crimes against humanity
Criminally Charge Canada and the Catholic Church For Residential Schools: Experts
Too few people in charge of residential schools have faced legal consequences for “crimes against humanity” committed against Indigenous children, experts say.
Two Former Khmer Rouge Leaders Were Just Found Guilty of Genocide
Nuon Chea, 92, and Khieu Samphan, 87, were sentenced to life in prison.
Meet the Lawyers Trying to Prosecute Aung San Suu Kyi For War Crimes
As Myanmar's state counsellor, the lawyers allege she's directly responsible for more than one million Rohingya people fleeing the country.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
Anti-Trump protestors rally ahead of Electoral College confirmation, evacuation of eastern Aleppo resumes, and more.
Chad's Former Dictator Hissene Habre Found Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity
The verdict caps a 16-year battle by victims and rights campaigners to bring the former strongman to justice in Senegal, marking the first time that the former head of one African nation has been tried by a court in another country.
60,000 People Have Died in Assad's Prisons During Syria's War, Monitoring Group Says
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it arrived at the number by adding up death tolls provided by sources in several Syrian jails and security agencies.
Syrian Troops Discovered a Mass Grave With Beheaded Bodies Amid the Ruins of Palmyra
Syria's state news agency reported that a grave left behind by the Islamic State contained about 40 bodies, including many women and children.
Serb Nationalist Leader Vojislav Seselj Is Acquitted of Balkan War Crimes
Seselj was accused of setting up paramilitary units responsible for ethnic cleansing that killed thousands of people and drove tens of thousands of Muslims and Croats from their homes.
Court Finds Former Serb Leader Karadzic Guilty of Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes against Humanity
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in jail by UN judges who found him guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and of nine other war crimes charges.
The ICC Just Convicted Ex-Militia Leader and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba of War Crimes
The International Criminal Court issued the verdict on Monday from The Hague, finding Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of five crimes against humanity and war crimes, for murder, rape, and pillaging.
UN Calls for Kim Jong-un to Be Prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity
Political prison camps, torture, "slave-like labor" and religious persecution remain features of the state apparatus, two years after a landmark UN investigation into crimes against humanity.