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Hungary
Hungary Lawmakers Vote to Stop Orban-Initiated ICC Exit
Pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who won a landslide electoral victory in April, vowed he would reverse the year-long exit process before it takes effect on June 2.
May 27, 2026
War in Ukraine
Putin Signs Law Allowing Military to ‘Protect Russians Abroad’
Putin signs a law allowing Russia to deploy its military abroad to “protect Russian citizens” arrested or prosecuted by foreign courts not recognized by Moscow.
May 25, 2026
Russia
Venice Biennale Jury Excludes Russia, Israel From Awards Amid EU Funding Threat
Organizers have been under mounting pressure as jurors cite human rights concerns and the EU weighs cutting financial support over the Biennale’s decision to allow Russia’s return.
April 24, 2026
Hungary
Hungary’s Incoming PM Magyar to Halt ICC Exit, Says Netanyahu Could Be Arrested on Entry
Earlier this year, Orbán’s government announced the start of Hungary’s withdrawal from the ICC, formally notifying the United Nations in June.
April 21, 2026
Putin
ICC War Crimes Hearing Against Putin in Absentia ‘Conceivable,’ Deputy Prosecutor Says
Mame Mandiaye Niang told AFP that recent war crimes charges against fugitive Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony may have laid the groundwork for in absentia hearings against Putin and Netanyahu.
Dec. 5, 2025
Putin
Poland Warns It Could Arrest Putin If His Plane Enters Its Airspace Ahead of Trump Summit
The ICC warrant, issued in 2023 for the war crime behind the deportation of Ukrainian children, requires member states, including all EU countries, to arrest Putin if he enters their territory.
Oct. 21, 2025
Russia
Human Rights Organizations Call on Tajikistan to Arrest Putin
Human Rights Watch and the Coalition for the International Criminal Court are among those to condemn Tajikistan’s plan to host the Russian president for a summit this week.
Oct. 8, 2025
Zelensky
South Africa Offers to Host Zelensky-Putin Talks
After a stark address to the UN General Assembly, Zelensky thanked South African President Ramaphosa for his engagement with the Ukrainian peace process.
Sept. 24, 2025
Russia
Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali to Quit ICC, Cementing Russia Alignment
A joint statement from the three west African countries echoes Hungary’s claim that the Hague has lost its credibility.
Sept. 23, 2025
Latin America
‘Grito de Independencia’ – Colombians on the Ukrainian Front
From one battlefield to another, here is a collection of stories from Latino soldiers fighting across Ukraine.
Aug. 18, 2025
Putin
Could Trump-Putin Peace Deal Let Russia Dodge War Crimes Trials?
As Trump meets Putin in Alaska, Global Rights Compliance tells Kyiv Post that stopping Ukraine’s war crimes cases in a peace deal would break international law.
Aug. 15, 2025
International Criminal Court
Russian Soldier Jailed for Life in Ukraine for Executing Civilians
The SBU said the 21-year-old’s “incriminating testimony” also implicated his commanders in the killing of civilians in the northeastern Kharkiv region.
Aug. 14, 2025
Top News
Teen Daughter of Fallen Ukrainian Soldier Returned From Russia
Kyiv’s child return task force says the 14-year-old daughter of a fallen soldier was covertly brought back to Ukraine a day before she was to be sent to a Russian boarding school.
Aug. 11, 2025
War in Ukraine
‘War Crime’: US Senate Targets Russia Over Mass Abduction of Ukrainian Children
Senator Dick Durbin pushes amendment escalating pressure on Kremlin over alleged kidnapping of 20,000 Ukrainian minors.
July 24, 2025
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Can International Law Survive Putin’s War?
With its war, Russia has inflicted a humanitarian catastrophe on Ukraine. But it’s also a legal turning point – one that could define how the world handles war in the decades ahead.
June 4, 2025
War in Ukraine
Russia on Trial: What Will the New Tribunal for Ukraine Do?
This new tribunal seeks to close that loophole and focuses on trying to hold the top roughly 20 to 30 officials in Russia responsible for the all-out assault.
May 9, 2025