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Frontline international law expert and the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Professor Damilola Sunday Olawuyi (SAN), has been

In this post, we provide a road map to the core legal issues that U.S. policymakers need to consider as they weigh whether and how to move forward with seizing any frozen Russia-related assets.

The government of Ukraine has announced the formation of the Legal Task Force on Accountability for Crimes Committed in Ukraine to support the country’s authorities in delivering justice for victims of any international crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine.

Renowned human rights barrister Amal Clooney is one of many high-profile legal professionals who have agreed to help Ukrainian authorities bring justice to victims of any international crimes committe

The world's leading lawyers, human rights experts, joined the international legal Working Group on accountability for international crimes committed in Ukraine, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) has reported.

This week’s u-turn by the Biden administration, ending previous attempts to use evidence derived from torture in a case involving Guantanamo detainee

Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys said in court filings on Jan. 31 that evidence extracted by torture is ...

Public protests in Myanmar and Thailand have again drawn attention to the role of the military in limiting democracy and suppressing human rights. A

At the virtual launch of her legal book, The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law published with fellow professor Philippa Webb, Amal Clooney gushed about her "wonderfully encouraging and inspiring" husband. Amal, who shares twins Ella and Alexander with George Clooney, said at the launch that she wants to thank her husband, reports E! News, "especially since I was always so sure that this was the very last drafting session, over and over again". "The book drafting took place at all his...

By Liz Calvario‍ Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Amal Clooney just celebrated a major accomplishment; publishing her and Professor Philippa Webb’s criminal law text The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law.   During the virtual launch of the text for the International Bar Association, the human rights lawyer gave a shout-out to her husband, George Clooney, as well as joked about the effort her "mere 1,000-pages" took and how shell "never" put the a...