Bereaved parents launch court challenge over UK benefit ‘discrimination’
Widowed parent’s allowance claims for those not married or in civil partnership can only be backdated from 30 August 2018 Two bereaved parents have filed...
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Dominique Pelicot will not appeal against conviction for drugging and raping ex-wife
Lawyer says he wishes to spare Gisèle Pelicot a new ordeal after marathon trial convicted all 51 accused Dominique Pelicot will not appeal against his...
‘She should have a bit of me’: the Dutch mothers fighting for their children to carry their surname
Women are challenging the law that prevents them giving their kids both family names without father’s consent When 43-year-old Rebecca Lee took her birth mother’s...
‘She won’t disappear’: Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyers on what she will do next
The 72-year-old is relieved but takes ‘no satisfaction’ in seeing other families broken up, lawyer says It took just over four years, and 67 days...
Labour eager for progress on special tribunal to try Russia over Ukraine
Exclusive: Lord chancellor says she wants to ‘inject energy’ into stalling efforts to set up Nuremberg-style trial The new Labour government wants to inject renewed...
ICC must be allowed to carry out work ‘without intimidation’, say 93 member states
Joint statement of support for international criminal court issued following revelations of Israeli interference The international criminal court must be allowed to carry out its...
Dutch MPs call for inquiry into reports Israel spied on ICC lawyers
MPs say Netherlands has responsibility as international criminal court’s host and demand government holds Israel to account The Dutch government is under pressure to hold...
Jersey approves plans to allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults
Legislation expected to be brought by end of 2025, with service for residents in place by mid-2027 Jersey is to move ahead with allowing assisted...
Reparations to be paid to survivors of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine
First payments to be made during an ongoing conflict is ‘important step towards restoring justice’, says first lady, Olena Zelenska The first reparation payments are...
UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group
Exclusive: Rights groups denounce negotiations with Rapid Support Forces, accused of ethnic cleansing and war crimes Inside South Sudan’s worsening refugee crisis – in pictures...
