Australian ex-SAS soldier charged over alleged war crime

March 20: A former Australian SAS soldier has been charged with murder, following an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Oliver Schulz, 41, is the first Australian serviceman or veteran to be charged with a war crime under Australian law.

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Whoever took part in "war crime" will pay its price

Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari on Sunday called the Hamas attack a "war crime"

Whoever took part in "war crime" will pay its price

Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari on Sunday called the Hamas attack a "war crime"

Transformative peace: A prerequisite for sustainable peace

Nepal is almost in the 17th year of its peace process. The citizens who were affected by the conflict during 1996-2006, especially the women who faced conflict-related sexual violence, still are experiencing structural and cultural violence in their daily lives. The post Transformative peace: A prerequisite for sustainable peace appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

BRICS ministers put on show of strength as Putin arrest warrant looms large

The ICC accused Putin in March of the war crime of forcibly deporting children from Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine. Moscow denies the allegations.

Two killed, 23 wounded in Russian attack on Ukrainian clinic

The Ukrainian Defence Ministry called it a serious war crime under the Geneva Conventions, which set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in war.

Russian drones attack critical infrastructure in and around Kyiv, officials say

Moscow says the strikes aim to reduce Ukraine’s ability to fight; Kyiv says they have no military purpose and are intended to hurt civilians, a war crime.

UN, G7 decry Russian attack on Ukraine as possible war crime

KYIV, Ukraine, Oct 12: Russian forces showered Ukraine with more missiles and munition-carrying drones Tuesday after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in an attack the U.N. human rights office described as “particularly shocking” and amounting to potential war crimes.

Ukraine war: Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin jailed for life over war crime

MAY 23: Captured soldier Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted of killing Oleksandr Shelipov, 62, in the north-eastern village of Chupakhivka on 28 February. He admitted shooting Mr Shelipov but said he had been acting on orders and asked forgiveness of his widow. Multiple other alleged war crimes are being investigated by Ukraine. Moscow has denied its troops targeted civilians during the invasion while Ukraine says more than 11,000 crimes may have occurred. This trial in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is being seen as Ukraine's chance to prove, beyond doubt, that a Russian soldier killed a civilian with no regard for the rules of war. Moscow said earlier on Monday that it was concerned at the fate of the Russian soldier and would look at options to defend him. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noted, however, that Russia did "not have the capacity to protect his interests in person". Russia's embassy in Kyiv is currently closed. Shishimarin, wearing a blue and grey hooded sweatshirt, watched proceedings silently from a reinforced glass box in the courtroom and showed no emotion as the verdict was read out, Reuters news agency reports. At the time of the killing Shishimarin, 21, and other soldiers were travelling in a car they had seized after their convoy came under attack and they became separated from their unit. When they spotted Mr Shelipov he was speaking on his phone, Shishimarin told the court. He says he was told to shoot him with an assault rifle. His defence lawyer told the court on Friday that Shishimarin had only fired after twice refusing to carry out the order to shoot and that only one out of three to four rounds had hit the target. He said Shishimarin had fired the rounds out of fear for his own safety and he questioned whether the defendant had intended to kill. In one dramatic moment during the trial, the victim's widow Kateryna Shelipova confronted Shishimarin. "Tell me please, why did you [Russians] come here? To protect us?" she asked, citing Russian President Vladimir Putin's justification for the invasion of Ukraine. "Protect us from whom? Did you protect me from my husband, whom you killed?" The soldier had no answer to that. Asking forgiveness of the widow earlier, he said: "But I understand you won't be able to forgive me." Mrs Shelipova told the BBC: "I feel very sorry for him but for a crime like that - I can't forgive him." With inputs from BBC

Nepali peacekeeper killed in Congo, UN strongly condemns war crime

A Nepali peacekeeper who sustained injuries in a peacekeeping mission in Congo on Tuesday breathed his last.

UN chief condemns attack injuring 10 peacekeepers in CAR

The UN chief "emphasizes that attacks against United Nations peacekeepers may constitute a war crime. He calls on the Central African authorities to spare no effort in investigating and promptly holding accountable the perpetrators of this unacceptable attack." UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly condemned the attack by members of the presidential guard of the Central African Republic (CAR) which wounded 10 peacekeepers. Through a statement attributable to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, the UN chief "emphasizes that attacks against United Nations peacekeepers may constitute a war crime. He calls on the Central African authorities to spare no effort in investigating and promptly holding accountable the perpetrators of this unacceptable attack." "The secretary-general wishes a speedy and full recovery to the wounded peacekeepers and civilians, and reiterates his gratitude to the people and the Government of Egypt for their contribution to peace and stability in the Central African Republic. The secretary-general also expresses his deep condolences to the bereaved family of the Central African civilian who was killed during the incident," it said. "The secretary-general reaffirms the solidarity and continued support of the United Nations to the Central African Republic," it added. The presidential guard shot at peacekeepers of the mission, known as MINUSCA, in Bangui on Monday. The police officers from Egypt landed at Bangui's airport earlier in the day. They are part of the periodic rotation and deployment of troops in the country.