The Bosnian War: Complicity and denial

Ratko Mladic is guilty. But what about all the others who were involved?

Remembering Armenia 1915-2015

Some call it the Armenian Genocide, others the Great Catastrophe. Some even deny it ever took place. One hundred years later, there are signs that the truth will finally be recognized.

Postponing the Day of Judgment is wrong

It is a cause for shame that the Nazi murderer Alois Brunner never faced public trial. Now he is dead. Yet that should not mean abandoning the indictment of others who have committed horrendous crimes.

Do Cry for Me, Guatemala

In a decision with bitter repercussions, on 10 May 2013 Guatemalan ex-dictator Jose Efraín Rios Montt was sentenced to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity. This victory happened after an unwarranted suspension of the trial and delaying tactics on the part of Montt’s legal team.

Old Nazis – why they should still be prosecuted

Many people believe it no longer matters if alleged Nazi era criminals – most of them now in their eighties or nineties – are brought to trial. “It was a long time ago”, “Let them be”, “They are too old”. But for many others – survivors of the concentration camps, the descendants of victims, and ordinary people with a sense of what is right – justice must be seen to be done.

Britain’s chance to confront the ghosts of past genocides

Nearly 70 years after the event, Britain is planning a memorial to the Holocaust so that future generations will not forget. But the real question is what will they remember?