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National courts lead the way in prosecuting Syrian war crimes

Domestic prosecutions in Germany and other European countries offer some hope of justice to victims of war crimes.

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The prosecutor’s son: ‘The living legacy of Nuremberg’

Don Ferencz’s father prosecuted Nazis at Nuremberg and made sure his son understood the depths of their crimes.

Don Ferencz as a baby with his father, Benjamin Ferencz, in Nuremberg in 1952 [Photo courtesy of the Ferencz family]

The survivor’s silence: Remembering the Nuremberg trials

Seventy-five years after senior Nazis were tried, a survivor’s daughter describes growing up in the Holocaust’s shadow.

On the right, Moses Turner, the father of Tali Nates, with other Holocaust survivors. This photograph was taken after liberation in 1945 [Photo courtesy of Tali Nates]

‘I knew my father would be hanged’: Remembering Nuremberg

The son of a senior Nazi sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials on growing up in the shadow of his father’s crimes.

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Tsitsi Dangarembga: Life in an ‘ever-narrowing Zimbabwe’

The Booker Prize shortlisted author on being arrested, having more Black characters in fiction and why she writes.

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Indian law on foreign funding a ‘tool to silence’ civil society

International Commission of Jurists says amendment to FCRA law will ‘obstruct’ the work of NGOs in the country.

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‘Like Obama’: What Biden’s presidency could mean for human rights

Experts expect a return to multilateralism and a closer relationship with the International Criminal Court.

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a visit to a voter activation centre in Chester, Pennsylvania, US, October 26, 2020 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]

Int’l community must protect, preserve mass graves: Callamard

UN expert proposes human rights framework to manage the world’s tens of thousands of mass grave sites.

Investigators of the International War Crimes Tribunal work at a mass grave where they discovered the remains of more than 100 executed people outside the village of Pilica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in September, 1996 [File: Odd Andersen/EPA-EFE]

Julian Assange case ‘politicised’, says whistleblower’s lawyer

Jennifer Robinson speaks to Al Jazeera about the trial and what the future may hold for Assange, who is in poor health.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, attends his trial at the Old Bailey in London, on October 1 2020 [Will Oliver/EPA]

Syria-Russia alliance targeted civilians in Idlib: HRW report

The watchdog says the targeting of civilians by the Syria-Russia alliance may amount to crimes against humanity.

This picture taken on May 4, 2020 during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan shows Tareq Abu Ziad (L), a displaced Syrian from the town of Ariha in the southern countryside of the Idlib province,