War Crime

Fact Sheet: DHS Efforts to Combat Child Exploitation and Abuse | Homeland Security
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Fact Sheet: DHS Efforts to Combat Child Exploitation and Abuse | Homeland Security

Every day, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) leads the fight against child exploitation and abuse. From the DHS Child Exploitation Investigations Unit (CEIU), part of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Cyber Crimes Center (C3), to the United States Secret Service (USSS), to the DHS Science & Technology Directorate (S&T), DHS is dedicated to battling…

The Situation of the Rohingya and Deadly Sea Crossings – Refugees International
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The Situation of the Rohingya and Deadly Sea Crossings – Refugees International

This piece was jointly submitted with Women’s Peace Network to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons in response to their call for inputs. For decades, as an ethnic minority group, the Rohingya people have faced discrimination, oppression, and persecution in Myanmar. Stripped from their access to property, citizenship, and other basic rights,…

UN: 2023 could see spike in human trafficking cases from Ukraine – EURACTIV.com
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UN: 2023 could see spike in human trafficking cases from Ukraine – EURACTIV.com

Displaced populations such as Ukrainian refugees are a known cause for spikes in human trafficking cases, according to the 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, published on Tuesday (24 January). “Analysis shows a relationship between the people forced to flee Ukraine in 2014 and 2015 as a result of the conflict in the eastern…

US Imposes Sanctions Over Rights Abuses, Targets China and Russia
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US Imposes Sanctions Over Rights Abuses, Targets China and Russia

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on dozens of people and entities over alleged rights abuses, including Russia’s Central Election Commission, Iranian officials and Chinese nationals. The U.S. Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions on Li Zhenyu and Zhuo Xinrong, both Chinese nationals, and 10 entities linked to the two, including Nasdaq-listed Pingtan Marine…

We must help victims of sexual violence in Ukraine – eKathimerini.com
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We must help victims of sexual violence in Ukraine – eKathimerini.com

Nine months since the war in Ukraine began, we are increasingly reading reports of alleged war crimes, including sexual violence against women and girls. Sadly, history is repeating itself. Rape and other forms of sexual violence committed by combatants during armed conflict are as old as war itself. We thus mark this year’s International Day…

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of supplying mines to Karabakh through the Lachin corridor
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Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of supplying mines to Karabakh through the Lachin corridor

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of supplying mines The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling on the world community to put pressure on Armenia to fulfill its international obligations. They claim that Armenia continues to lay a large number of mines on the territory of Azerbaijan. “The delivery of anti-personnel mines from Armenia to Azerbaijan after…

Albanian PM causes diplomatic stir over organ trafficking allegations
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Albanian PM causes diplomatic stir over organ trafficking allegations

Rama addressed the plenary of the Strasbourg-based human rights body for the first time, slamming them for a 2011 report penned by Swiss prosecutor Dick Marty, which made unsubstantiated claims that Kosovo and Albania had engaged in organ trafficking during the 1998-1999 war. The Marty report was adopted by the plenary, despite no hard evidence…

Third Committee – Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues | UN Press
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Third Committee – Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues | UN Press

Note: A complete summary of today’s Third Committee meetings will be available on Tuesday, 4 October. Briefing DELPHINE SCHANTZ, of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), expressed her agency’s support for Member States in their fight against drugs, corruption, terrorism and organized crime, including crimes that affect the environment, and cybercrime.  Championing…

Uber driver put under review after claiming he was made to harvest organs in China
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Uber driver put under review after claiming he was made to harvest organs in China

Enver Tohti holding the letter he received from Transport for London (Picture: Susannah Ireland/Metro.co.uk) A former surgeon who claims he was forced to remove organs from an executed prisoner in China was put at risk of losing his licence to drive an Uber after speaking out. Enver Tohti Bughda, from Xinjiang, was granted asylum in…

Albanian politicians see jailed Kosovo leaders in The Hague
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Albanian politicians see jailed Kosovo leaders in The Hague

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Three former presidents of Albania and one of Kosovo on Wednesday visited ethnic Albanian former commanders in the fight against Serbian rule in Kosovo who are being held in a Netherlands prison pending trial for alleged war crimes. Former Kosovo President Behgjet Pacolli said he visited the detainees together with three…