The concept of war crimes is a recent one. Before World War II, it was generally ... were summarily executed or imprisoned. There was no structured approach to dealing with 'war crimes' nor ...

Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict in history ... which were also organized by MacArthur and resulted in the executions of Generals Yamashita and Homma, the Tokyo trials ...

In past conflicts, war crimes usually happened out of sight, only to be revealed later through investigations. But drones mean that these executions can be tracked in real time: Grainy footage ...

As reported by the "Daily Mail", the United Kingdom will join most European countries that support the Council of Europe's ...

Hamid Noury, a former prison official who was given a life sentence by a Swedish court for his role in the 1988 mass execution of ... (VOA), created during World War II, and Radio Free Europe ...

Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man in exchange for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes ...

KYIV-Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called on March 31 for Russia to be punished for more than 183,000 alleged war crimes documented ... atrocities including executions, rapes and ...

Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict in history ... which were also organized by MacArthur and resulted in the executions of Generals Yamashita and Homma, the Tokyo trials ...