Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity

List of Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity articles

Police officers guard a new laser and water show on June 30, 2017 in the old town of Kashgar, in Xinjiang , China
Police officers guard a new laser and water show on June 30, 2017 in the old town of Kashgar, in Xinjiang , China

China Is Turning a Crushed Xinjiang Into a Tourist Trap

After years of human rights abuses, Beijing wants Han visitors in the region.

Families are reunited with their children in Kyiv.
Families are reunited with their children in Kyiv.

The Kids Aren’t Alright

Kyiv says more than 16,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia. This is the story of a few who made it home.

Demonstrators protest in support of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny in front of the chancellery in Berlin.
Demonstrators protest in support of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny in front of the chancellery in Berlin.

It’s Time for the United States to Join the ICC

Strengthening the international justice system isn’t just the moral choice—it’s also the strategic one.

Uyghur men dance outside the Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, where authorities have created a parallel universe for tourists and locals.
Uyghur men dance outside the Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, where authorities have created a parallel universe for tourists and locals.
A photograph is seen near the memorial commemorating the Jedwabne pogrom in Jedwabne, Poland on July 29, 2021.
A photograph is seen near the memorial commemorating the Jedwabne pogrom in Jedwabne, Poland on July 29, 2021.

How Poland Distorts Its Holocaust History

The Polish government’s ongoing war on historians documenting Poles’ complicity in massacres has led to a politically motivated distortion of the past.

An illustration of Nury Turkel, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
An illustration of Nury Turkel, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

The Witness

Why is global outrage about the Uyghur genocide muted? Human rights advocate Nury Turkel has some ideas.

Jewher Ilham testifies during a hearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Jewher Ilham testifies during a hearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Western Academics Are Fighting for Disappeared Friends in Xinjiang

Mourning has consumed Xinjiang scholars for a region they can no longer reach.

Two soldiers are seen from the back on a dirt road.
Two soldiers are seen from the back on a dirt road.

Nigeria’s Alleged Forced Abortion Campaign Demands Action

For too long, the international community has ignored the Nigerian military’s abuses.

The Chinese and Russian ambassadors to the United Nations speak at the United Nations.
The Chinese and Russian ambassadors to the United Nations speak at the United Nations.

How an Unusual Coalition Outfoxed China and Russia at the U.N.

The United Nations, thanks to a clever procedural revolt by small countries, is finally moving to close one of its last gaps on international law.

A long-delayed report on human rights in China
A long-delayed report on human rights in China

The United Nations Is Scared of Calling Out China’s Genocide

A long-delayed report on Xinjiang was an important step forward, but it has critical omissions.

Crosses, flowers, and photographs mark the graves of victims of the battles for Irpin and Bucha at the cemetery of Irpin, Ukraine, on May 16.
Crosses, flowers, and photographs mark the graves of victims of the battles for Irpin and Bucha at the cemetery of Irpin, Ukraine, on May 16.

Russia’s Brutal Honesty Has Destroyed the West’s Appeasers

Yet plenty of Western intellectuals and politicians still ignore what Moscow is saying loud and clear.

A visitor at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin on Sept. 25, 2019.
A visitor at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin on Sept. 25, 2019.

Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.

A woman wearing a headscarf crouches in a prayer position with her palms raised between two gravestones.
A woman wearing a headscarf crouches in a prayer position with her palms raised between two gravestones.
A Russian soldier testifies against Vadim Shishimarin.
A Russian soldier testifies against Vadim Shishimarin.

Can There Be Real Justice in Ukraine?

Past tribunals offer valuable lessons for how war crimes and genocide could be prosecuted in Ukraine.

Ukrainian citizens and supporters attend a silent protest in Poland.
Ukrainian citizens and supporters attend a silent protest in Poland.

Congress Seeks to Declare Putin’s War Genocide

A bipartisan resolution will underscore that Russian war crimes in Ukraine have constituted a genocide.

Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, visits a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 13.
Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, visits a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 13.

Can Plea Bargains Save the ICC?

Negotiated settlements would allow the court to go after more bad actors and could even mitigate further atrocities.

A man stands in a damaged mosque.
A man stands in a damaged mosque.

Christian Nationalism Is Tearing Ethiopia Apart

A religious revival rooted in the country’s imperial history has coincided with civil war and the spread of genocidal rhetoric—endangering a diverse and multifaith nation.

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