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Judges at the top U.N. court sided with the West African country of Equatorial Guinea in a fight with neighboring Gabon over which treaty settled the ownership of three largely uninhabited oil-rich islands.

Friday, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan announced he would step down pending the outcome of a UN investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.

Shout out to Renata for encouraging me to think about the bigger picture of this new museum.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will temporarily step down pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the court announced Friday.

Blocked emails, frozen bank accounts, travel risks, war crimes investigations halted: How Trump's sanctions have stymied the work of the ICC.

A late addition:

The ICC’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen. American staffers at the court have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest. NGOs have stopped working with the ICC, the leader of one won’t even reply to ICC emails.

Are we halfway through May? Yes. Am I finally posting my April wrap? Also yes.

My "I didn't take a bag of cocaine with me to Ukraine" tee shirt is getting a lot of questions.

“I told the congregation, as long as the archive is still here, I will not die. Even if I live to be 200 years old,” she tearfully told AP. “This is keeping the history of my people.”

Me: Sandstorm is a Finnish song? Husband: Yes? Me: I thought it was Dutch. Husband: Why? Me: You people really like it!

The special tribunal aims to target senior Russian leaders for the “crime of aggression,” which underpins the countless war crimes Ukraine accuses Russian forces of committing since the start of the war in 2022.

Can someone ask him to say the name of the Chicago football team?

We got a pope!

It's black!

Some folks about to lose their Duolingo streak.

We don't usually watch TV during dinner but, ya know.

A British friend just told me to "suck it and see" and is now claiming this is a totally normal phrase.

The top United Nations court will rule on Monday on a request from Sudan to issue emergency measures against the United Arab Emirates, in a case accusing the UAE of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s deadly war.

A late afternoon press release from the ICJ.

Inestimable!

The top United Nations court on Friday wraps a week of hearings on what Israel must do to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Experts say the case could have broader ramifications for the United Nations and its missions worldwide.

Ben Buitenhuis doesn’t get hungry. He never really has since the end of World War II, when he had to use his wits to scavenge for milk powder or wait in line for a meager ration of a meal made from flower bulbs.

Thankfully I already did the Precies Vier.

It's sunny and gorgeous today in The Hague and I am back at the ICJ today with this line up:

I am an adult and therefore I can have ice cream for dinner if I want to. None of you can stop me.