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Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila following an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Duterte is sworn in during a Senate enquiry into the war on drugs waged under his administration, in Manila, on 28 October 2024.
The ICC has got Duterte, what will the Philippines get?
13 March 2025 by Tom Smith (for Justice Info)
On March 12, former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was handed over to the International Criminal Court. His arrest comes in the context of a pro-West seduction campaign, from which Manila expects protection from China, expl [...]
The invaders return - Poster for the redesigned ‘’The Invaders‘’ series. A map of the world is inlaid in the starry sky. The invaders return
7 March 2025 by Thierry Cruvellier (Justice Info)
More and more countries – Russia, Israel, the United States, China, Azerbaijan, Venezuela – are publicly declaring their intent to conquer territories by force, or like Rwanda are doing it without admitting. The world order establ [...]
Raji Sourani, a Palestinian human rights lawyer, talks to Justice Info about the situation in the Gaza Strip (Palestine) and international law, following Donald Trump's statements. Photo: Sourani looks out of his office window. “I hope Gaza won’t be the graveyard of international law”
14 February 2025 by Pierre Hazan (for Justice Info)
On February 12, 2025, leading Palestinian human rights lawyer Raji Sourani [read bio below] talked to Justice Info, reacting to President Donald Trump’s declarations on Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s thr [...]
Is the death of the ICC imminent? And what does the future hold for international law? Two renowned experts, Mark Freeman and Mark Drumbl, examine these two topical issues. Illustration: Drumbl and Freeman by Benoît Peyrucq. Thinking about the death of the ICC and what comes next
7 February 2025 by Thierry Cruvellier (Justice Info)
Beyond the US sanctions, what led to the possible demise of the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Was the model and the supremacy of criminal law just misled from the start? And if the ICC falls off the cliff, what’s next? What’ [...]
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a hub for the mineral trade, is a magnet for neighbouring Rwanda, as it is for other countries further afield, in the European Union and elsewhere. Photo: Members of the M23 armed group, supported by Rwanda, patrol in Goma, North Kivu.
4 February 2025 by Kerstin Bree Carlson (for Justice Info)
Modern-day gold rush in North Kivu: what the law can do Is there a role for international law in what’s happening in North Kivu, and more generally in international peace, at a time when Rwanda seems to have drawn the conclusion of a global context marked by major powers openly conside [...]
Political treaty on the future of the Chagos Islands between the United Kingdom and Mauritius. Photo: The island of Diego Garcia seen from a satellite.
22 November 2024 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
Will the Chagos treaty address the wrongs of the past? In October 2024, the United Kingdom and Mauritius suddenly announced that they had “reached a political agreement on the future” of the Chagos islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean from which around 2,000 Chagossians were fo [...]
Palestine/Israel: what are the recommendations of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in terms of law, and the United Nations resolution to stop and repair the Israeli occupation deemed illegal. Photo: Special session of the UN General Assembly during a vote on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
7 October 2024 by Nada Kiswanson (for Justice Info)
Palestine-Israel: it’s time to implement a legal roadmap to peace A year after the October 7 attack, the war unleashed in response by Israel is spreading to the whole region. The UN’s World Court (ICJ) delivered in July an Opinion that has been followed, on September 18, by a large majority at t [...]
Universal jurisdiction in Germany and international law. Photo: Trial of Iraqi Taha Al-Jumailly in Frankfurt.
8 July 2024 by Hannah El-Hitami (our correspondent in Germany)
Trial and error: Germany reforms its law on international crimes Through the use of universal jurisdiction, German authorities have prosecuted perpetrators of atrocity crimes in Syria, Gambia and Iraq. Now, the German parliament has passed a law to reform the Code of Crimes Against Internationa [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has heard arguments from Aishath Shaan Shakir for the Maldives, on the subject of Israel's occupation of Palestine.
5 March 2024 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
Is the ICJ the new “nuclear weapon” of small states? The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) is now subject to thousands of memes and TikTok videos of its proceedings. A whole new generation have found out about this court via its involvement in the ongoing wars in Pale [...]
Israel & Gaza international law - Photo: a palestinian refugee camp in Gaza destroyed by an israeli air strike.
6 November 2023 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Israel and Gaza: what if the law of war had a say? Two major questions currently arise for the general public and for legal experts concerning the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza: what does international law say about the bombing of civilians and about humanitarian blockades? [...]
Air strike on Gaza
20 October 2023 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Bitter law in Palestine The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has been strongly criticized for his silence and lack of action on the Palestine situation. The contrast with his hyper activity and high-profile arrest warrants on Ukraine is str [...]
Universal jurisdiction - Overview of a session at the French National Assembly
12 June 2023 by Simon Foreman
Universal Jurisdiction: movement to end the French exception? In France, the Court of Cassation lifted two major constraints on universal jurisdiction on May 12. At the end of May, however, during negotiations on an international cooperation treaty in Ljubjana, Paris showed its concern to pr [...]
In a street of Vilnius (Lithuania) crowded with demonstrators, a huge flag of Ukraine is deployed on the road, held by Lithuanians.
9 September 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
Why Lithuania is at the forefront of the Ukrainian lawfare Lithuania has been front and centre when it comes to pushing for justice and accountability in a variety of fora since Russia’s attempt to invade Ukraine on a massive scale. Why?