Three French judges investing claims of rape perpetrated by French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic (CAR) have not requested to bring charges.

A Paris prosecutor is to make the final decision whether charges should be laid – otherwise the case could be closed.

Ramush Haradinaj, former Prime Minister of Kosovo and guerilla commander during the Kosovo war, has been arrested in France on Serbian warrant.

“He was stopped by French authorities based on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia in 2004, which for us is unacceptable,” stated Kosovo’s foreign ministry. The ministry further stated that action is being taken to secure Haradinaj’s release.

A commission carried out by the Myanmar government rejected allegations of genocide against the Rohingya population in its interim report, published this week. 

The report described reports of human rights violations as "external allegations". Warning readers against believing "fabricated news and rumours", it said there was “insufficient evidence of mass rape”. 

An Israeli soldier was on Wednesday convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead an injured Palestinian. 

Sergeant Elor Azaria was found guilty by a three judge panel in a military court in Tel Aviv and will be sentenced on Sunday. 

The incident, which was captured on film by a Palestinian human rights activist, took place in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank on March 24. 

A United Nations study shows that Israeli authorities demolished or seized 1809 Palestinian owned structures in the West Bank in 2016.

Data collected by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs indicates that this is the highest since the collection of such data in 2009.

The Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday rejected the notion of a referendum on independence for Catalonia, responding to the Catalan's government's proposal to hold a referendum before September 2017. 

"It is not possible to hold a referendum that will do away with national sovereignty and the equality of Spaniards," he was quoted by Reuters as saying at a news conference. 

A former Bosnian police commander and then interior minister, Dragan Vikic has been charged for war crimes committed in 1992. 

Mr Vikic, along with three former officers is accused of killing eith Yugoslav People's Army prisoners of war who were captured after their vehicle broke down in Sarajevo in April 1992. 

Germany is to hold discussions with the Namibia government regarding an official apology and possible reparations for the genocide of the Herero and Namaqua people by German troops at the beginning of the 20th century, The Guardian 

Tens of thousands of Herero and Namaqua men, women and children were shot dead by troops or starved to death in camps. The  genocide is considered the first of the century. 

US federal authorities have arrested a Serbian man, after it was reported he lied about his involvement in war crimes to immigration officials.

The European Court of Justice ruled that a recently signed trade deal with Morocco would not cover Western Sahara, in a ruling that has been hailed by pro-independence activists.

The court ruling, related to two trade deals from 2000 and 2012, said that for the purposes of the trade agreement the term "territory of the Kingdom of Morocco" did not include Western Sahara.

UN Security Council votes affirmatively towards resolution demanding the halt of settlement activity by Israel on occupied Palestinian territory – with 14 votes in favor of the resolution and the United States abstaining.

The resolution is the first adopted on Israel and Palestine in approximately eight years. While the US’s decision to abstain serves a great rebuke against Israel in recent history.

More than 500 people have been arrested in West Papua after protests on the 55th anniversary of the Indonesian military occupation of the region last week.

TeleSUR English reported that a total of 528 people were arrested by Indonesian authorities, with at least one report of a protester being tortured by security forces. Several children are also thought to be amongst those detained.

Bosnian authorities have arrested two people this week over alleged war crimes committed more than 20 years ago.

The State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested Bosiljko Kraljevic, a former member of the ‘Klis’ First Battalion of the Third Brigade of the Croatian Defence Council, over allegations over his involvement in war crimes committed in 1993.

The United Nations General Assembly voted to establish an investigative body to “collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence,” as well as prepare cases on war crimes and human rights abuses committed during the conflict in Syria, reports the Telegraph.