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Venezuela on Tuesday objected to a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume an investigation into alleged human rights abuses that could constitute crimes against humanity by Venezuelan officials. In a June ruling, the ICC said that Venezuela's own investigations were not enough...

New research—from Security Force Monitor, a project of the Columbia Law Human Rights Institute in the United States—linking alleged violations to soldiers and commanders suggests actions are institutionalized. The study, Under Whose Command?, covers a period of 12 years until March 30, 2023 and...

United Nations experts called on Thursday for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, saying time was running out for Palestinian people there who find themselves at "grave risk of genocide." Nearly four weeks of Israeli bombardment against the Gaza Strip in retaliation for attacks by Hamas gunmen in...

Gazan authorities say 15 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on the Bureij refugee camp, marking the third bombing of a camp in as many days. A spokesperson for Gaza Civil Defense said the strike on Thursday in central Gaza hit a residential building, and residents reported scores of...

Russia bombards 100 settlements within 24 hours as top Ukrainian commander warns war has become deadlocked. Russia has carried out its biggest artillery attack so far this year, Ukraine has said, as Kyiv’s top general admitted the war had reached a deadlock, with little prospect that his troops...

A peace deal to end the fighting in Tigray was brokered in South Africa by the African Union on 2 November last year. The war, which also drew in Eritrean forces, inflicted terrible damage on the region. Ethiopian Finance Minister Ahmed Shide recently estimated the cost of reconstruction at $20...

Myanmar officials have met with Rohingya refugee families in Bangladesh to discuss their repatriation to Myanmar. The officials travelled to Bangladesh on Tuesday to meet with refugees amid a new repatriation plan brokered by China. The push is part of a pilot repatriation scheme discussed in a...

An urgent ceasefire is a matter of life and death for millions in the Gaza Strip, an official warned at a United Nations Security Council emergency briefing, noting climbing child casualties as Israel continues to bombard the enclave. Palestinians in Gaza are facing a life-or-death crisis aggravated...

A Ukrainian human rights organization has collected evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian Wagner Group. Lawyers say the mercenary commanders must be held to account. Torture and extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war, targeted attacks on civilians, and occupying critical...

Conflict and escalating violence have uprooted a record 6.9 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly in the east of the country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. Years of rebel conflict and recurrent natural disasters have helped fuel one of the...