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Crimes against humanity
… trying to collect enough evidence to present to the International Court of Human rights so that the Court  considers the crimes committed by the Iranian regime as crimes against humanity
No immunity for crimes against humanity
… immunity as senator for life and the Amnesty Law of 1978 are but two of the many obstacles Augusto Pinochet erected against the achievement of justice in Chile. Amnesty International has repeatedly called on the Chilean authorities to …
Report: Crimes against humanity in Myanmar
… Starving communities by burning markets and blocking access to farmland Burning hundreds of Rohingya villages These are crimes against humanity under international law, as they were carried out as part
Central African Republic: Evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity
… War crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed in the Central African Republic with more than 1,000 people killed in a two …
Universal Jurisdiction should apply to crimes against humanity
… jurisdiction should apply in this case' said the organisation. 'The Spanish Court is obliged to hear cases involving crimes against humanity'. The organisation considers that the
Belgium convicted of crimes against humanity in Colonial Congo
… towards repairing these historical injustices’ - Rym Khadhraoui In a historic move today, Belgium has been convicted of crimes against humanity for acts committed during colonisation which must signal
Syria: new witness evidence points to crimes against humanity
… The brutal methods used in a devastating Syrian security operation in the western town of Tell Kalakh may constitute crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said today in a new report (6 July
Ivory Coast: Both sides responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity
… Forces allied to both former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and incumbent Alassane Ouattara committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during six months of deadly violence
Iran: Ebrahim Raisi must be investigated for crimes against humanity
… General Agnès Callamard said: “That Ebrahim Raisi has risen to the presidency instead of being investigated for the crimes against humanity of murder, enforced disappearance and torture, is a grim
China: UN must do more to address crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
… at the next meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in June. “Failure to release a report that sufficiently addresses crimes against humanity in the region would amount to a betrayal of the victims and