Hungary announced its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the beginning of April, an announcement that coincided with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the country’s capital. The visit took place amid a pending warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest issued by the ICC last November. The ICC’s Rome Statute obligates all [...]
As Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, former CJI, aptly stated: ‘Confidence in the judicial process is predicated on the trust which its written word generates.’ On March 14, a fire erupted in the residential bungalow of Delhi High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma. After extinguishing the flames, authorities allegedly discovered a significant sum of unaccounted for cash [...]
After the events following the seventh of October 2023, in May 2024, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC/Court) Prosecutor filed applications for arrest warrants for three Hamas Members, Israel’s prime minister, and the former Israeli minister of defense. Israel responded by challenging the Court’s jurisdiction. In November 2024, the ICC rebuffed Israel’s challenge as procedurally premature. [...]
The United Kingdom’s approach to artificial intelligence (AI) regulation embodies a balance between fostering innovation and adhering to the fundamental principles of the rule of law. The UK has recognized the importance of creating an environment conducive to technological advancement while ensuring that AI systems are governed in a way that is ethical, transparent, and [...]
Part one of the series can be found here. Let us come up the rough side of the mountain. After writing “Embracing the Repression,” I was asked about how to make courage contagious. After mulling this over for some time, I have concluded that I do not know for certain. That said, courage has a [...]
Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated following terrorist attacks in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 28 civilians. India accuses Pakistan of sponsoring these attacks, threatening several countermeasures. India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty, and in response, Pakistan has closed its airspace to Indian international flights. It is feared that India might strike Pakistan with [...]
As Syria undergoes a precarious government transition under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, now is a critical moment to hold members of the former regime accountable for widespread human rights violations. One effective approach would be to establish a Special Domestic Criminal Court to prosecute individuals responsible for crimes committed [...]
On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court heard a challenge brought by parents arguing that a Maryland School Board violated the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause by not allowing children to opt out of exposure to books that portray gay, lesbian and trans folks as worthy of dignity and equality. There are numerous complex legal doctrines [...]
On March 25, Trinidad and Tobago’s Court of Appeal overturned a High Court ruling that the country’s colonial-era “Buggery and Serious Indecency laws” are unconstitutional. The decision brought worldwide scrutiny and criticisms about backsliding human rights and what many rights groups deem the “re-criminalization of homosexuality.” The Court of Appeal’s reasoning in the decision is [...]
After the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia faced a response from the international community in the form of sanctions. Since then, almost 22,000 sanctions have been imposed on the country to target various spheres of the Russian economy and complicate waging the war. Over the last three years, the EU [...]
