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| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| European Parliament | European Parliament accuses Russia of using rape as weapon of war | Irish Times |
| PACE | PACE calls for an ad hoc international criminal tribunal to hold to account perpetrators of the crime of aggression against Ukraine | Council of Europe |
| United States | Russian Atrocities Prompt Bipartisan Push to Expand U.S. War Crimes Law | The New York Times |
| Zambia | Zambian President announces 'big decision' to abolish death penalty | Africa News |
| Judicial Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Argentine Court rules Napalpí Massacre a crime against humanity | Merco Press |
| CAR | War Crimes in Central African Republic: Special Criminal Court’s first trial | Fidh |
| France, Syria | French court upholds Syria 'complicity in crimes against humanity' charge against Lafarge | France 24 |
| Gambia | Gambia ready to prosecute ex-dictator Jammeh for crimes against humanity | Deutsche Welle |
| ICC, Ukraine | ICC sends 42-member team to probe alleged war crimes in Ukraine | Aljaeera |
| Netherlands | Man arrested in Kerkrade for war crimes in Syria | Netherlands Times |
| Ukraine, Russia | Russian soldier jailed for life in first war crimes trial of Ukraine war | Reuters |
| Ukraine, Russia | Two Russian soldiers plead guilty in new war crimes trial in Ukraine | Reuters |
| Legislative/Parliamentary Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Canada | Canada lawmakers vote unanimously to label Russia's acts in Ukraine as 'genocide' | Reuters |
| European Parliament | Human rights breaches in Turkey, Cambodia and China | European Parliament |
| Latvia, Estonia | Latvian and Estonian parliaments say Russia committed genocide in Ukraine | Reuters |
| United States | Bipartisan Senators Introduce Bill to Document Russian War Crimes in Ukraine | Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Official Site) |
| Judicial Developments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | Colombian military officials admit to crimes against humanity | The Washington Post |
| Germany, Gambia | Germany Tries Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Gambia | Human Rights Watch |
| Germany, Syria | Germany: Top court upholds Syrian's conviction as accessory to torture | Deutsche Welle |
| ICC, Eurojust | ICC prosecutor to join EU team probing war crimes in Ukraine | Aljazeera |
| ICC, Sudan | Survivors react to the first-ever trial for war crimes in Darfur | npr |
| ICJ | Germany files ICJ case against Italy over Nazi war crimes compensation cases | Jurist |
| Kosovo Specialist Chambers | KLA Hague Detainees Face New War Crime Charges | Prishtina Insight |
| CAR - Special Criminal Court (SCC) | Central African Republic: War Crimes Court’s First Trial | Reliefweb |