RYAN LUCAS, BYLINE: Congress passed the U.S. War Crimes Act in 1996. It gives the Justice Department jurisdiction to prosecute violations of the laws of war in American courts.

Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas, the Civil War in Sudan. All of these conflicts have allegations of atrocities, and under U.S. law, the U.S. Justice ...

Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas, the Civil War in Sudan. All of these conflicts have allegations of atrocities, and under U.S. law, the U.S. Justice ...