Crimes against humanity Archives

22/02/2026

Unlike other international crimes, such as genocide or war crimes, crimes against humanity still do not have a universal and legally binding instrument exclusively dedicated to their regulation that establishes clear obligations for their prevention and punishment. This normative gap highlights the urgent need to advance toward an international convention that strengthens cooperation among States,...

Convention, Crimes against humanity, ECOSOC

Progress towards a Convention on Crimes against Humanity: the issue of jurisdiction

by Fibgar

Universal jurisdiction

10/04/2024

Crimes against humanity are a category of crimes that can often be traced back to the post-World War II statutes of the Nuremberg and Tokyo military tribunals. It should be recalled that, unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity, such as genocide, can be committed in peacetime as well as in armed conflict. While the same acts that...

Crimes against humanity

¿Sabes qué pasó? Weekly Newsletter October 30 to November 5

by Fibgar

Boletin de noticias

06/11/2023

Sosthène Munyemana genocide trial opens in Paris The trial of Sosthène Munyemana will take place from November 13 to December 22 at the criminal court in Paris, France. Munyemana, who was born in 1955 in Rwanda and practiced as a gynecologist in Butar, is charged with genocide, complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity and participation...

Crimes against humanity, Gaza, ONU, SLAPP, UNESCO

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Towards an International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity

Progress towards a Convention on Crimes against Humanity: the issue of jurisdiction

¿Sabes qué pasó? Weekly Newsletter October 30 to November 5

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