Afghanistan: ICC Prosecutor Finds Grave Crimes The prosecutor’s office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should expedite its preliminary inquiry on grave international crimes committed in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today. In its November 2013 Report on Preliminary Examination Activities, the ICC prosecutor’s office found that “[W]ar crimes and crimes against humanity were and continue to be committed in Afghanistan,” and that it would examine whether the government was taking sufficient action to investigate and prosecute these crimes. “The ICC prosecutor’s finding that war crimes and crimes against humanity are still being committed in Afghanistan should kick-start a full inquiry to spur justice in the country,” said Richard Dicker, international justice director at Human Rights Watch. “This would signal to human rights abusers in Afghanistan that they can’t evade justice forever.” Read more: http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2013/12/01/afghanistan-icc-prosecutor-finds-grave-crimes.html Photo: Northern Alliance fighters executed a wounded Taliban soldier during their advance from Bagram, November 2001 - Tyler Hicks on Lens Blog