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Ben Roberts-Smith and the war crime of murder
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:15:23
Publish Date: 2026-04-07 16:00:00
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As a Victoria Cross recipient, Ben Roberts-Smith is one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers.

Now, he’s been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder. 

It comes after he lost a landmark defamation trial in which a judge found that on the balance of probabilities, allegations the former special forces soldier was responsible for, or complicit in the deaths of four detainees in Afghanistan were substantially true. 

Today, international law expert Don Rothwell on the charges, which if proven, could see Ben Roberts-Smith jailed for life.

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Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law at the Australian National University’s College of Law
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