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South Africa frequently invokes its celebrated constitution that is based on human rights, but has often failed to live up to its ideals.
The political power of veterans is being put on show - as the government announces plans for a royal commission into veteran suicide.
Air New Zealand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have both potentially breached international human rights agreements. The government must demand answers.
Adolescent girls face unique challenges in times of conflict and crisis yet they are rarely consulted about how to engender peace in their communities.
The International court did not allow Dominic Ongwen's background to colour the legal determination of his criminal liability.
Former fighters described Ongwen as a model fighter and an effective commander – but testimony in his trial detailed the former child soldier’s alleged personal role in the rape of underage women.
Sex and gender-based offences have become an increasing focus of war crimes trials at the International Criminal Court.
When the honour of Australia’s revered soldiers is questioned, so, too, is the national self-image. But war is an ugly business, and we pay a price for tethering it so tightly to our identity.
Investigating senior officers, and where appropriate, taking action against them, is an important part of restoring the reputation of the Australian military abroad.
Women continue to be stereotyped as passive and meek. For this reason, international courts often let women war criminals off the hook.
Now is the time to reflect carefully on what we ask of, and how we best support, those soldiers who serve in our name.
There is 'credible information' Australian soldiers were involved in war crimes. But investigating and prosecuting these will be incredibly difficult.
Each side in the bloody Nagorno-Karabakh conflict accuses the other of war crimes. Such allegations attract foreign attention and possibly intervention, but rarely lead to a peaceful solution.
The government is setting up a special investigator office to examine the findings of the inquiry into alleged misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016.
This might appear a radical suggestion, but military units have been moved, shuffled, re-branded, disbanded and reactivated frequently throughout Australia’s history.
An Afghan soldier convicted of murdering three Australian soldiers is among six prisoners who could be released as part of a peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
The court prosecutes genocide, torture and grave wartime abuses worldwide. Trump's executive order imposes on its lawyers and judges the kind of sanctions usually used on foreign terrorists.
A proposed piece of legislation makes it easier for troops to evade prosecution for wrongdoing.
When an atrocity is committed in war — and the army fails to respond — it is due to a moral failure of command. It's time for the army to show the same courage as those veterans who have spoken out.
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Senior Law Lecturer in Transitional Justice and Human Rights, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Principal Academic in International Law, Bournemouth University
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Lecturer in International Relations and International Security, University of Bath
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Professor of International Law, Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Historian and Principal, Janet Clarke Hall, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Security and Public Policy, University of Bath
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Professor of Law, Swansea University
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Professor of International Law and Director of the University Research and Innovation Theme in Democratic Citizenship, University of Portsmouth
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Course Co-ordinator, International Law Clinical Program, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
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