Latest "international criminal court" stories

Chief of the Australian Defence Force Gen. Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020.

Group urges more probes into war crimes after report finds Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghans

A human rights group urged nations participating in the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan to follow Australia's example and investigate the conduct of their own forces in the war.

2 years ago

International Criminal Court, seeking to investigate US troops for war crimes, condemns Trump’s sanctions order

Trump’s order would block the financial assets of court employees and bar them and their immediate relatives from entering the United States.

By Mike Corder, The Associated Press

3 years ago

This court wants to prosecute US troops for war crimes, prompting sanctions by Trump

The Trump administratoin has responded with sanctions against members of the International Criminal Court.

By Meghann Myers

3 years ago

International court judges reject Afghanistan war crimes probe; cite lack of cooperation

In a decision decried as “deeply flawed” and a “devastating blow for victims,” International Criminal Court judges on Friday rejected a request by the court’s prosecutor to open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan and alleged crimes by U.S. forces linked to the conflict.

By Mike Corder, The Associated Press

4 years ago

SEALs lawyered up during war crimes case, then prosecutors went after their lawyer

NCIS files and legal motions outline a complex war crimes case against two SEALs.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

US relationship with international court crashes under Trump

America’s long-running reluctant relationship with the International Criminal Court came to a crashing halt on Monday as decades of U.S. suspicions about the tribunal and its global jurisdiction spilled into open hostility, amid threats of sanctions if it investigates U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

4 years ago