On 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova. Putin is the President of the Russian Federation. Lvova-Belova is the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President. The crimes alleged concern deportation and transfer of children…

On 23 July 2025, the ICJ delivered its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change. Although much of the opinion is devoted to the clarification of an extensive set of primary obligations, it also addresses certain key questions in the law of State responsibility stemming from distinctive aspects of climate change,…

On 8 July 2025, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against two senior Taliban leaders in the Situation in Afghanistan. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) hailed the warrants as an ‘important vindication and acknowledgement of the rights of Afghan women and girls’, with…