The Coroner’s Court in Northern Ireland ruled on Thursday that the use of lethal force by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in 1992 was “not justified.” The incident resulted in the killing of four members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The judgment found that the SAS, a specialist British military force, did not [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant. The order imposes significant sanctions on ICC officials and their immediate families. Such sanctions include the blocking of property and assets as well as suspension [...]

Italy’s justice minister on Wednesday defended the decision to repatriate accused Libyan war criminal Osama Njeem, blaming an allegedly “flawed” arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Njeem on January 18 for suspected crimes against humanity and war crimes against detainees in Libya from 2015 onwards. [...]

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar formally announced on Thursday that Israel will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). According to Saar’s letter, addressed to the UNHRC president, the decision was reached “in light of the ongoing and unrelenting institutional bias against Israel in the Human Rights Council.” Saar further wrote: The UNHRC has [...]

The House of Representatives of the Philippines voted on Wednesday to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte following allegations of corruption and serious breaches of the Constitution. This impeachment marks the first time a vice president of the Philippines has faced such proceedings. Accusations against Vice President Duterte include culpable violation of the constitution, bribery, graft [...]

DunixeBerlanas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The EU General Court on Wednesday upheld a significant financial penalty against Poland, amounting to approximately €320 million, over its non-compliance with EU laws through its judicial reforms enacted in 2019. The European Commission argued that legislative changes to Poland’s judicial system, specifically those adopted in December 2019, [...]

Minh Quang Pham, an accused member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was sentenced Tuesday to 44 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack at London’s Heathrow Airport in 2011. The sentence was handed down by Judge Richard Berman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to [...]

Human rights organizations called on the EU Tuesday to enact a complete ban on all trade and business with Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories. In a joint letter to the EU president more than 160 human rights groups, trade unions, and civil society groups urged the European Commission to adhere to obligations set out [...]

INTERPOL reported on Tuesday that “Operation Thunder” 2024 against wildlife and forestry trafficking, coordinated jointly with the World Customs Organization (WCO), resulted in the seizure of nearly 20,000 live animals and the arrest of 365 suspects. In 2024, Operation Thunder united law enforcement agencies from 138 countries and regions, making it the largest-ever global operation [...]

Amnesty International urged the government of the Philippines on Wednesday to cease using the country’s anti-terrorism laws against development workers and human rights activists, and to halt its “crackdown” on human rights organizations. The rights group called on the Philippine authorities to amend their current legislation and to implement a suitable environment that allows human [...]