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The current conflict engulfing Israel and Palestine raises significant issues of international law and policy. This is part one in an anticipated two-part series that will discuss some of the relevant legal questions before the International Criminal Court (ICC; Part I) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ; Part II).  With both courts located in [...]

JURIST’s James Joseph interviews Patrick Kroker, Senior Legal Advisor at the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) in Berlin, Germany to discuss the war crimes criminal complaint filed with the German Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office on January 18, 2024 against Turkish-backed militias in Syria’s Afrin region. The complaint calls for an investigation of [...]

On Monday, Hague District Court in the Netherlands sentenced former Syrian militia member, identified only as Mustafa A., to 12 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during his time as Liwa al-Quds leader between 2011 and 2017. The court identified Liwa al-Quds, as a “criminal organization that intended to commit… international [...]

France’s highest court dismissed an appeal Tuesday from Lafarge, a French building materials manufacturer, seeking to drop charges of complicity in crimes against humanity. In 2017, Sherpa, the European Centre for Constitutional and Human rights, as well as 11 former employees, filed a complaint alleging that Lafarge had financed terrorist groups, endangered the lives of [...]

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) reported on Monday that at least six civilians have been wounded, and several civilian facilities have been destroyed after Turkish shelling and airstrikes in northeast Syria. Since Friday, Türkiye has launched 73 attacks, targeting oil stations, electricity plants, control points of the internal security forces, as [...]

Pakistan’s foreign affairs ministry Tuesday condemned an Iranian airstrike inside the country that reportedly killed two children and injured three others, calling the strike an “unprovoked violation” of its airspace. In its statement, Pakistan’s foreign ministry called Iran’s act “illegal” as it allegedly violated Pakistan’s territorial sovereignty. The ministry termed Iran’s actions “concerning” as they [...]

Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence released Thursday its second statement announcing the arrest of 35 “suicide terrorist operatives” in connection with January 3 attacks in Kerman, a city in south-central Iran that reportedly killed at least 103 and injured more than 100 people. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have taken responsibility for the attack. [...]

The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights announced Thursday that Barzin Hamzeh-Zadeh, a 16-year-old boy whom the Iranian government tortured, had died from his injuries. At age 15, Hamzeh-Zadeh was arrested in 2022 during the Jin, Jiyan, and Azadi movements and was held for a week by Iranian security forces. He was regularly beaten during his [...]

South Africa initiated proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday, according to a press release from the ICJ. South Africa alleges that Israel’s actions during its military operations in Gaza violate the UN’s 1948 Genocide Convention. Particularly, South Africa claims that Israel has engaged in, is engaging in and risks [...]

Former Russian military intelligence officer Igor Salikov arrived in the Netherlands this week to testify as a witness at the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding Russian war crimes. Salikov is a former intelligence officer who took part in operations conducted by the Russian Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the [...]