![The Frank children - (from left to right) Norman, Michael, Niklas, Sigrid and Brigitte - in 1942 at their house in Schliersee, Germany [Photo courtesy of Niklas Frank]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Niklasbalckwhite.png?resize=570%2C380)
The son of a senior Nazi sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials on growing up in the shadow of his father’s crimes.
Crimes Against Humanity
The journey of 3 young Indian women overcoming the trauma and prejudice of acid attacks, as they help inspire others.
![Jakup Krasniqi was arrested at his home in Pristina and taken to The Hague where he faces war crimes charges [Armend Nimani/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8UK2WH-e1604552911543.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Veteran politician was picked up by heavily-armed police in a raid at his home on the outskirts of...
![The annual re-enactment of the country's last documented mass lynching; people recreate the contentious primary democratic elections in Georgia, along with the lynching [Jaclynn Ashly/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Picture-11-AJE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
How a mass lynching and the people re-enacting it are forcing the US to confront the truth of its...
![Bosnian Muslims toss 3,000 roses into the Drina River, each representing people killed in the 1992-95 war, in the eastern Bosnian town of Višegrad, on May 26, 2012 [File: AP/Amel Emric]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_120526130550.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
In the Bosnian town of Višegrad, the local authorities are trying hard to whitewash genocidal crimes through tourism.
![The report names 10 senior Syrian and Russian civilian and military officials who could be implicated in the violations [File: Aaref Watad/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/d98a92539493486f92a54e995951aa4d_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The watchdog says the targeting of civilians by the Syria-Russia alliance may amount to crimes against humanity.
![President Bashar al-Assad has been named as one of several figures responsible for the 2013 and 2017 chemical attacks against civilians in Syria [File: SANA handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/0e7eb9cb19d144d08c5101b58940e32a_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Rights groups file case seeking action against individuals for their alleged role in deadly chemical attacks.
![Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, stands in a courtroom during a pre-trial in Phnom Penh in 2008 [File: Tang Chhinsothy/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/f3f51f22080d445cb6701cdc4f882b7d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Duch oversaw the torture and confessions of thousands of men, women and children at Tuol Sleng, a school turned prison.
![An online petition calls for Google to remove Vilina Vlas hotel in Visegrad, eastern Bosnia as a tourist site from Google search and Google Maps [File: Elvis Barukcic/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dc8184132f004e01850da4d7434d030d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Vilina Vlas spa, where Serb forces raped 200 Bosniak women, girls is listed on international travel and booking sites.
![President Hashim Thaci commanded the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the war [File: Michele Tantussi/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/aedb2175f457449dae8b34d5b51d9d3a_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Court probing crimes committed during and after Kosovo’s war with Serbia indicts Hashim Thaci and nine former fighters.
![Rohingya, who have lived in Myanmar for generations, fled to Bangladesh in 2017 and are fearful of returning without guarantees on their rights and citizenship [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ae1261b0880e44e5adb746b6bc2e191e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
ICOE report comes days before UN’s top court issues ruling on whether urgent measures are necessary to stop genocide.
![The number of civilian causalities in Afghanistan reached record highs this year, with about 4,300 people hurt or killed between July and September [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/423b03bfaddd4910b482da00e29ffcc9_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Man who lost wife and seven children in US air strike among many victims of violence who are seeking answers.
International Criminal Court finds ex-rebel leader Ntaganda guilty of war crimes in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
European courts are building cases against suspected perpetrators now living abroad.