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What international law says about Israel’s collective punishments against Palestinian civilians

A recent episode on the West Bank when hundreds of Palestinian men were detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has highlighted the IDF’s tactic of “collective punishment”. This is defined as “a form of sanction imposed on persons or a group of persons in response to a crime committed…

The Conversation · Sep 18, 2025

Ukraine takes key step towards reform of judiciary

A congress of Ukrainian judges on Thursday appointed the last of eight new members to an important judicial oversight body, a move experts and officials have said is critical to Kyiv's push to reform its judiciary.

Reuters · Jan 12, 2023

UN Deems Eviction of Palestinians from Masafer Yatta as ‘War Crime’

The United Nations has warned that the forced evictions of Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention and amounts to a “war crime.” The UN Office for the Coordination of the Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) states…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 9, 2022