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Ecuador initiated proceedings against Mexico before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday for allegedly violating international law by giving political asylum to former vice president Jorge Glas. Glas had already been convicted of corruption and bribery for involvement in the Odebrecht case and was being investigated for corruption concerning the use of funds for [...]

The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, announced on Monday in a televised speech that he will continue in office despite the corruption allegations against his wife. Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gomez, was accused of unduly leveraging her position to influence business deals. Sánchez said he took five days off to reflect on the matter and has [...]

Thousands of people marched in Madrid Friday supporting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez after the publication of his letter on Twitter stating he needs “time to reflect” after a court in Madrid started a preliminary investigation against his wife on alleged corruption charges. The case was brought forward by a group called “Manos Limpias” (Clean [...]

Hungarian opposition politician and lawyer Péter Magyar gathered with thousands of demonstrators Friday before the nation’s Interior Ministry to demand the resignation of the head of the institution, Sándor Pintér. Magyar, the former husband of the resigned Minister of Justice Judit Varga, called for the protest on Facebook earlier that day and demanded Pintér claim responsibility [...]

The Election Commission of India (ECI) issued election code violation notices Thursday to India’s two largest political parties, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the largest opposition party, the Indian National Congress (INC). The notices are issued for violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by the star campaigners of both parties, including [...]

Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky was released from custody on bail for UAH 75.7 million Friday amid accusations of involvement in a scheme to illegally acquire state-owned land. A statement by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine further specified that the bail amount had been set by the [...]

Marissa Zupancic is JURIST’s Washington DC Correspondent, a JURIST Senior Editor and a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She’s stationed in Washington during her Semester in DC. Today I attended oral arguments at the US Supreme Court for Trump v. US, a case concerning whether a president has absolute immunity after they [...]

The Madrid Prosecutor’s Office in Spain asked the court on Thursday to drop the case against Begoña Gomez, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife, for the alleged crime of peddling influence and corruption, sources told Spanish news source EFE. The prosecutors appealed a local court’s decision to open preliminary investigations into the links between Begoña Gomez [...]

Amnesty International urged Lesothan authorities on Thursday to publicly intervene and take action against alleged threats made against Phafane Nkotsi, a journalist and owner of the Lesotho Tribune. Amnesty International’s statement follows a recent publication by the company regarding allegations of corruption at the Public Officers Defined Contribution Fund, which is also referred to as [...]

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on Tuesday announced that it had exposed a scheme to illegally acquire state-owned land worth $7 million between 2017 and 2021 led by a criminal group involving the country’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solsky. The NABU didn’t openly name the Ukrainian minister but said the [...]