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25 States Back Tribunal Pact Ahead of Council of Europe Signing

The broader backing is meant to bolster legitimacy for an ad hoc court based in The Hague.

Mladić Seeks Health-Based Release From The Hague

Met Police Decline War-Crimes Probe Into Ten British Nationals Who Served With IDF

U.S. Sanctions Ex-DRC President Joseph Kabila Over Alleged Rebel Support

U.N. Court Orders Independent Health Review for Ratko Mladic After Release Request

Syria Opens First Public Trials of Assad-Era Officials as Najib Appears in Court

Yemeni Lawmaker Sues Ex-U.S. Commandos Over Alleged UAE-Funded Assassination Plot

Dutch Prosecutors Seek 7-Year Sentence for Woman Tied to IS Over Son’s Recruitment as Child Soldier

EU Starts Accession to Ukraine Aggression Tribunal as Sweden Pledges Founding Role

Argentina Marks 50 Years Since Coup With Mass Marches as Milei Releases Video Questioning Dictatorship Record

Fifty Years After Argentina’s 1976 Coup, the Missing Still Haunt the Nation

Pro-Kremlin Lawyer Who Denounced Putin Reported in St. Petersburg Psychiatric Hospital

Paris Court Convicts Sabri Essid of Yazidi Genocide in Absentia, Sentences Him to Life

Putin Loyalist-Turned-Critic Ilja Remeslo Reportedly Sent to Psychiatric Clinic

Brussels Court Orders Trial of Ex-Diplomat Etienne Davignon Over 1961 Lumumba Killing

Belgium Orders Trial of Ex–EU Official Étienne Davignon in Patrice Lumumba Case

Paris Opens First French Genocide Trial Over ISIS Crimes Against Yazidis

Belgian Court Refers Ex-Diplomat Étienne Davignon to Trial Over Alleged Role in Lumumba Case

Ex-Syrian Colonel Named in UK’s First Murder-as-Crimes-Against-Humanity Case

France Orders Prefects to Block Némésis From March 8 Corteges as Group Shifts to Separate Paris Rally