News updates
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16 September 2023: 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 14th of October the trial of Hasna A. will commence before the Schiphol Judicial Complex, who 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.
7 August 2024: Michael Correa, a citizen of The Gambia and purported former member of the 'Junglers', will stand trial for allegedly committing torture against civilians before the US District Court in September 2024, under the Torture Act.
1 August 2024: The Dixinn Court in Conakry, Guinea, has sentenced 8 persons, including the former head of state Moussa Dadis Camara for crimes against humanity committed in September 2009 events, where people were killed, disappeared and sexually abused.
18 July 2024: Yesterday the Trial Panel I of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers has found former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter Pjetër Shala guilty of war crimes committed in 1999.
16 July 2024: The Argentinian Federal Court of Criminal Cassation has ordered the First Instance Judge to re-open the case and start investigating the crimes allegedly committed against the Uyghurs, including crimes against humanity and genocide.
15 July 2024: An Argentinian Prosecutor has asked the Federal Criminal Court in Buenos Aires, to order international arrest warrants against Myanmar government officials who have allegedly committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya community.
28 June 2024: The ICC Trial Chamber X has convicted Al Hassan for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Timbuktu between 2012-2013. He was acquitted of charges of attacking protected objects, rape and sexual slavery.
27 June 2024: Yesterday the Paris Appeals Court validated the arrest warrant against Syrian President Bashar Assad for alleged complicity in war crimes, recognising that personal immunity of a serving head of state is not absolute.
26 June 2024: Yesterday, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II issued arrest warrants against Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu and Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov, for allegedly commiting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine between 2022-2023.
25 June 2024: A Peruvian Court has sentenced 10 retired soldiers for committing war crimes and particularly rape against rural women and girls in 1980s, during the war between state forces and the Shining Path.
24 June 2024: On Friday the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I unsealed an arrest warrant, against militia leader Iyad Ag Ghaly for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in northern Mali, between 2012-2013.
17 June 2024: A Belgian court found Emmanuel Nkunduwimye guilty of war crimes and genocide committed during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. He was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.
13 June 2024: A U.S. Federal Court found banana company Chiquita Brands International responsible for financing terrorism by paying a paramilitary group, the United Self-Defense of Colombia (AUC), to commit war crimes against civilians.
New cases, briefs and videos
(For older announcements, please visit our announcements archive.)
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.
NEW VIDEO: A new video is available online. On 14 December 2022, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut organised this Supranational Criminal Law (SCL) lecture, titled “Environmental harm and international criminal law” featuring Matthew Gillett, Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Larissa van den Herik, Daniëlla Dam-de Jong and Stavros Evdokimos Pantazopoulos. The video is available here.
