European rights lawyers have called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to open an investigation into the Turkish government’s alleged crimes against humanity, including torture and persecution, committed both on Turkish ground and abroad.

For the first time ever, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will join a Eurojust joint investigation team, JIT, which was formed to probe whether genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes have been commited in Ukraine.

A Canadian citizen who allegedly gave voice to the media and propaganda efforts of the Islamic State (ISIS) was charged by U.S. federal prosecutors on Saturday for conspiring to support the terrorist organization’s crimes against humanity.