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Senators of both parties have agreed a deal over a draft bill that would widen the ambit of a 1996 war crimes law to give American courts jurisdiction in cases involving foreign atrocities, in an apparent response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The draft bill, obtained by The New York Times, wo
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President Donald Trump has authorised economic sanctions and visa restrictions against International Criminal Court staff investigating the alleged war crimes of American and Israeli troops. He declared a national emergency over “attempts by the ICC to assert authority over US personnel withou
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The International Criminal Court's prosecutor can commence an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, judges have ruled. The ICC's appeals chamber today unanimously decided to overturn a 2019 ruling which found that the commencement of an investigation would
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One of the world’s top scholars on international law will give a public lecture at the University of Aberdeen next month. Professor Gerry Simpson, of the London School of Economics, will deliver a retrospective on a century of war crimes trials during which he will discuss the Nuremberg and To
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