
By Smadar Ben-Natan
On May 11, the Israeli parliament adopted a new law establishing a special military tribunal to prosecute those accused of participating in the atrocities committed on 7 October 2023. It’s a degrading law, says legal scholar Smadar Ben-Natan.

By Yael Vias Gvirsman
On May 11, the Israeli parliament adopted a new law establishing a special military tribunal to prosecute those accused of participating in the atrocities committed on 7 October 2023. It’s a good law, says victims’ lawyer Yael Vias Gvirsman.
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“Ukraine has done itself and international law a service”
23 February 2026
by Franck Petit
After four years of war in Ukraine and a year since Donald Trump returned to power, international law seems more threatened than ever, and its role in peace negotiations is being challenged. But the example of Ukraine, which is establishing a “regional” tribunal for the crime of aggression created by the Council of Europe, shows us “a space for the extension and survival of international law even at the worst moment of its crisis,” according to Frédéric Mégret.

Justice for Syria: who is doing what?
8 December 2025
by Hannah El-Hitami
One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, on 7 December 2024, the landscape of justice for grave violations of international law in Syria has transformed. Some transitional justice institutions have been established in Syria. And there have never been so many active Syrian cases under universal jurisdiction.

Justice for Gaza: who is doing what?
4 November 2025
by Golnouche K. Barzegar
It’s a battle outside the battlefield, and it is worrying the State of Israel: in January 2025, the Israeli army warned its soldiers about possible arrests when they travel abroad. Since the start of the offensive in Gaza launched after the attack on October 7, 2023, two international courts have been seized: the International Criminal Court, which has issued arrest warrants, and the International Court of Justice, whose decisions have been supported by resolutions of the UN General Assembly. At the same time, the Human Rights Council has set up a commission, which has concluded that a “genocide” is taking place. Finally, complaints have been filed in dozens of national courts, and universal jurisdiction proceedings have been opened around the world.
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