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Bulgaria's Legal Shift: Targeting Kremlin Aggression
Bulgaria is gearing up to amend its Criminal Code to include the crime of "aggression," paving the way for prosecuting military-political leadership responsible for the actions in Ukraine, reports "Euractiv Bulgaria," citing Justice Minister Atanas Slavov.
Rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military
A human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar's generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity they alleged were committed in that country after their 2021 government takeover and during a 2017 crackdown on Muslim Rohingya.
US threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe war crimes
The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes.