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If the UK recognises Palestine does it risk breaking international law?

Senior lawyers criticising Starmer’s pledge have cited the Montevideo convention, which sets out four criteria

The Guardian - UK

Chagossians want sovereignty deal to go ahead, says Mauritius legal adviser

A panel of UN experts urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to abandon the agreement reached with Mauritius last month and negotiate a new one.

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The assisted dying bill: safeguards are essential to prevent suicide

Letters: The sense of being a burden would be felt the most keenly by the most helpless

The Guardian - UK

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Pacific islands submit court proposal for recognition of ecocide as a crime

Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa want international criminal court to class environmental destruction as crime alongside genocide

The Guardian - UK

UK should stop arming Israel after ICJ advisory ruling, top lawyer says

Exclusive: Philippe Sands KC says non-binding opinion will nevertheless be seen as ‘authoritative statement of law’

The Guardian - UK

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Zelenskiy replaces military chief; what it’s like to be a Ukrainian child stolen by Russia; how volunteering for Ukraine can change your life

The Guardian - AU

ICC ‘turf war’ blocking Ukrainian bid to have top Russians tried, advocate says

Philippe Sands KC backs Ukrainian call for international tribunal to prosecute Kremlin leaders for crime of aggression

The Guardian - UK

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Putin claim that Russia funds Wagner group may make it easier to try him for war crimes

Admission that Russia paid 86bn roubles to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries this year is potentially significant, say legal experts

The Guardian - UK

Yazidi women kept as slaves by IS appeal to UN to intervene in their fight for compensation

Lawyers demand support from Australia for five victims of Khaled Sharrouf in test case for international law on torture survivors

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