Germany filed an application Friday to bring proceedings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Italy for continuing to allow victims of Nazi war crimes to claim compensation from Germany even after an earlier ruling that such claims violate international law. In its application, Germany stated: Italian domestic courts have in the past disregarded [...]

US District Judge Timothy Kelly for the US District Court for the District of Columbia Sunday dismissed a request by the Republican National Committee (RNC) to block a subpoena asking its email vendor to release records involving the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The House committee investigating the attack made the subpoena request. The committee [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday filed a complaint challenging an Alabama law that criminalizes some medical treatments for transgender youth. The DOJ stated Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (VCCPA) “denies necessary medical care to children based solely on who they are” and threatens criminal action against doctors, parents, or others who [...]

From New Delhi, India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports for JURIST on recent top-level meetings of India’s senior judges and political leaders in which needed improvements to Indian court structure and process were discussed… Last week a conference of Chief Justices of different Indian High Courts and a joint conference of the Chief Justices of [...]

US District Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York Friday upheld British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction on sex trafficking charges. Nathan concluded that there was enough evidence to convict Maxwell of recruiting and grooming teenagers for Jeffrey Epstein. A federal jury convicted Maxwell on 5 of 6 counts after a 13-day [...]

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan Thursday revealed a new four-pronged investigation strategy for the ongoing investigation into the situation in Libya to the UN Security Council. The ICC investigation focuses on alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Libya since protests erupted against Muammar Gaddafi’s government in February 2011. The [...]