charges.html">overseeing a deadly crackdown</a> that led to more than 700 civilian deaths.</p>
<p><strong><em>8 November 2024</em></strong>: France has extradited to Croatia a <a href="https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/138028-france-extradites-serb-war-crimes-suspect-to-croatia.html">former Serb paramilitary</a> suspected of
<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/WarCrimes">war crimes</a>, committed at the start of the country's war for independence in 1990s.</p>
<p><strong><em>1 November 2024</em></strong>: Finnish prosecutors <a href="https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/137827-finnish-prosecutors-charge-russian-with-ukraine-war-crimes.html">have charged Vojislav Torden</a>, a Russian commander
of the Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary Rusich group, with <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/WarCrimes">war crimes</a> allegedly committed in 2014 in Ukraine.</p>
<p><em><strong>31 October 2024:</strong></em> The Paris Assize Court has
sentenced<a href="http://https://www.nouvelobs.com/justice/20241030.OBS95689/genocide-des-tutsis-un-ex-medecin-rwandais-condamne-a-paris-a-27-ans-de-reclusion-pour-complicite.html"> former Ugandan doctor Eugène Rwamucyo</a> to 27
years in prison for complicity in <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/Genocide">genocide</a> and <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity">crimes against humanity</a>.
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<p><em><strong>28 October 2024: </strong></em>The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Gulu, Uganda,
<a href="https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/137532-uganda-lra-commander-jailed-for-40-years.html">has sentenced Thomas Kwoyelo</a>, a former LRA commander, to 40 years in prison for
<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/WarCrimes">war crimes</a> committed between 1996 and 2005.</p>
<p><strong><em>18 October 2024: </em></strong>Belgian authorities have launched an investigation into possible <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/WarCrimes">war crimes</a> committed by
<a href="https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/137242-belgium-opens-war-crimes-probe-into-soldier-fighting-for-israel-in-gaza.html">a Belgian-Israeli soldier</a> fighting for Israel in Gaza.</p>
<p><strong><em>17 October 2024: </em></strong>A Bangladeshi court has <a href="https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/137178-bangladesh-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-ex-leader-hasina.html">issued an arrest warrant</a> for exiled former
prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity">crimes against humanity</a> committed during her 15-year presidency.</p>
<p><em><strong>16 October 2024</strong></em>: On Tuesday, a Syrian citizen accused of <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/WarCrimes">war crimes</a> and
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went on trial <a href="https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/137114-alleged-hezbollah-fighter-on-trial-in-germany-over-war-crimes-in-syria.html">before a court in Stuttgart</a>, allegedly for fighting for Hezbollah on the side of Bashar
al-Assad's regime.</p>
<p><strong><em>15 October 2024</em></strong>: The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
<a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241010-un-probe-accuses-israel-of-seeking-to-destroy-gaza-healthcare">issued a report</a> concluding that Israel has committed
<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/WarCrimes">war crimes</a> and <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity">crimes against humanity</a> by attacking the healthcare
system in Gaza.</p>
<p><em><strong>11 October 2024</strong></em>: Last week, <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20241001-france-puts-rwandan-doctor-on-trial-for-alleged-role-in-1994-genocide">a former Rwandan doctor</a> went on trial before a Paris
court allegedly accused of <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/Genocide">genocide</a> and <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity">crimes against humanity</a> in Rwanda
in 1994.</p>
<p><em><strong>10 October 2024</strong></em>: The Norwegian police has detained
<a href="https://www.apnews.com/article/norway-cameroon-crimes-against-humanity-detained-7fc819e619798bb8a92650f87d93ab3e">a German national of Cameroonian heritage</a> for allegedly inciting
<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity">crimes against humanity</a> in war-torn Cameroon.</p>
<p><strong><em>9 October 2024: </em></strong>The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I have unsealed<a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/libya-situation-icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-unseals-six-arrest-warrants"> six arrest warrants</a> issued in the
Libya situation, concerning <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/WarCrimes">war crimes</a> allegedly committed in Tarhunah including murder, outrages upon personal dignity, cruel treatment, torture, sexual
violence, and rape.</p>
<p><em><strong>2 October 2024:</strong></em> Lithuania has submitted a
<a href="https://icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-receipt-referral-republic-lithuania">referral to the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC</a> to open an investigation into alleged
<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity">crimes against humanity</a> committed in Belarus, from 2020 until today.</p>
<p><em><strong>30 September 2024:</strong></em> The Appeals Chamber of the Bosnian State Court
<a href="https://balkaninsight.com/2024/09/26/bosnian-serb-fighters-convictions-for-deadly-village-attack-upheld/">has upheld the first-instance verdict</a> of 5 Bosnian Serb Fighters for
<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity">crimes against humanity</a> committed in July 1992 in the village of Zecovi in Bosnia. </p>
<p><strong><em>27 September 2024: </em></strong>The retired Colonel Hernán Mejía Gutiérrez, accused of <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/WarCrimes">war crimes</a>
and<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Crimes/CrimesAgainstHumanity"> crimes against humanity</a> for systematically murdering civilians and presenting them as combat casualties,
is<a href="https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/136343-colombia-first-transitional-justice-adversarial-trial-opens.html"> being tried before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace</a> (JEP) Court in Colombia.</p>
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<p><em><strong>NEW VIDEO: </strong></em>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 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICOQ3wDKo5k">here</a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>NEW VIDEO: </strong></em>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 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcH3WPWxIPs">here</a>.</p>
<p><b><i>NEW CASE: </i></b>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 <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/3324/Eyad-Al-Gharib/">here</a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>NEW VIDEO: </strong></em>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
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poA1tZL1heE&t=4669s">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong><em>NEW CASE: </em></strong>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 <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/3322/Al-Bahlul-v-United-States-of-America/">here</a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>NEW CASE:</strong></em> 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 <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/3321/Al-Mahdi-Case-/">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong><em>NEW CASE: </em></strong>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 <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/3320/Bemba-Case/">here</a>.</p>
<p><b><i>NEW CASE: </i></b>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 <a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/3318/Public-Prosecutor's-Office-v-Ahmad-al-Y-(First-Instance)/">here</a> and
<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/3319/Public-Prosecutor's-Office-v-Ahmad-al-Y-(Appeal)/">here</a> accordingly.</p>
<p><em><strong>NEW VIDEO: </strong></em>A new video is available online. On 19 December 2023, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised
the <a href="https://www.asser.nl/education-events/lecture-series/supranational-criminal-law-scl-lectures/">Supranational Criminal Law (SCL)</a> 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 <a href="https://youtu.be/9i__rRzdk0Q?feature=shared">here</a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>NEW VIDEO: </strong></em>A new video is available online. On 21 September 2023, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised
the <a href="https://www.asser.nl/education-events/lecture-series/supranational-criminal-law-scl-lectures/">Supranational Criminal Law (SCL)</a> 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 <a href="https://www.asser.nl/ihcl-platform/">IHCL Platform</a> and the <a href="https://netherlands.mfa.gov.ua/en">Embassy of Ukraine in The Hague</a> and supported by The Hague Municipality. The video is available
<a href="https://youtu.be/BSMiFc9bBW8?si=06sXfJ0FoXvcKANb">here</a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>NEW VIDEO: </strong></em>A new video is available online. On 22 June 2023, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised in cooperation with the<a href="https://www.asser.nl/ihcl-platform/"> IHCL Platform</a> this
<a href="https://www.asser.nl/education-events/lecture-series/supranational-criminal-law-scl-lectures/">Supranational Criminal Law (SCL)</a> 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 <a href="https://youtu.be/iu9BKFANxxk">here</a>. </p>
<p><em><strong>NEW BRIEF: </strong></em>A new ICD brief is available on the International Crimes Database, titled:
"<a href="https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/upload/documents/20230308T111040-Ecocide%20-%20The%20Environment%20as%20Victim%20at%20the%20International%20Criminal%20Court%20[FINAL].pdf">Ecocide: The Environment as Victim at the International Criminal Court</a>",
authored by Dr. Giovanna Frisso. This brief is part of the ICD Ecocide Brief Series.</p>
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* Home * About ICD * Project * History * Steering committee * Team members * Former team members * Letters of support * Feedback, cooperation and use of materials * Crimes * Introduction * Genocide * War crimes * Crimes against humanity * Crime of aggression * Torture * Piracy * Terrorism * Courts * History * International * Hybrid * Domestic * Cases * By name * By category * Foreign Fighters * Commentary * Introduction * ICD Briefs 2024 * ICD Briefs 2023 * ICD Briefs 2022 * ICD Briefs 2019 * ICD Briefs 2018 * ICD Briefs 2016 * ICD Briefs 2015 * ICD Briefs 2014 * ICD Briefs 2013 * Video and Audio 2024 * Video and Audio 2023 * Video and Audio 2022 * Video and Audio 2020 * Video and Audio 2019 * Video and Audio 2018 * Video and Audio 2017 * Video and Audio 2016 * Video and Audio 2015 * Video and Audio 2014 * Video and Audio 2012/13 * Resources * Links * Help Desk * Help Desk français * * * * > advanced case search NEWS UPDATES (For older news updates, please visit our news archive) 27 November 2024: The Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC has requested an arrest warrant against Senior General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing for the alleged crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya within the Situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar. 21 November 2024: The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC has issued warrants of arrest for Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr. Yoav Gallant, and Mr. Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza from October 2023 onwards. 20 November 2024: Last week, Bangladesh's former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, went on trial before a court in Dhaka, allegedly for overseeing a deadly crackdown that led to more than 700 civilian deaths. 8 November 2024: France has extradited to Croatia a former Serb paramilitary suspected of war crimes, committed at the start of the country's war for independence in 1990s. 1 November 2024: Finnish prosecutors have charged Vojislav Torden, a Russian commander of the Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary Rusich group, with war crimes allegedly committed in 2014 in Ukraine. 31 October 2024: The Paris Assize Court has sentenced former Ugandan doctor Eugène Rwamucyo to 27 years in prison for complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity. 28 October 2024: The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Gulu, Uganda, has sentenced Thomas Kwoyelo, a former LRA commander, to 40 years in prison for war crimes committed between 1996 and 2005. 18 October 2024: Belgian authorities have launched an investigation into possible war crimes committed by a Belgian-Israeli soldier fighting for Israel in Gaza. 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. NEW CASES, BRIEFS AND VIDEOS (For older announcements, please visit our announcements archive) 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. © Copyright 2013 International Crimes Database project - All Rights Reserved * Contact/Feedback * Privacy * Disclaimer *