Tjyylli

Nobel Prizes aren't without controversy, and I was wondering if a Nobel Peace laureate has ever been accused of war crimes.

For the purpose of this question, I will accept accusations of war crimes by countries or other international bodies including accusations dating before the peace prize was awarded.

The sitting president of Myanmar has a Nobel peace prize and there are calls for some of her military leaders, including herself (the commander in chief), to be prosecuted for war crimes.

Also: Henry Kissinger isn't an angel as already pointed out in a separate answer.

(Aside: Nobel himself was considered a merchant of death, according to his pre-released obituary, when journalists mistook his brother's death for his own. This incidentally led him to create the Nobel Prize.)

The closest I can think of is Henry Kissinger. He has accused by many of war crimes, with a judge in Argentina considering him a 'defendant or suspect'.

I'm sure there's more, but here are the ones that I can remember:

Henry Kissinger

He was the U.S. Secretary of State during both the Nixon and Ford administrations and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973. He served as the U.S. Secretary of State during both the Nixon and Ford administrations and was accused of war crimes for his role in the secret American bombings in Cambodia. He is accused of committing the following war crime: Source

• Violating Art. 25 of Hague IV ("The attack or bombardment, by whatever means, of towns, villages, dwellings, or buildings which are undefended is prohibited")

In fact, Kissinger is so afraid of being arrested for war crimes that he does not travel outside of the United States.

Barack Obama

He was the 44th President of the United States and received the Nobel Peace Prize just 12 days after taking office. He is accused of committing the following war crimes: Source

• Violating Art. 23 of Hague IV ("it is especially forbidden... To
  declare abolished, suspended, or inadmissible in a court of law the
  rights and actions of the nationals of the hostile party") by killing
  Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and Mamana Bibi without providing evidence of either militancy or criminality and without any form of due process
  whatsoever.


• Violating Art. 25 of Hague IV ("The attack or bombardment, by whatever means, of towns, villages, dwellings, or buildings which are undefended is prohibited") by bombing Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, Giovanni Lo Porto, and Warren Weinstein, all of whom were in undefended buildings.


• Violating common Art. 3 of the Geneva Conventions as defined by U.S. Code § 2441 (d)(1)(b) ("Cruel or Inhuman Treatment - The act of a person who commits, or conspires or attempts to commit, an act intended to inflict severe or serious... mental pain or suffering... upon another within his custody or control") by keeping people, especially people in northern Pakistan, in perpetual fear of death leading to severe mental suffering through the constant presence of drones and the threat of drone strikes.


• Violating common Art. 3 of the Geneva Conventions as defined by 18 U.S. Code § 2441 (d)(1)(d) ("Murder - The act of a person who intentionally kills... or kills whether intentionally or unintentionally in the course of committing any other offense under this subsection, one or more persons taking no active part in the hostilities") by intentionally killing Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and Mamana Bibi, by inadvertently killing Giovanni Lo Porto and Warren Weinstein during an attack on an undefended building, and by inadvertently killing eight bystanders during the murder of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki.


• Violating common Art. 3 of the Geneva Conventions as defined by 18 U.S. Code § 2441 (d)(1)(e) ("Mutilation or Maiming - The act of a person who... injures whether intentionally or unintentionally in the course of committing any other offense under this subsection, one or more persons taking no active part in the hostilities") by inadvertently injuring the grandchildren of Mamana Bibi during her murder.