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The International Criminal Court throws out an appeal by Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier-turned-commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, against his conviction for war crimes. Dominic Ongwen, who was himself abducted aged nine by the rebel group led by the fugitive Joseph Kony, was found guilty last year of murder, rape and sexual enslavement in northern Uganda during the early 2000s. 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
A decision by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court to authorize an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan is "reckless," says US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. "This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable, political institution masquerading as a legal body," Pompeo says during a news conference at the State Department in Washington. SOUNDBITE
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is sentenced to 40 years in jail by U.N judges who found him guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and nine other war crimes charges. Ashraf Fahim reports.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is sentenced to 40 years in jail by U.N judges who found him guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and nine other war crimes charges. Ashraf Fahim reports.
The United States says that Sudan's rival forces have both committed war crimes in their brutal conflict, accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. The two sides "must end this brutal conflict... must comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, international human rights law," says State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. SOUNDBITE
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