Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has been issued an arrest warrant by two French judges for alleged war crimes. newarab.com/news/france-is…

Was honored to do Lunch with the FT with editor roula khalaf, and even get to do it at Russ & Daughters!

ICC Prosecutor Khan on applications for arrest warrants in the situation... youtu.be/D5ToGpy6yNc?si… via YouTube

The decision of the ICC to hold the Taliban accountable for the crimes against Afghan women and girls is a historic step toward justice. osf.to/4awzTcR via Open Society Foundations

An SEC whistleblower complaint is targeting social media giant Meta over a wave of online hate that fueled 2017 atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya. osf.to/4h9LyRi via Open Society Foundations

We are supporting an SEC whistleblower complaint targeting Meta over its role in the wave of online hate that fueled 2017 atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya. osf.to/4h9LyRi Amnesty Tech @VicAdvInt

Strategic human rights litigation in action—our 2025 report highlights Justice Initiative's recent major cases and successes, in the fields of Climate Justice, Gender Persecution, International Justice, and Social Media Accountability. justiceinitiative.org/publications/2… via Open Society Justice Initiative

Russia’s war in Ukraine has harmed thousands of civilians. While ECHR CEDH might award compensation, victims will unlikely get any payments from Russia—but could European countries use frozen Russian Central Bank assets to pay for any ECHR awards? justiceinitiative.org/publications/l…

The European Court of Human Rights may soon issue its first compensation awards against Russia for the war in Ukraine. Could Russian central bank assets frozen in other countries be used to award claimants? Our Beini Ye & European University Institute’s Antoine De Spiegeleir: verfassungsblog.de/ecthr-russian-…

While the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision recognizing discrimination in the case of Seydi and Others v. France, it failed to address the structural nature of discriminatory stop and search practices in the country. justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/europ…

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has established that countries’ response to the climate crisis must be effective, fair, transparent, and evidence-based. Our Rodrigo da Costa Sales on this enhanced due diligence: blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/…

France’s top court voided former Syrian President Assad’s arrest warrant due to head-of-state immunity at the time but confirmed a new one can be issued. It ruled functional immunity doesn’t bar Syria’s ex-leaders from atrocity trials. justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/basha…

The Open Society Justice Initiative celebrates the decision confirming that Afghan bank assets belong to the Afghan people. justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/justi…

With our support, Myanmar victims and civil society organizations have taken the first step towards suing Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor for their role in serious human rights violations in Myanmar. justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/telen…