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Several of the testimonies of victims of sexual violence during the Holocaust were by Jewish men and women. [23] Previous war crimes trials had prosecuted for sex crimes, hence war rape could have been prosecuted under customary law and/or under the IMT (International Military Tribunals) Charter's Article 6(b): "abduction of the civilian ...
The article documents the atrocities committed by the Russian military and authorities against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine since 2022. It also covers the international investigations and sanctions related to the war crimes.
On July 28, 2022, a video was posted on a Russian Telegram page which showed a Russian soldier torturing and castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war. Throughout the video, the identity of the victim is unclear, however, the video is shot in high-quality footage and features extreme themes of violence throughout.
The web page covers the human rights violations and war crimes committed by U.S. forces against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003-2004. It also discusses the background, media coverage, legal consequences, and controversies of the Abu Ghraib scandal.
The Bucha massacre (Ukrainian: Бучанська різанина, romanized: Buchanska rizanyna; Russian: Резня в Буче, romanized: Reznya v Buche) was the mass murder of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war [12] by the Russian Armed Forces during the fight for and occupation of the city of Bucha as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
War Crimes Against Women: Prosecution in International War Crimes Tribunals. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 978-90-411-0486-1. Bisaz, Corsin (2012). The Concept of Group Rights in International Law: Groups as Contested Right-Holders, Subjects and Legal Persons. Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 978-9004228702. Brownmiller, Susan (1975).
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or prisoners of war. Learn about the origins, development and application of the concept of war crime from ancient times to modern international courts.
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann was a German overseer in the Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. She was executed by hanging on Biskupia Górka Hill near Gdańsk in 1946 for crimes against humanity.