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"We are concerned that war crimes are being committed. We are concerned about the collective punishment of Gazans in response to the atrocious attacks by Hamas, which also amounted to war crimes," UN human rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani says during a press conference in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
The United States has concluded that Ethiopian and Eritrean troops as well as rebels committed war crimes during the brutal two-year conflict, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, days after he visited Addis Ababa. SOUNDBITE
War crimes 'have been committed' in the Ukraine conflict says the head of a high-level Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes in Russia's war in Ukraine, listing Russian bombings of civilians areas, numerous executions, torture and horrific sexual violence. SOUNDBITE
The United States has reached the assessment that Russian military forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, US ambassador at large for global criminal justice Beth Van Schaack tells reporters at a State Department briefing. SOUNDBITE
War crimes and crimes against humanity, including the use of child soldiers, have been committed in Libya since 2016, a United Nations investigation reveals. SOUNDBITE
Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed says his government "had every right" to deploy state forces to the restive northern region of Tigray, whose ruling party Abiy blames for instigating a conflict many fear could spiral into a protracted civil war. SOUNDBITE