With US and over 150 nations obligated to prevent and prosecute such actions, intensification of rhetoric by world leaders could be prelude to tougher response against Moscow

Mayor of Ukrainian capital says half of population has fled; US VP Harris backs war crimes probe into hospital shelling, which Moscow claims is 'staged provocation' by Ukraine

UK author Christian Jennings' new book 'Anatomy of a Massacre' examines the infamous murders at Sant’ Anna di Stazzema to highlight Nazi war crimes that went unpunished

Hamid Noury charged with murder for role in ordering mass executions of political dissidents in 1988, a purge Iran's new leader is claimed to have led

Hashim Thaci is accused by Hague tribunal of murders as a guerrilla leader in 1990s war with Serbia

MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh, daughter of Canada's ex-justice minister, vows to use the 'language of rights and international law so that Israel can rise from the docket of the accused'

Jurists from France, Hungary and Benin will soon rule if the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to investigate war crimes allegedly committed in Palestine

At new first cabinet meeting, PM says the challenge from The Hague is a 'strategic threat' to Israeli military and political leaders

Dismissing arguments by Germany, Australia, Brazil, other countries and law experts, Fatou Bensouda doubles down; ball now in judges' court

As The Hague shuts its doors due to COVID-19, Fatou Bensouda requests additional month to say if she still believes the court has jurisdiction to open war crimes investigation