For example, many ancient civilisations including ... The use of chemical gas is now regarded as a war crime (Imperial War Museums / HMSO) The definition of war crimes was later expanded in ...

The concept of war crimes is a recent one. Before World War II, it was generally accepted that the horrors of war were part of the nature of war, and recorded examples of war crimes go back to ...

a war crimes investigator in the Ukrainian Prosecutor-General's Office, told RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. "Historical examples show that it may take years, but these cases will not be forgotten." ...

Class B and C charges, which could be leveled at Japanese of any rank, covered "conventional war crimes" and "crimes ... have been criticized as another example of "victors' justice." ...

Jurisdiction over the “crime of aggression” was activated Tuesday at the ... Omeri said the invasion of Iraq in 2003 by the United States and Great Britain can be viewed as an example of a war that ...

And yet, in recent days, Israeli rhetoric and actions appear to be punishing a group which bears no responsibility for any crimes ... clearest examples.” Israel’s resumption of war this ...

Ukraine's General Staff said the strikes were a "deliberate, targeted striking" of the hospital and that it appeared soldiers ...