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Harvard report concludes Myanmar officials committed war crimes and crimes against humanity

Harvard report concludes Myanmar officials committed war crimes and crimes against humanity

November 7, 2014 02:18:23 pm

An investigation conducted by the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School determined three Myanmar Army commanders committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Thandaung Township, Kayin State, between January 2005 and December...

ICC prosecutor: no charges in Israeli flotilla raid

ICC prosecutor: no charges in Israeli flotilla raid

November 6, 2014 02:39:30 pm

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Fatou Bensouda, said Thursday there is no reasonable basis to continue the investigation of a 2010 raid by the Israeli Defense Forces on flotilla vessels headed for...

UN experts: investigation of enforced disappearances tests Mexico’s capability to respond to human rights violations

UN experts: investigation of enforced disappearances tests Mexico’s capability to respond to human rights violations

October 11, 2014 07:57:21 am

Members of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances said Friday that Mexico's investigation of the forty-three missing Guerrero students and the deaths of six other students in the state is a test of the...

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