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Argentina Summons Nahuel Gallo to Testify in Probe of Alleged Maduro-Era Crimes Against Humanity

The case tests Argentina's use of universal jurisdiction to collect victim accounts of state abuse in Venezuela.

María del Carmen Roqueta, Judge in Argentina’s Dictatorship Trials, Dies at 72

UN General Assembly Labels Transatlantic Slave Trade the Gravest Crime Against Humanity

Paris Court Opens Inquiry Into Ex-Frontex Chief Fabrice Leggeri Over Alleged Crimes Against Humanity

Paris Court Opens Probe Into Ex-Frontex Chief Fabrice Leggeri Over Crimes-Against-Humanity Allegations

Iran Reports 500 Arrests in Expanding Crackdown as IRGC Targets Alleged Spies

Venezuela’s Assembly Backs Broad Amnesty on First Vote, Final Passage Pledged Next Week

ICC Cites War Crimes in El Fasher as UN Rights Chief Decries ‘Horror and Hell’ in Sudan

Amnesty Report Says Hamas Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Oct. 7 Attacks

Peru’s Constitutional Court Keeps Law Limiting Crimes Against Humanity Cases in Force After Split Vote

From Exile in India, Hasina Warns of Mass Boycott if Awami League Stays Barred

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s First Post-Communist President, Dies at 95

Bangladesh Interim Government Advances Elections to February 2026

Spain Launches First Official Probe Into Republican Deportees in Nazi Camps

102-Year-Old Former Forced Laborer Seeks Reparations from French Government

ECOWAS Establishes Special Court for Gambia Dictatorship Crimes

Belgium Ordered to Pay Reparations for Colonial-Era Kidnappings in Congo

Argentina and Venezuela Issue Arrest Warrants for Each Other's Presidents

Peruvian Ex-Soldiers Jailed for Systematic Rapes During Armed Conflict