War criminals and dictators should not go unpunished – that was the idea when the International Criminal Court, short ICC, in The Hague began its work in 2002. But since 2015-2016 it is in crisis: several African countries have declared their withdrawal. Their argument: only Africans would be sentenced. Summer 2015: The central African country of Burundi is drowning in …

In Singapore, there are 32 offenses that could potentially warrant death sentences, 4 of these call for the mandatory death penalty, in fact, judges are not able to take into consideration mitigating circumstances when sentencing Murder, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, and possession of unauthorized firearms, ammunition or explosives. However, since an amendment to the law in 2012, the mandatory death penalty …

The 1st of February 2020 in Myanmar the Tatmadaw putted in place a coup d’etat for the victory in the election of the National League of Democracy, arresting the President Win Myint and the State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi who is still detained. The Myanmar army commander-in-chief, General Min Aung Hlaing, justified this move by claiming a fraud in …

Sudan is experiencing numerous protests following the military coup of 25 October 2021 and the resignation in early 2022 of Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdok. This has strengthened the military’s grip on power and seems to put an end to the democratic transition the country began in 2019. For 30 years, Sudan had been under the rule of Omar al-Bashir who …

Human rights are presently being violated in large numbers by entities other than the state, especially multinational corporations, as the wind of economic globalisation blows throughout the globe (MNCs). Unfortunately, many states, particularly developing ones, do not control the operations of multinational corporations for a variety of reasons, resulting in a regulatory vacuum. In this sense, one of the prominent …

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 12 Octobor 2021 issued a historic judgment in the case of J.C. and Others v. Belgium (application no. 11625/17) by a majority (six votes to one). It is concluded that there had been no violation of Article 6 § 1 (right of access to a court) of the European Convention on Human …

Recently, The Gambia state initiated a proceedings in the United States courts against Facebook. The proceeding was intended to compel the Facebook to reveal relevant information which Gambia seeks use in the case against Myanmar which was brought before International Court of Justice(ICJ). Accordingly, On September 22, 2021, a US court ordered Facebook to disclose materials relating to the perpetration of ethnic hatred …

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a press release On 16 September 2021. It is announced that Armenia had initiated a proceeding against Azerbaijan based on violations of the Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) before ICJ (France 24, 2021). Also, A week after Armenia filed an application against Azerbaijan at the ICJ, Baku filed a separate complaint …

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found on Tuesday, 21 September 2021 that Russia was responsible for the assassination of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko (Carter v. Russia, no. 20914/07, 21 September 2021). He died in 2006 after being poisoned in London with a rare radioactive substance. His death occurred after drinking a cup of green tea, which was …

Poland is a European Member State since its adhesion in 2004 to the European Union and for half a decade, the Polish government has been reshaping the country’s judicial system incurring in multiple and repeated violations on the most basic tenets of the rule of law, namely, the judiciary independence. Currently, Poland is embroiled in a legal struggle with the …