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City and municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government
Arresting sitting or former national leaders abroad under ICC warrants, Interpol notices or universal‑jurisdiction orders is rare but not unprecedented: Omar al‑Bashir and Muammar Gaddafi were the ear...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague can, in limited circumstances, investigate and seek to try U.S. citizens for core international crimes — genocide, crimes against humanity, and war ...
The Hague’s permanent criminal court, the International Criminal Court (ICC), has not tried a U.S. citizen as a defendant in The Hague because the United States is not a party to the Rome Statute, tho...
NATO’s long-standing 2% of GDP defence guideline — agreed after 2014 — has been largely met across the alliance in 2025, with NATO projecting all allies will meet or exceed 2% that year and European a...
The International Court of Justice dismissed Sudan’s genocide case against the United Arab Emirates in May 2025, ruling it “manifestly lacked” jurisdiction largely because the UAE entered a reservatio...
Donald Trump’s second-term foreign policy in 2025 refocused U.S. strategy on “America First,” shrinking the stated purpose of engagement to “core national interests” and shifting burden-sharing onto a...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu (and Yoav Gallant) for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity on 21 November 2024; ICC member states ar...
Authorities investigating claims that rioters were *paid agitators* combine forensic social-media analysis, open-source intelligence, on-the-ground witness statements, and traditional law-enforcement ...
The acoustic evidence from a Dallas police Dictabelt was central to the 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) finding that “scientific acoustical evidence establishes a high probability...
Slobodan Milošević was indicted by the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on 66 counts including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Kosovo, Croatia ...
The 2021 announcements of suspected unmarked graves at former residential school sites — most prominently the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc report of 215 potential graves — forced a rapid national reckoning ...
Jack Smith’s record shows concrete experience in both and : he led high-profile Justice Department prosecutions tied to classified materials and election-related investigations, and he served as chief...
acquired — , and — under the Convention of 4 August 1916 for a cash payment of $25 million in gold; the treaty was ratified by both governments in late 1916–early 1917 and the U.S. took formal possess...
International tribunals and national courts have carved complementary but distinct precedents in disputes over Venezuelan assets: The Hague appellate courts have reinforced a hierarchy that directs in...
There is no set date—or public process—by which "The Hague" (the International Criminal Court) will arrest or prosecute Donald Trump; the ICC’s mandate, the United States’ non‑party status, and recent...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) can investigate, seek arrest warrants and ultimately prosecute Venezuelan officials for crimes within its mandate — notably crimes against humanity — but its act...
Since 2019 Venezuela’s judicial apparatus and Attorney General Tarek William Saab have pursued a dual strategy: public cooperation and procedural pushback with the International Criminal Court while a...
A suite of diplomatic alternatives to sanctions exists—multilateral pressure through treaty bodies, targeted legal and bureaucratic remedies, negotiated confidence‑building measures, and strategic pub...
Multiple international bodies and mechanisms have been implicated in or have received complaints alleging war crimes tied to actions by Donald Trump or his administration; most reporting centers on th...
The Hague Service Convention governs service of “judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters” between contracting states and is the primary international framework for sending ...