Trump threatens executive order to curb voting in midterm election

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/17/bccj-f17.html

The White House is moving to rig the outcome of the election or cancel altogether.

#Trump #Rigging #Elections #USA #Fascism #Constitution #StateResponsibility

New on our blog!

Judging a Ghost

For over a decade, European states have externalized migration control to non-European partners such as Libya - often beyond the reach of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). S.S. and Others v. Italy challenged the legality of this practice: survivors of a 2017 shipwreck alleged Italy’s coordination with the Libyan Coast Guard m

#EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #NonRefoulement #StateResponsibility

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/judging-a-ghost/

Judging a Ghost

New on our blog!

On the Science-Coloured Glasses of the ICJ

The ICJ gave a thoroughly science-based reading of State obligations with respect to climate change in its Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. This, in and of itself, is not very surprising considering the standard practice of domestic and human rights courts in climate cases, which are also known for heav

#ClimateChange #ICJ #StateResponsibility

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/on-the-science-coloured-glasses-of-the-icj/

On the Science-Coloured Glasses of the ICJ

Legal Echoes

The EU’s ‘My Way or the Highway’ Approach?

Today The Hague district court held that the Netherlands is responsible for the bombing of an Afghan village by Dutch forces in 2007 as it amounted to a violation of international law law https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/11/2007-bombing-of-afghan-village-violated-international-law-says-court/ #IntLaw #IHL #StateResponsibility #InternationalLaw #ArmedConflict #Afghanistan #PIL
2007 bombing of Afghan village violated international law says court - DutchNews.nl

The Hague district court has found the Dutch state liable for the 2007 bombing of residential buildings in an Afghan village that left 50 to 80 civilians dead, saying the attack violated international law. A group of Afghan civilians, survivors and relatives of those killed, brought a civil suit against the government. They argued the attack on Chora was unlawful because the military had not established the buildings were being used by Taliban fighters at the time. The Dutch were...

DutchNews.nl