The concept of war crimes is a recent one. Before World War II, it was generally ... were summarily executed or imprisoned. There was no structured approach to dealing with 'war crimes' nor ...

Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict in history ... which were also organized by MacArthur and resulted in the executions of Generals Yamashita and Homma, the Tokyo trials ...

The UN Mission for Human Rights Monitoring in Ukraine has confirmed 79 executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russians ...

The United Nations has expressed “alarm” over a sharp rise in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian ...

The remains of an American soldier killed in a Nazi war crime during World War II have been returned to the San Francisco Bay Area. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop of Sebastopol was a waist gunner on a ...

"The execution of prisoners of war is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War and is classified as a grave international crime. Investigative ...

Earlier this month, the ongoing “Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan”, which is investigating war crimes committed ... appeared to be carrying out executions and covering them up ...

International humanitarian law prohibits the execution of prisoners of war and the wounded, and regards it as a war crime. "Many Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered or were in physical custody of ...

These have included widespread forced relocations of civilians, destruction of their villages, willful killings, and summary executions ... for war crimes. 74 Protocol II, art.

Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict in history ... which were also organized by MacArthur and resulted in the executions of Generals Yamashita and Homma, the Tokyo trials ...