The concept of war crimes is a recent one. Before World War II, it was generally accepted that the horrors of war were part of the nature of war, and recorded examples of war crimes go back to ...

Ukrainians and international observers have documented thousands of war crimes allegedly committed by Russia in its ...

The article also explains the difference between crimes committed during international armed conflicts; and those that occur during non-international armed conflicts, for example government forces ...

Castro already decreed in Dec. 2022 a partial state of exception to fight crime, which has shown “scarce results and complaints of human rights violations.” ...