Crimes against humanity include murder, enslavement, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, persecution “or any other inhumane act” against a civilian population or identifiable group. Continue reading →

Vehicles were central to the ISIS campaign, but like any trucks, they broke down, and mechanics were needed to keep them on the road — mechanics like Boutros Massroua. Continue reading →

A Lebanese mechanic now living in Canada has been found complicit in crimes against humanity for repairing military vehicles for ISIS. Continue reading →

Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was previously convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Continue reading →

Helmut Oberlander, who came to Canada in 1954 and became a citizen six years later, has steadfastly maintained he was just 17 when he was forced on pain of execution to join the Nazi death squad Einsatzkommando 10a. Continue reading →

Russia in 2000 signed the Rome treaty that established the Hague-based court but never ratified it. Continue reading →

War crimes investigators collecting evidence of the Islamic State group’s elaborate operation to kidnap thousands of women as sex slaves say they have a case to try IS leaders with crimes against humanity but cannot get the global backing. Continue reading →

A stagnant budget, inadequate training and lack of public communication have eroded Canada’s efforts to deny safe haven to war criminals, says an internal evaluation. Continue reading →

An independent U.N. commission said Wednesday that the Syrian government has likely used chlorine gas to attack civilians and that the Islamic State group committed crimes against humanity with attacks on civilians in two cities. Continue reading →

North Korea’s been accused of atrocities before. But accounts in a new UN human rights report are nothing short of harrowing. Continue reading →