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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

In February 2023, the world ... war against Ukraine, which brought about horrific atrocities, including, as determined by the U.S. State Department, crimes against humanity. The crimes include ...

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 ...