Courts and Justice

George Floyd murder
Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, a Black man, was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison Friday. Chauvin, ..

Why has Spain released Catalan separatist leaders from jail?
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pardons politicians and activists jailed for the 2017 secession referendum.

New ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan sworn in in The Hague

San Suu Kyi trial
The charges against her include illegally importing handheld radios, breaking COVID-19 protocols, and illegally accepting gold and payments of about $600,000.

‘No gleaming success’: Special Tribunal for Lebanon to close because of funding shortage
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), established to try those who carried out the 2005 attack which killed former prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, ..

Op-ed: Why Africa must support African Court of Human and People’s Rights

Trial in absentia for the murder of Italian academic Giulio Regeni in Egypt in 2016
Giulio Regeni’s beaten and bloodied body was discovered in February 2016, dumped in a ditch at the side of a road heading to Alexandria.

Spain/Around 8,000 people have crossed into Ceuta
Dozens have also reached Melilla, Spain’s other enclave. The European Union is urging Morocco to stop them. The Spanish government’s already sent back many of ..

The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
The commission will look at the public debate for and against Supreme Court reform.

Jerusalem: Deadline for 4 Palestinian families
The 4 families, along with 8 others, have been facing eviction orders from Israeli courts who ruled the Palestinians should evacuate their homes to a ..