Crimes Against Humanity

Researchers identified 314 individual Ukrainian children that Russian officials transferred from Ukraine to Russia for coerced adoption.

After years of delay, the UN Sixth Committee cleared a path for negotiations on a global treaty regarding the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.

The U.N.'s Sixth Committee recently adopted a resolution for negotiations on a treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity.

Technologies such as multispectral cameras and drones can replicate the methods of manual search groups more safely and efficiently.

Slavery often crates the physiological, psychological, interpersonal, or environmental conditions that lead to disability.

This fall, a number of States expressed support for the inclusion of various gender justice proposals in a potential future treaty.

How can international law, and the ICC's planned slave crimes policy, best account for the unique challenges persons with disabilities face?

As formal debates on a proposed crimes against humanity treaty have continued, we have seen in every corner of the globe why this treaty is so desperately needed, not only to prevent…

Ukraine must balance its security interests while ensuring respect for international obligation in responding to Russia's "passportization."

The national trial, which began 13 years after the massacre, is a rare example of domestic accountability for former senior officials.

Leaving "gender" undefined may represent a groundbreaking opportunity to recognize gender-competent and intersectional feminist practice in international criminal law.

Adopting a Crimes against Humanity Convention would significantly strengthen efforts to prevent these crimes and reinforce justice.