Reckoning with War Crimes — Australia's ...

Tensions emerged during this weeks' national Plenary Council as bishops overruled  the people's votes. At one point the bishops rejected  women-in-leadership motions, including ordination to diaconate. Women’s leadership was only one contentious issue. 

For the first time in Australia's census history, fewer than half of respondents identified as Christian. So, how might the rise of 'no religion' play out in our legal system? 

After a four-year consultation process, involving 220,000 people, the Plenary Council will reach its second and final assembly in July. Rebuilding confidence in the church will be a significant agenda item. 

What is a war crime? How is it different to a crime against humanity and genocide? And who holds those responsible to account? Find out in this bonus episode of The Explanation, from the BBC World Service. 

Could British ministers - and British civilians who fought with the Israeli Defence Forces - face prosecution for aiding and abetting Israel's war crimes? A new legal case has been launched - including a criminal complaint alleging UK government ministers' complicity in war crime ... Show More

Gideon discusses the history of international humanitarian law since the first world war with Boyd van Dijk, a historian at Oxford university and author of a recent book, Preparing for War - The Making of the Geneva Conventions. They discuss current efforts to prevent war crimes ... Show More

الجيش الإسرائيلي يدفع باتجاه الحرب على لبنان... ودبلوماسيون أميركيون يتهمون بايدن بـ"التواطؤ" بالحرب على غزة... وديفيد كاميرون يعود وزيراً للخارجية البريطانية 

Boutcha... Kharkiv... Marioupol pour ne citer que ces quelques villes martyres, depuis le 24 février 2022 et le début de l’invasion russe en Ukraine, les témoignages de crimes de guerre, viols, tortures et violences sur les civils se font de plus en plus nombreux. Alors que la gu ... Show More

La guerre de Sécession 2/2. Qui sont les généraux Lee et Grant qui représentent le sud et le nord ? Comment ont agi les Noirs américains au cours de cette guerre ? Quelle fut la postérité du conflit ? Autant de questions auxquelles répond Vincent Bernard, historien militaire et a ... Show More

The host talks with Justin Watt, an American soldier stationed in Iraq at the time of the Janabi family slaying, as covered in episode 78 of Casefile. Months after the murders, a sergeant confided that one of their fellow soldiers was responsible for the brutal crime. Justin put ... Show More

In the second part of his documentary looking at the Asian contribution to WW1, Sarfraz Manzoor charts the experiences of soldiers and labourers in Mesopotamia and Gallipoli. The story for India changes as the war wears on. Recruitment becomes more draconian, British officers are ... Show More