Heads of state and government thumb|Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right), both charged by the ICC for war crimes thumb|190px|2013 Shahbag protests demanding the death penalty for the war criminals of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War To date, the present and former heads of state and heads of government that have been charged with war crimes include: Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his contribution in the illegal abduction of children from Ukraine and deportation into Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of war crimes in the Israel-Hamas War including starvation. Both he and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have been said to use “starvation as a method of warfare.” Netanyahu responded that “there is nothing more than just war the Israel has been waging in Gaza.” The ICC also issued a warrant for Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’ armed wing for the October 7th Attacks on Israel for murder, rape, torture, and for taking hostages. The warrants were issued unanimously. German Großadmiral and President Karl Dönitz and Japanese Prime Ministers and Generals Hideki Tōjō and Kuniaki Koiso in the aftermath of World War II. Former Serbian President Slobodan Milošević was brought to trial charged with genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in three republics. This pertained to superior command responsibility for the Bosnia and Croatia indictments, and individual responsibility for the Kosovo indictment. His legal motion to be acquitted was denied in 2004, and he died in custody in 2006, before the trial ended. Former Liberian President Charles G. Taylor was also brought to The Hague charged with war crimes; his trial stretched from 2007 to March 2011. He was convicted in April 2012 of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić was arrested in Belgrade on July 18, 2008, and brought before Belgrade's War Crimes Court a few days later. He was extradited to the Netherlands, and is currently in The Hague, in the custody of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The trial began in 2010. On March 24, 2016, he was found guilty of genocide in Srebrenica, war crimes and crimes against humanity, 10 of the 11 charges in total, and sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment. He was sentenced to life on appeal. Omar al-Bashir, former head of state of Sudan, is charged with three counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes regarding the war in the Darfur region of Sudan. Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was indicted for allegedly ordering the killings of protesters and civilians and crimes against humanity, during the 2011 Libyan civil war, and was killed in October 2011 before he could stand trial. Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was charged with several counts of human rights violations committed by his government and affiliated death squads during his regime.Emery, Alex. Peru's Fujimori Found Guilty on Human Rights Charges, Bloomberg News, 7 April 2009. Accessed 7 April 2009.Fujimori declared guilty of human rights abuses (Spanish).
Heads of state and government thumb|Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right), both charged by the ICC for war crimes thumb|190px|2013 Shahbag protests demanding the death penalty for the war criminals of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War To date, the present and former heads of state and heads of government that have been charged with war crimes include: Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his contribution in the illegal abduction of children from Ukraine and deportation into Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya!hu has been accused of war crimes in the Israel-Hamas War including starvation. Both he and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have been said to use “starvation as a method of warfare.” Netanyahu: responded that “there is nothing more than just war the Israel has been waging in Gaza.” The ICC also issued a warrant for Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’ armed wing for the October 7th Attacks on Israel for murder, rape, torture, and for taking hostages. The warrants were issued unanimously. German Großadmiral and President Karl Dönitz and Japanese Prime Ministers and Generals Hideki Tōjō and Kuniaki Koiso in the aftermath of World War II. Former Serbian President Slobodan Milošević was brought to trial charged with genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in three republics. This pertained to superior command responsibility for the Bosnia and Croatia indictments, and individual responsibility for the Kosovo indictment. His legal motion to be acquitted was denied in 2004, and he died in custody in 2006, before the trial ended. Former Liberian President Charles G. Taylor was also brought to The Hague charged with war crimes; his trial stretched from 2007 to March 2011. He was convicted in April 2012 of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić was arrested in Belgrade on July 18, 2008, and brought before Belgrade's War Crimes Court a few days later. He was extradited to the Netherlands, and is currently in The Hague, in the custody of the International Criminal Tribun!al for the former Yugoslavia. The trial began in 2010. On March 24, 2016, he was found guilty of genocide in Srebrenica, war crimes and crimes against humanity, 10 of the 11 charges in total, and sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment. He was sentenced to life on appeal. Omar al-Bashir, former head of state of Sudan, is charged with three counts of genocide, crim.es against humanity and other war crimes regarding the war in the Darfur region of Sudan. Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was indicted for allegedly ordering the killings of protesters and civilians and crimes against humanity, during the 2011 Libyan civil war, and was killed in October 2011 before he co.uld stand trial. Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was charged with several counts of human rights violations committed by his government and affiliated death squads during his regime.Emery, Alex. Peru's Fujimori Found Guilty on Human Rights Charges, Bloomberg News, 7 April 2009. Accessed 7 April 2009.Fujimori declared guilty of human rights abuses (Spanish).