U.N. Commission Inquiry Finds Evidence Of Crimes Against Humanity; Asks ICC To Investigate
September 06 2017
A United Nations commission has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate if human-rights violations committed in Burundi constitute crimes against humanity, reports Bloomberg News.
The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, in a report issued on Monday, said its investigators found that suspects in the East African country committed crimes such as extrajudicial executions, torture and enforced disappearances over the last two years.
The alleged perpetrators...
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