LUCAS: She says there was a lot of hope that the Department would do more, given the current armed conflicts in the world. She points to the Civil War in Sudan, where the Biden administration ...

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.

ELI ROSENBAUM: Under Attorney General Garland, there has been a concerted effort to pursue justice in the wake of human rights violations, atrocity crimes, war crimes, at a level, I think, never ...

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. It sat unused for ...