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13 Feb 2014, 8:29 am by Peter Snyder
[JURIST] The main opposition party in Sri Lanka, The United National Party (UNP) [official website] released a statement Thursday demanding the Sri Lankan government conduct an investigation into alleged war crimes that occurred during the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War [CFR backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that ended in 2009. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 8:56 am by University of Virginia School of Law
., a 1927 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and assistant chief prosecutor of the Tokyo War Crimes trial, stood at the lectern on April 16, 1948, and delivered the final summation in the case against 28 Japanese defendants who stood accused of starting an illegal war, atrocities and crimes against humanity committed during World War II. [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 10:02 am by Taylor Gillan
The UN released a report [JURIST report] earlier this month finding that war crimes may have been committed during the Sri Lankan civil war, encouraging the creation of a hybrid special court [statement] to handle the matter. [read post]
24 Jul 2011, 2:38 pm by Dan Taglioli
[JURIST] Two suspected war criminals have been arrested in Canada after the federal government announced Thursday it would seek the aid of its citizens in tracking down 30 individuals suspected of war crimes or crimes against humanity. [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 1:36 pm by Autumn Callan
Poland's special prosecutors have requested the US extradite a Minnesota man accused of Nazi war crimes. [read post]
3 Jan 2014, 7:52 am by Elizabeth LaForgia
[JURIST] A leader in Bangladesh's main Islamist party was charged on Tuesday in connection with war crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War [Bangladesh News backgrounder] with Pakistan. [read post]
28 Jun 2006, 11:19 am
[JURIST] The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit seeking an order compelling Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi [official profile] to stop visiting the Yasukuni war shrine [shrine website], a shrine that honors all Japanese war dead, including war criminals. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 8:07 am by Jamie Davis
The group issued a report [text, PDF, graphic content] documenting the war crimes which allegedly began on June 9 after a 17-year ceasefire agreement was broken to begin a war between the Myanmar army and the Kachin Independence Army [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 10:07 am by Valerie Howell
His release is noteworthy, as he is the first war crimes convict to be released and allowed to complete his sentence in his home community. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 10:36 am by Ruben Sindahl
HRW further alleges that the weapons used in Aleppo constitutes a war crime. [read post]
The first real incidents of the war started in 1883, when open range advocates, cowboys really, began cutting any fences they came across. [read post]
23 Dec 2012, 4:50 pm by Alfred Brophy
 Mostly people speak about the Spanish American War as a moment of reunion; maybe we should be talking about World War I in these terms, as well. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 7:24 am
Here's the abstract:On July 8, 2008, the "National War Powers Commission" issued a report recommending repeal of the 1973 War Powers Resolution and enactment of a new law. [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 9:03 am by Matthew Waxman
Professor Stephen Griffin (of Tulane) and I have posted to SSRN what we’re calling our free “model casebook chapter” on constitutional war powers. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 4:00 am by Administrator
Framing cyber conflict as “war” entails attempts to apply the law of war; but the conflation of activities that powers the “war” framing undermines the application of the law of war, creating a “double bind” situation in which it seems that we simultaneously must but cannot apply the law of war to cyber war. [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 1:30 pm by Hannah Kris
-Mich.) has introduced a House resolution under the War Powers Resolution directing the president “to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran. [read post]
24 May 2022, 6:06 am by Ryan Goodman
Not a war crime in the heat of battle, but most certainly the horrific crime of aggression in furtherance of a war of conquest and its ongoing execution. [read post]