Ukraine instituted proceedings against Russia Saturday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Hague in light of Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine. According to Ukraine, the case concerns “a dispute . . . relating to the interpretation, application and fulfilment of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.” [...]
In an open letter, 21 Canadian laws firms Monday urged the government to “respond meaningfully to the crisis in Afghanistan.” The letter calls on the Canadian government to “satisfy fully its promise of resettlement – effectively, efficiently, and without delay.” The letter addressed to the government by a group of Canadian national and regional law [...]
An ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Monday issued a decision allowing 15-year old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete in the ongoing 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. A urine sample taken from Valieva during the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Championships tested positive for a banned heart medication, trimetazidine. The Russian [...]
The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq (FSC) Sunday barred former foreign minister and Kurdish politician, Hoshyar Zebari, from representing the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Iraq’s presidential race, citing outstanding corruption allegations against him. Zebari said that, although he respects the judiciary, the decision is an “injustice.” Zebari has been a frontrunner in Iraq’s ongoing [...]
Myanmar’s military junta Saturday pardoned more than 800 prisoners on Myanmar’s 75th Union Day, a day which marks the country’s independence from British rule. State news agency Global New Light of Myanmar (GNLM) reported that the State Administration Council Chairman has withdrawn criminal proceedings against Arakan Army members and 46 subordinates in accordance with Section [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday lamented the four-year trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that failed to uncover the complete truth behind the 2017 murders of two UN experts, Zaida Catalán and Michael Sharpe, and their Congolese interpreter and motorbike drivers. Zaida Catalán, a Swedish-Chilean citizen, and Michael Sharpe, an American citizen, were [...]
Israel’s Public Security Minister, Omer Barlev, announced Monday that he will set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the Israeli police’s alleged use of NSO group’s Pegasus spyware for illicit surveillance of citizens. Barlev initially denied that the Israeli police used the spyware for illegal surveillance following allegations by Israeli news portal Calcalist’s investigative [...]
The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq suspended former foreign minister and Kurdish politician Hoshyar Zebari’s candidacy for president Sunday during the pendency of a case seeking his disqualification over corruption allegations. On Monday, Iraq’s parliament reportedly lacked the quorum to hold a session and indefinitely postponed the vote for the president. Iraq’s state news agency [...]
Tunisian President Kais Saied dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council Sunday. In a meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior, President Saied called the council “a thing of the past.” The president accused members of the judiciary of corruption and collusion with criminals. He alluded that positions in the judiciary are sold and [...]
The African Union (AU) Monday suspended Burkina Faso in response to the January 24 military coup ousting President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. The Peace and Security Council, the AU’s standing decision-making organ for the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts, announced its decision “to suspend the participation of Burkina Faso in all AU activities until [...]
