In the aftermath of the high-profile arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, my UNSW Law & Justice colleague, Professor Sarah Williams, and I wrote a piece about the challenges Australia will have to navigate in conducting domestic prosecutions of international crimes: www.ejiltalk.org/challenging-...
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Challenging Times Ahead: Australia’s War Crimes Prosecutions
On Tuesday, 7 April 2026, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested and charged with five counts of the war crime of murder. He is the second soldier charged following...