International Justice Section ICJ: Schedule For The Public Hearings In Alleged Violations Of Sovereign Rights And Maritime Spaces In The Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Colombia) Bolivia: Former President Jeanine Anez In “Stable” Condition After Suicide Attempt Following Genocide Charge USA: Statement of Ben Ferencz, Last Surviving Nuremberg Prosecutor, To Be Filed In The 9/11 CaseContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (23-29 August 2021)”
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Weekly News Recap (16-22 August 2021)
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION ECCC: Appeals Trial Of Former Khmer Rouge Leader Khieu Samphan Bosnia and Herzegovina: Former Bosnian Serb Soldier Sentenced To 20 Years For War Crimes Poland: Appeals Court Overturns A Ruling Against Holocaust Historians Bosnia And Herzegovina: Prosecutors Bring Charges Against Serb Ex-Policemen For wartime Murders And Rape IACtHR: Ecuador Held Responsible ForContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (16-22 August 2021)”
Weekly News Recap (9-15 August 2021)
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION Sweden: War Crimes Trial Against Iranian National Commences ICJ: Professor Hilary Charlesworth Nominated For Election As A Judge Nigeria: Shell Agrees To Pay £95 Million Over Oil Spills Sudan: Foreign Minister Announces Sudan Will Hand Over Omar Al-Bashir And Other Officials To The ICC ICC: Venezuela Is “Unwilling” To Investigate Crimes AgainstContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (9-15 August 2021)”
Weekly News Recap (2-8 August 2021)
International Justice Section Germany: A 100-Year Old Former NS Guard to Stand Trial Over Charges on the Operation of Concentration Camps IACHR: Precautionary Measures Adopted in Favour of Flor de María Ramírez in Nicaragua Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prosecutor Drops Investigations into Wartime Destruction of Mosques ICC: Arrest Warrant Against Simone Gbagbo Vacated Germany: Police ArrestContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (2-8 August 2021)”
Weekly News Recap (26 July-1 August 2021)
International Justice Section Israel & Palestine: Human Rights Watch Demands ICC Investigation Into Apparent War Crimes in Gaza Sweden: Authorities Indict an Iranian National for Inflicting War Crimes ECtHR: Applicant’s Right to Freedom of Expression Disproportionately Interfered with in Portugal ECtHR: Applicant’s Right to a Fair Hearing Violated in The Netherlands ECtHR: Applicants’ Right toContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (26 July-1 August 2021)”
Weekly News Recap (12-18 July 2021)
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION USA: Court Found Syria, Iran, and Three Iranian Banks Responsible for Sponsoring Terrorism UK: Lawsuit Brought by 40 000 Nigerians Against Shell Over Oil Spill ECtHR: Turkey’s Emergency Expropriation Proceedings Against Owners of Land Submerged by Water from the Pembelik Hydroelectric Dam Held in Violation ECtHR: Bulgarian Measures on the Forfeiture ofContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (12-18 July 2021)”
Weekly News Recap (5-11 July 2021)
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION Kosovo: Pristina Basic Court Convicted Former Policeman for Rape and Participation of Expulsion of Ethnic Albanians During the Kosovo War ECtHR: Russian Court Violated Rights by Stripping Parent of Contact Rights Due to Gender Reassignment Colombia: Special Jurisdiction for Peace Charged Ten Military Personnel and One Civilian with War Crimes and CrimesContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (5-11 July 2021)”
Weekly News Recap (28 June-4 July 2021)
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION IACHR: Precautionary Measures in Favor of Beneficiaries in Nicaragua ECtHR: Applicants’ Right to Procedural Safeguards Against Arbitrary Interference with Rights under Art. 10 Upheld in Russia ECtHR: Applicants’ Deprivation of Liberty in Detention Deemed Unlawful in Cyprus ECtHR: Applicants’ Right to a Belief/Spiritual Practice Unlawfully Interfered with in Moldova ECtHR: Applicants’ RightsContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (28 June-4 July 2021)”
Weekly News Recap (21-27 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION ECtHR: Applicant’s Right to Effective Investigation into Alleged Sexual Abuse Violated in Estonia ECtHR: Applicant’s Right to Private Life Unlawfully and Disproportionately Interfered with in the United Kingdom IACHR: IACtHR Requested to Adopt Provisional Measures to Protect People Seeking to Participate in November Elections in Nicaragua ECtHR: Applicant’s Right to Not beContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (21-27 June 2021)”
Weekly News Recap (14-20 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION Myanmar: Trial against Aung San Suu Kyi Commenced ECCC: Decision on Succession Request to Continue Civil Party Action USA: Supreme Court Refused to Move California Suit against Oil Companies to Federal Court ECtHR: Judgement Concerning a Dismissal of a Public-Sector Employee for Having “Liked” Facebook Posts ECtHR: Judgement Concerning a Criminal ConvictionContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (14-20 June 2021)”