The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) formally unsealed war crime charges against four Russian soldiers on Wednesday. The soldiers charged with three war crimes each—unlawful confinement, torture and inhuman treatment—and one... Read more »
Northern Ireland has enacted new laws around offenses including up-skirting, down-blousing and cyber-flashing, sexual offenses that have become increasingly prevalent in the country, Valerie Martin reports for Northern Ireland World. “Up-skirting” and... Read more »
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw revealed on Thursday a significant increase in Islamophobic and antisemitic hate crimes in the city in an update to the public. The rapid rise of Islamophobic and... Read more »
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has suspended a member of the state’s new hate crimes commission for her social media comments promoting the Palestinian cause and criticizing Israel, Alex Mann reports for... Read more »
Amnesty International on Monday called for an “expedited” investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. The human rights organization cited two cases in which they claimed the Israeli Defense... Read more »
The International Centre for Justice for Palestinians’ (ICJP) Canadian legal working group on Thursday issued Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Minister of National Revenue Marie-Claude Bibeau and Minister of... Read more »
HRW: Israel hospital attacks and limits on aid in Gaza should be investigated as war crimes – JURIST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Tuesday saying that Israel is executing repeated and unlawful attacks on healthcare facilities, personnel and transport and that these attacks should be investigated as... Read more »
The families of nine civilian victims of Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC), their lawyer François Zimeray told the media last week. The... Read more »
Gilbert Augustin, the man accused of beating a 66-year-old Sikh man to death after a minor car crash this month in New York City, is now facing hate crime charges, Erin Nolan... Read more »
On Wednesday, two people targeted a Berlin, Germany synagogue with molotov cocktails, a type of homemade firebomb, and rioters in Tunisia burned down the historic El Hamma synagogue. The attacks came as... Read more »