Monday, July 28, 2014

Dutch prosecutors open war crimes probe into Malaysia Airlines crash

[JURIST] A spokesperson for the Dutch Public Prosecutor [official website, in Dutch] said Monday that their office has opened a war crimes investigation into last week's crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17 [BBC backgrounder] in Ukraine. Prosecutors are investigating allegations [Reuters report] of murder, war crimes and intentionally downing an airliner, and a representative is reportedly in Ukraine as part of the investigation. Under the Netherlands' Law on International Crimes [text, DOC], the government can prosecute any individual who committed crimes...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/07/dutch-prosecutors-open-war-crimes-probe-into-malaysia-airlines-crash.php

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