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The International Criminal Court (ICC) is tasked with investigating and prosecuting individuals responsible for the gravest of crimes — genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression. While the struggles faced by Afghan women and girls have yet to be classified, their plight demands attention. As human beings, these women and girls have been callously [...]

Finland is set become the 31st member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday, after the Turkish Parliament ratified Finland’s membership bid last week. Finnish Prime Minister Sauli Niinistö expressed his thanks to each of the member states, affirming that “Finland will be a strong and capable Ally, committed to the security [...]

Freedom and democracy are slumping worldwide, trends spurred on by rising authoritarianism, media suppression, and myriad governments’ failures to adhere to the rule of law, advocacy group Freedom House warned in its 2023 Freedom in the World report, released Thursday. The annual report, which ranks the world’s countries and territories from most to least free, [...]

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Letizia Ailio is a law student at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She files this dispatch from Maastricht.  One of the unintended consequences of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been the [...]

Spanish Parliament Thursday approved a law aimed at increasing the rights of trans and gender-nonconforming minors. The bill permits anyone over the age of 16 to change their legal gender identities and names without parental, governmental or medical approval. It passed with 191 votes in favor and 60 against. Previously, adults in Spain needed a [...]

Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wednesday reaffirmed in a speech that his nation does not support Sweden’s application to join NATO after several public burnings of the Quran in Stockholm. During a speech to his party’s deputies in Türkiye’s Grand National Assembly, Erdoğan stated: We closely follow developments regarding NATO’s enlargement process. Sweden, do not [...]

Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Sunday stated Sweden and Finland must extradite 130 alleged Kurdish terrorists in order for the Turkish parliament to ratify their accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Türkiye’s state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reported. In a youth meeting, Erdoğan stated his government had told Sweden, “Look, if you don’t extradite [...]

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson Sunday affirmed that Sweden is confident Türkiye will ratify Sweden’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) application. At the same time, Kristersson expressed concern since Sweden is unable to accept certain demands made by Türkiye. This comes as NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stolenberg said that “it is important that Sweden and [...]

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov Saturday warned Russian citizens of Russia launching  another wave of military mobilization. In a YouTube video released by Ukrainian military TV, Reznikov stated that within a week Russia will close the borders for its male citizens and declare martial law. Reznikov stated this will begin Russia’s wave of mobilization. During [...]

The Swedish Supreme Court Monday ruled that the extradition of journalist Bulent Kenes to Turkey would violate Swedish law. Kenes is a Turkish national who obtained asylum in Sweden after Turkish officials accused Kenes of participating in the 2016 attempted coup to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey has tied Sweden’s cooperation in extraditing wanted [...]