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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld Thursday a lower court ruling that restricted the increased flow of gas through Germany’s OPAL pipeline. The CJEU ruled that the concept of “energy solidarity” was well-grounded in European law, rejecting Germany’s argument that energy solidarity is merely a political concept. The OPAL pipeline runs [...]

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees....

In a 98-2 vote , the US Senate on Thursday passed H.R. 3364 , a bill that imposes new sanctions on Russia. This development comes two days after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly...

The US House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday regarding sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, with a vote of 419-3. The sanctions against Iran are for the country's ballistic missile program, terrorism related...

JURIST Guest Columnist Roy Lee discusses the applications of principles from the Star Wars film series to contemporary issues in international relations... In the ever-popular Star Wars series, the Jedi and the Rebel Alliance are pitted against the Sith and...

Dutch lawmakers agreed to create a free-trade area with Ukraine on Tuesday, completing lengthy and contentious negotiations between the EU and Russia. The ongoing geopolitical battle between Moscow and Brussels over the future of Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin considers...

The Ukrainian Parliament approved a resolution Thursday that recognizes the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide. On May 18, 1944, under orders from Josef Stalin, more than 180,000 indigenous people were...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday spoke to Germany's Bild newspaper , calling for further sanctions against Russia after they allegedly failed to honor a ceasefire. An agreement was signed in Minsk...

Shortly before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence declassified the torture report, the UN Committee Against Torture released their own report condemning the US for failure to comply with the international Convention Against Torture treaty. Following the December 9,...

JURIST Guest Columnist Philip Leach, of Middlesex University and the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), discusses how the Irish government has urged the European Court of Human Rights to reopen the 1978 case Ireland v. UK ...The Irish...