#International Law

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🇺🇸 Israeli drone attack kills Palestinians near Gaza mosque — 11/04/2026 [USA]
An Israeli drone attack near a mosque in central Gaza has killed at least 6 people.
Related: #Military Conflict, #Civilian Casualties
🇺🇸 Israel threatens healthcare as it continues to attack Lebanon — 10/04/2026 [USA]
Israel threatens healthcare as it continues to attack Lebanon
Related: #Armed Conflict, #Healthcare Protection
🇺🇸 Husband arrested after wife goes missing in the Bahamas — 09/04/2026 [USA]
Police in the Bahamas have arrested American Brian Hooker in connection with his wife's disappearance, according to his attorney. It comes as we're learning of a past domestic incident involving the c...
Related: #Crime, #Domestic Violence
🇺🇸 Spain accuses Israel of breaking international law, truce with Lebanon attacks — 09/04/2026 [USA]
Spain condemned the recent barrage of strikes in Lebanon, accusing the Israeli military of violating international law and the temporary ceasefire reached by the U.S. and Iran this week. “We’re facing...
Related: #International Diplomacy, #Middle East Conflict
🇺🇸 Former JAG officer: Strait of Hormuz toll would be 'illegal' — 09/04/2026 [USA]
A former judge advocate general (JAG) officer said on Wednesday that Iran’s proposed tax on oil-carrying ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz is “illegal.” Tehran set a new toll rate of the c...
Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy Security
🇺🇸 British officials openly reject proposed toll system for Strait of Hormuz — 09/04/2026 [USA]
British officials on Thursday rejected the idea of Iran setting up a toll system for the Strait of Hormuz, arguing that commercial ships should be able to traverse the waterway freely and safely under...
Related: #Maritime Security, #Geopolitics
🇺🇸 Lawyer for Man Shot by ICE Says He Beat Murder Charge in El Salvador — 08/04/2026 [USA]
The agency had been seeking him in Northern California, saying he was wanted for questioning in that country. On Wednesday, his lawyer said he was a victim of bad law enforcement work.
Related: #Immigration Enforcement, #Police Accountability
🇺🇸 A 92-year-old judge will take on the Maduro case. What do we know about him? — 25/03/2026 [USA]
Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro heads to court again this week. The judge overseeing this case is longtime federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein. At 92 years old, Hellerstein is older than the avera...
Related: #Judicial Oversight
🇺🇸 ‘The United States doesn’t even pretend to be within international law’ — 22/03/2026 [USA]
‘The United States doesn't even pretend to be within international law’
Related: #U.S. Foreign Policy
🇺🇸 Ghana pushes for slave trade to be declared a crime against Humanity — 22/03/2026 [USA]
Ghana's foreign minister proposed a resolution recognizing the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity.
Related: #Historical Justice
🇺🇸 Israel systematically torturing Palestinians in custody, says UN expert — 21/03/2026 [USA]
Report by Francesca Albanese says 'torture in detention used on unprecedented scale as punitive collective vengeance'.
Related: #Human Rights
🇺🇸 US East Asian allies in legal quandary as Trump seeks help in the Middle East — 19/03/2026 [USA]
US President Donald Trump is expected to discuss the Strait of Hormuz with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Related: #Alliance Politics
🇬🇧 Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is accused of conducting illegal excavations in Crimea - Ukraine's peninsula annexed by Russia.
Related: #Extradition
🇺🇦 Polish Court Approves Extradition Of Russian Archaeologist To Ukraine — 18/03/2026 [Ukraine]
A district court in Warsaw approved Ukraine’s request to extradite Russian archaeologist Aleksandr Butyagin, a prominent scholar accused by Kyiv of illegally conducting excavations in annexed Crimea a...
Related: #Geopolitical Tensions
🇺🇸 Polish court clears extradition of Russian archaeologist to Ukraine — 18/03/2026 [USA]
Alexander Butyagin, an academic with Russia's Hermitage Museum, is accused of illegal excavations in occupied Crimea.
Related: #Extradition
🇺🇸 UN report says Israeli airstrike on Iran prison is a war crime — 17/03/2026 [USA] Related: #War Crimes
🇬🇧 UK complicit in desecration of international law in Gaza, says Corbyn-led tribunal — 15/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Unofficial body co-chaired by ex-Labour leader says Britain failed to meet its duty to seek to prevent a genocideThe Labour government has been complicit in crimes committed by Israel in Gaz...
Related: #UK Foreign Policy, #Gaza Conflict
🇺🇸 Swedish court orders detention of Russian captain of tanker boarded off Sweden — 15/03/2026 [USA]
A Swedish court on Sunday ordered the detention of the Russian captain of a ship that was suspected to be sailing under a false flag in the Baltic Sea and was boarded by authorities last week.
Related: #Maritime Security
🇺🇸 ICC judge says US sanctions left her without bank cards and Google accounts — 15/03/2026 [USA]
An ICC judge says sanctions imposed by the Trump administration are punishing her for carrying out her judicial duties.
Related: #Geopolitical Sanctions
🇺🇸 Analysts say US threat of ‘no quarter’ for Iran violates international law — 14/03/2026 [USA]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there would be 'no quarter, no mercy' as US continues to pummel Iran.
Related: #US-Iran Relations
🇬🇧 The Guardian view on the Iran war and international law: it’s worse than a mistake; it’s a crime | Editorial — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Double standards in Europe and elsewhere are laid bare by the muted response to US and Israeli aggression and the killing of civiliansWhen Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine ...
Related: #War Ethics
🇺🇦 Ukraine scores legal victory in its campaign to make Russia's Gazprom pay — 13/03/2026 [Ukraine]
Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas giant Naftogaz won a case against Russia's Gazprom in a Swiss court, paving the way for the Russian company to pay more than $1.4 billion in debt.
Related: #Energy Disputes
🇺🇸 ICC prosecutor opens probe into Belarus over deportations to Lithuania — 12/03/2026 [USA]
The prosecutor's office said the crimes being investigated include deportation and persecution through deportation.
Related: #Migration Crisis
🇺🇦 Russia committed crimes against humanity through deportation of Ukrainian children, UN inquiry finds — 11/03/2026 [Ukraine]
The forced deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children by Russia throughout its full-scale war in Ukraine amounts to crimes against humanity, a United Nations (UN) investigation published on March ...
Related: #War Crimes
🇺🇸 Duterte’s drug war faces judgement at the ICC — 10/03/2026 [USA]
Victims of the Philippines’ drug war finally see a path to justice in The Hague.
Related: #Human Rights
🇬🇧 'Mind boggles' at doubts over legality of Iran war, Israeli president says — 08/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Isaac Herzog says Israel is acting out of "self-defence" on behalf of Israel, the wider region and Europe.
Related: #Geopolitical Tensions
🇺🇸 Iran attacks breach international law, Swiss Defence Minister says — 08/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Diplomatic Relations
🇺🇸 Iran’s legal case for striking the Gulf collapses under scrutiny — 07/03/2026 [USA]
Claims of self-defence cannot justify missile attacks on neighbouring states that were not party to the conflict.
Related: #Middle East Conflict
🇺🇸 UK Deputy PM says there could be 'legal basis' for British jets striking Iranian missile sites — 06/03/2026 [USA]
David Lammy, the United Kingdom’s deputy prime minister, raised eyebrows among British politicians on Friday after suggesting there was a “legal basis” for the Royal Air Force to participate in strike...
Related: #Military Action
🇬🇧 International law and the difficulty of dealing with Trump at war | Letters — 06/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Readers respond to the dilemmas facing Europe and Keir Starmer with the Iran conflictInternational law has evolved a lot since the 17th century, when sovereign nation states became the ...
Related: #Political Conflict