Crimes Against Humanity

India favours first discussion at UNGA in 12 years on prevention of genocide, war crimes

India has favoured a discussion in the UN General Assembly, the first in 12 years, on 'Responsibility to Protect' and the prevention of genocide, war crimes

Widespread, systematic crimes against humanity in Eritrea, claims UN report

Eritrea's government has systematically committed crimes against humanity in the last 25 years, with top officials bearing direct responsibility, UN said.

Turkish PM Davutoglu compares Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to 'Paris terrorists'

Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu accused Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu of committing "crimes against humanity" comparable to those of the Islamist gunmen behind the Paris attacks.

UN-backed Khmer Rouge court adjourns Cambodia genocide trial till next year

The complex case against Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan was split into a series of smaller trials in 2011 in a bid to get a faster verdict.

Kenya's Kenyatta becomes first president to appear before ICC

Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday became the first sitting president to appear before the International Criminal Court where he has been charged with crimes against humanity.

HRW says Egypt may have committed crimes against humanity

The group said it found that authorities had used excessive and deliberate force against protesters on political grounds in successive attacks on their gatherings.

Cambodia: UN-backed court jails Khmer Rouge duo for life

"Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, 88, and former head of state Khieu Samphan, 83 -- the most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leaders -- betrayed no emotion in the dock, but regime survivors outside the court wept and applauded as the sentences were handed down.

Khieu Samphan, face of the brutal Cambodian regime: Who is he?

Throughout his historic trial, the French-educated radical Samphan denied he played a prominent role in a regime which oversaw the deaths of up to two million people in the late 1970s, saying he was kept out of leader Pol Pot's inner circle.

War crimes court seeks arrest of Kenyan on crimes against humanity charge

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for a man suspected of corrupting prosecution witnesses in the war crimes case against Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto