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Weekly News Recap (13 – 19 July 2026)

Weekly News Recap (13 – 19 July 2026) © Photo by USAID U.S. Agency for International Development via Flickr International Justice Section ICC: Prosecution Requests Withdrawal of War Crimes Charges Against Abdallah Banda Sudan: Anti-Terrorism Court Sentences RSF Leadership to Death in Absentia US: Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Executive Order Targeting ICC-Related Advocacy ICC:Continue reading “Weekly News Recap (13 – 19 July 2026)”

Weekly News Recap (6 – 12 July 2026)

Weekly News Recap (6 – 12 July 2026) © Photo by U.S. Pacific Fleet via Flickr International Justice Section Austria: Court Sentences Two Former Syrian Security Officials to Eight Years in Prison ECtHR: Communicates Case Concerning Alleged Detention and Abuse of Ukrainian Civilians by Russian Armed Forces Greece: Spyware Victims File Damages Claims Against IntellexaContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (6 – 12 July 2026)”

Weekly News Recap (29 June – 5 July 2026)

Weekly News Recap (29 June – 5 July 2026) © Photo by Thomas Hawk via Flickr International Justice Section ICJ: Poland Files Intervention in Lithuania v. Belarus Migrant Smuggling Case US: Supreme Court Rejects President Trump’s Executive Order to Restrict Birthright Citizenship Germany: Prosecutors Arrest Suspect in 1994 Rwanda Genocide Case Germany: Indicts Ukrainian inContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (29 June – 5 July 2026)”

Weekly News Recap (15 – 21 June 2026)

Weekly News Recap (15 – 21 June 2026) © Photo by USAID U.S. Agency for International Development via Flickr International Justice Section Netherlands: Court Sentences Former Syrian Interrogator for Crimes Against Humanity PCA: Rejects Several Ukrainian Claims Against Russia in Kerch Strait Case Israel: Supreme Court Upholds Detention of Gaza Hospital Director ECtHR: Finds HungaryContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (15 – 21 June 2026)”

Weekly News Recap (4 – 10 May 2026)

Weekly News Recap (4 – 10 May 2026) © Photo by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid via Flickr International Justice Section Iraq: Court Sentences Four People for Promoting Banned Baath Party Ideology ECtHR: Finds Türkiye Violated Legality and Inhuman Treatment Guarantees in FETÖ/PDY Conviction ECtHR: Finds Türkiye Violated Inhuman Treatment and Liberty Guarantees inContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (4 – 10 May 2026)”

Weekly News Recap (20 – 26 April 2026)

Weekly News Recap (20 – 26 April 2026) © Photo by United Nations Photo via Flickr International Justice Section Bosnia and Herzegovina: Court Upholds Acquittal of Wartime Security Chief Bjelosevic ECtHR: Finds Dutch Life Sentence Review System Meets Convention Standards ECtHR: Finds Violations in Dutch Treatment of Venezuelan Detainees in Curaçao ICC: Pre-Trial Chamber ConfirmsContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (20 – 26 April 2026)”

Weekly News Recap (13 – 19 April 2026)

Weekly News Recap (13 – 19 April 2026) © Photo by U.S. Pacific Fleet via Flickr International Justice Section France: Court Convicts Lafarge of Financing Terrorism in Syria in Landmark Corporate Accountability Ruling Kazakhstan: Court Jails Xinjiang Rights Activists after Chinese Consulate Pressure ECtHR: Finds Hungary Violated Obligation to Prevent Inhuman or Degrading Treatment inContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (13 – 19 April 2026)”

Weekly News Recap (30 March – 5 April 2026)

Weekly News Recap (30 March – 5 April 2026) © Photo by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid via Flickr International Justice Section ECtHR: Rules Denmark Breached Prohibition of Inhuman Treatment in Prolonged Restraint of Psychiatric Patient ECtHR: Rules Russia Violated Right to Fair Trial in Conviction Based on Testimony of Absent Witness KSC: JudgeContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (30 March – 5 April 2026)”

Weekly News Recap (23 – 29 March 2026)

Weekly News Recap (23 – 29 March 2026) © Photo by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid via Flickr International Justice Section China: Court Sentences Human Rights Lawyer Xie Yang to Five Years for Inciting Subversion Following Secret Trial India: Court Sentences Kashmiri Separatist Leader Aasiya Andrabi to Life Imprisonment Under Anti-Terror Law ECtHR: FindsContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (23 – 29 March 2026)”

Weekly News Recap (2 – 8 March 2026)

Weekly News Recap (2 – 8 March 2026) © Photo by Paul Keller via Flickr International Justice Section ECtHR: Finds Norway Did Not Violate Property Rights in Indigenous Grazing Rights Case Kosovo: Court Orders Pre-Trial Detention of Four Kosovo Serbs in 1998 War Crimes Investigation UK: Supreme Court Rules Spain Cannot Claim State Immunity inContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (2 – 8 March 2026)”