A regional human rights court found the state of Colombia responsible for the kidnap, torture, and rape of prominent journalist Jineth Bedoya 21 years ago. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled on Oct. 18 that Colombia was “internationally responsible …
A Brussels court litigated a case filed against the state by five Congo-born women who were separated from their African mothers on Thursday, October 14. Lea Tavares Mujinga, Monique Bintu Bingi, Noelle Verbeken, Simone Ngalula and Marie-Jose Loshi, all born …
A court in Italy has condemned a captain to a year in prison for turning over migrants rescued by his ship’s crew to the Libyan coast guard in 2018. According to the court’s ruling, ship captain has been sentenced to …
The United Nations’ top court has handed Somalia sovereignty of the majority of a potential oil- and gas-rich section of the Indian Ocean to Somalia. International Court of Justice (ICJ) chief judge Joan Donoghue said on Tuesday that the court …
The United Nations’ (UN) top court on Oct. 12 largely ruled in favor of Somalia in a legal dispute with neighboring Kenya over their sea border. In a 79-page judgement, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that there was …
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia was behind the 2006 murder of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London using poison. “The Court found in particular that there was a strong prima facie case that, in …
Armenia has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Azerbaijan on Thursday for decades of rights abuses against Armenian citizens and ethnic Armenians. In a statement released by The Hague-based International Court of Justice, the court …
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorized on Sept. 15 a full investigation into Philippine Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” that has killed thousands of Filipinos. ICC announced that there was “a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation, and …
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has endorsed the power of national privacy watchdogs to pursue cases against tech giants even if they are not their lead regulators. Europe’s top court ruled that national authorities, in cases where cross-border data …
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor is seeking for a full investigation into the drug war killings in the Philippines. ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on June 14 has requested authorization from ICC judges to investigate the “war on …