At the end of November 2022 the ECCHR, a German NGO, has reported to the ICC some high-ranking officials from EU member States and agencies (most notably Matteo Salvini and Marco Minniti, former Italian interior ministers, Federica Mogherini, former European high representative for foreign affairs, and Robert Abela and Joseph Muscat, current and former Maltese prime ministers) for crime against …

As Peru’s first female President is taking over control of the region post the dramatic impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo, the world has been looking on to Peru with uncertainty. President Castillo was impeached by the very Congress he tried to dissolve and replace with an ‘exceptional emergency government’. He had announced on National Television of his agenda to …

The technological development of recent years has highlighted many cyber-based threats. The most recent threats concern spyware software and their market for commercial use that is booming. The increasing use of mercenary spyware that violates privacy rights, silences opposition and the free press, and shields governments from public scrutiny are increasing their digital footprint and should be considered as the …

On the 23rd of November the UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the possibility for the Scottish parliament to hold a new independence referendum, that was planned to take place in October 2023, without prior approval from the UK government. The court highlighted that the Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate on independence because it pertains to …

Unilateral sanctions are a political tool operating through restrictive economic measures aimed to coerce a target to fall in line with sanctioning State’s foreign policy, imposed without the authorisation of an international organisation. While usually sanctions pertain to economic relations between the targeting and the targeted State (primary sanctions), to enforce those in recent years there has been a proliferation …

Within a few months, the European Court for Human Rights found Turkey accountable twice for violating Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the freedom of expression. In April 2021, in the case of Ahmet Hüsrev Altan v. Turkey, the Court held that there had been an infringement of the applicant’s freedom of expression and freedom of …

Following the current unrest in Iran, a Revolutionary Court in Tehran issued earlier this week the first death sentence to an anti-government protestor. Within the next few days, four more people were sentenced to death, all five with the charge of “enmity against God” due to their participation in the ongoing protest movement. According to judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei …

Soon after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and the termination of freedom of movement between the two, the UK Government introduced its “New Plan for Immigration”, which not only added further limitations on the rights of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers but also proposed the amendment of the British Nationality Act 1981 (BNA). Despite the …

Recently Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, welcomed the decision of Kenya to charge 12 of its senior police officers for murder, torture and rape as crimes against humanity in the context of State’s 2017 post-electoral violence as an important improvement towards accountability for gross violations of human rights, stating that this “ground breaking decision is a …

As the world is gearing up for FIFA 2022, the event not only would be the most celebrated sporting event after the Pandemic but also will find its place in history for exposing the horrendous Kafala system. Previously the international community often focused on armed conflict and terror in the Middle East, however, recently, the plight of migrant workers under …