Weekly News Recap (27 October – 2 November 2025) © Photo by L.C. Nøttaasen via Flickr International Justice Section France: Investigating Judges Re-Issue New Arrest Warrant for Bashar al-Assad UK: Tribunal Ruling Defines Intelligence Agencies’ Duties to Prevent Complicity in Torture ECtHR: Rules States Must Carry Out Adequate Environmental Impact Assessments Before Granting Petroleum ExplorationContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (27 October – 2 November 2025)”
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Weekly News Recap (13 – 19 October 2025)
Weekly News Recap (13 – 19 October 2025) © Photo by United Nations Photo via Flickr International Justice Section ICC: Appeals Chamber Disqualifies Prosecutor Karim Khan from Duterte Case Over Conflict of Interest Concerns Haiti: Appeals Court Orders Fresh Investigation into 2021 Assassination of President Jovenel Moïse South Africa: ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel toContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (13 – 19 October 2025)”
Weekly News Recap (6 – 12 October 2025)
Weekly News Recap (6 – 12 October 2025) © Photo by EPP Group via Flickr International Justice Section ICC: First Darfur Militia Commander Found Guilty of Atrocities After Landmark Trial Iran: French-German National Acquitted of Espionage Charges After Lengthy Detention France: Launches War Crimes Investigation into Death of Photojournalist in Ukraine Bangladesh: Tribunal Launches InvestigationContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (6 – 12 October 2025)”
Weekly News Recap (8 – 14 September 2025)
Weekly News Recap (8 – 14 September 2025) © Photo by United Nations Photo via Flickr International Justice Section Israel: Supreme Court Rules Israel Depriving Palestinian Prisoners of Food ICC: Confirmation of Charges Hearing Postponed in Duterte Case Thailand: Former Prime Minister Sentenced to One-Year Prison Term by the Supreme Court ICC: Confirmation of ChargesContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (8 – 14 September 2025)”
Weekly News Recap (1 – 7 September 2025)
Weekly News Recap (1 – 7 September 2025) © Photo by CeeGee via Wikimedia Commons International Justice Section ICC: Schedules Rare In-Absentia Confirmation of Charges Hearing Against Ugandan Warlord Joseph Kony Indonesia: Rights Group Urges Probe into Deaths During Crackdown on Protests Bolivia: Court Convicts Two Priests of Covering Up Decades of Child Sexual AbuseContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (1 – 7 September 2025)”
Weekly News Recap (23 – 29 September 2024)
Weekly News Recap (23 – 29 September 2024) © Photo by United Nations Photo via Flickr International Justice Section Israel: Submits Legal Briefs to the International Criminal Court India: Supreme Court Rules Possession of Child Exploitation Material a Criminal Offence ECtHR: The Court Accepts Referral in Case Concerning Dispersal of a Protest ICJ: Group ofContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (23 – 29 September 2024)”
Weekly News Recap (16-22 September 2024)
Weekly News Recap (16 – 22 September 2024) © Photo by Jesus Tapia/Machu Picchu Municipality/AFP/Getty Images International Justice Section ECtHR: Switzerland Violated Family Rights’ of Bosnian National After 5-Year Expulsion Ban Georgia: Georgian Parliament Passes Anti-LBTQ+ Legislation India: Supreme Court Directs Wikipedia to Remove Victim’s Details in Kolkata Case EC: European Commission Fines Hungary 200Continue reading “Weekly News Recap (16-22 September 2024)”
Weekly News Recap (29 July – 4 August 2024)
Weekly News Recap (29 July – 2 August 2024) © Photo by United Nations Photo via Flickr International Justice Section ICJ: Poland Files an Application to Intervene in Allegations of Genocide in the Ukraine v. Russian Federation Case Germany: Parliament Debates Amending the Constitution to Include LGBT+ Protection Venezuela: Allegations of electoral fraud follow newly electedContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (29 July – 4 August 2024)”
Weekly News Recap (15-21 July 2024)
Weekly News Recap (15-21 July 2024) © Photo by Israel Defense Forces via Flickr International Justice Section Russia: Court Sentences Journalist in Absentia to 8 Years over False Information on Armed Forces On 15 July 2024, a Moscow court sentenced Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen in absentia to eight years in prison for spreading false informationContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (15-21 July 2024)”
Weekly News Recap (1-7 July 2024)
© Photo by Presidential Executive Office of Russia via Flickr International Justice Section Germany: Court Fines Far-Right Politician for Using Nazi Slogan US: Supreme Court Rules Former Presidents Immune from Certain Prosecutions Germany: Five Suspected of War Crimes in Syria Arrested Japan: The Supreme Court Rules Forced Sterilisation Law Unconstitutional Sierra Leone: Law Enacted toContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (1-7 July 2024)”