Franka Pues

Excited to share my new article, „The Paradox of Digital Empowerment: Content Producers and the International Criminal Court“ brill.com/view/journal...

CfP - Submit an abstract and join us in Malaga this September for ESIL2026 discussing “Is the International Criminal Court in Conflict“. Workshop to be held 3 September 2026 and deadline for abstracts is 7 April 2026.

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Brasilien: Prozess gegen TÜV Süd und Vale nach Dammbruch bei Brumadinho gestartet Vor sieben Jahren brach ein Damm im brasilianischen Bundesstaat Minas Gerais, eine Schlammlawine begrub Hunderte Menschen. Nun beginnt der Prozess gegen Mitarbeiter von TÜV Süd und Vale. Der Vorwurf: ...

Vor sieben Jahren brach ein Damm im brasilianischen Bundesstaat Minas Gerais, eine Schlammlawine begrub Hunderte Menschen. Nun beginnt der Prozess gegen Mitarbeiter von TÜV Süd und Vale. Der Vorwurf: 272-facher Mord.

🔥 ⚖️ #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 in historic case against TotalEnergies, today & tomorrow, 🇫🇷 🧑‍⚖️ French court holds landmark hearing that could redefine corporate climate accountability.
📝 🧵 Live reporting from Paris Judicial Court ⬇️

Rare good news 4 #ICC on 1st day annual meeting: Libyan Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri transferred from Germany. He’s alleged to have committed directly, ordered or overseen crimes against humanity + war crimes; murder, torture, rape + sexual violence at Mitiga prison. (Pic of prison from earlier).

ICC Appeals Chamber judgment delivered yesterday on appeal of Rodrigo #Duterte against the decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I on Request for Interim Release.
Unanimous decision by five judge bench, dismissing the three grounds of appeal. #InternationalCriminalCourt #Philippines

Very much looking forward to this

🔥⚖️🌐final countdown to a historic moment for #ClimateJustice: in a few minutes, InterAmerican Court of Human Rights will deliver landmark authoritative judicial opinion on States' climate obligations
#AOLetsGo #OpiniónConsultiva
🧵key elements of context & analysis in thread👇

Accelerating Climate Justice: Key Lessons from Roundtables with Experts in Youth-Focused Litigation Insights from recent expert roundtables at King's College London reveal why youth-led climate litigation may hold the key to unlocking lasting environmental justice.

In our new blog post for @biicl.bsky.social, Megan Bowman, Jenny Driscoll, and I examine how youth-led climate litigation is evolving and what legal actors can learn from it.

www.biicl.org/blog/111/acc...

24/🔥The judges have clearly established that the civil responsibility of fossil fuel majors can be engaged in the context of climate related harms.
🎉Here is the legal precedent that the #ClimateJustice had been awaiting - with significance well beyond Germany!

Lithuania files case against Belarus at the International Court of Justice Lithuania's foreign ministry said on Monday it has filed a case against Belarus at the International Court of Justice, accusing its neighbour of orchestrating a migrant crisis.

Lithuania files case against Belarus at the International Court of Justice reut.rs/4mnzyi8

ICC prosecutor Khan on leave amid sexual misconduct probe The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has stepped down temporarily as an investigation by United Nations investigators into alleged sexual misconduct by him nears its end, court sources told Reuters on Friday.

Friday afternoon special from the ICC: prosecutor Khan steps down temporarily while the probe into his alleged sexual misconduct is ongoing www.reuters.com/world/icc-pr...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine - Lviv Statement of the Core Group on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers Meeting on the conclusion of the work ofthe Core Group on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (“Lviv Statement...

We underline that once established, in accordance with its Statute, the #SpecialTribunal will conduct its proceedings in full respect of international law and human rights, with the aim of securing accountability for the crime of #aggression and strengthening the international legal order. #STCoA

There are some extremely brave FOIA officers in the federal government - and this is a reminder that they often want to get the information out as badly as the public wants to read it.

Live-Analyse: Friedrich Merz scheitert im ersten Wahlgang Politisches Erdbeben im Bundestag: Friedrich Merz hat bei der Wahl zum Kanzler im ersten Wahlgang die notwendige Mehrheit verfehlt. Nun kann er einen neuen Anlauf nehmen. Die Entwicklungen in der Live...

This is really bad news for the new government: Merz doesn’t get the support from all MPs in his coalition and doesn’t get elected in the first round.
Surprising and bad for his standing.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

SCOTUS denied the Juliana v. US certiorari petition, bringing an end to the youth plaintiffs decade-long fight for climate justice. Deep admiration for their perseverance over all these years. And as @youthvgov.bsky.social say: this fight is far from over. static1.squarespace.com/static/655a2...

Great to collaborate with ECCHR on our #universaljurisdiction filing on behalf of #Tigrayan survivors in #Germany. Survivors living in Germany deserve justice for #warcrimes and #crimesagainsthumanity.

🔥 ⚖️ today: day 2 of #ClimateJustice hearing in #SaulvsRWE
🏛️ The Higher Regional Court in Hamm (🇩🇪) reviews if a #fossilfuels company can be held accountable for climate harms, potentially setting a historic precedent.
🐦 📝 I am reporting live from the Court's room.
🧵 🔽 thread below

15/ 🟢 We are back in the courtroom. Two main highlights so far in #SaulvsRWE hearing:
⚖️ ✊ Saúl passionate plea for #ClimateJustice before entering the Court (Saúl hasn't spoken to the Court yet)
🧑‍⚖️ 🛑 Judge Meyer's clear rejection of manipulative fearmongering by defendant, German utility company RWE

1/ 🧑‍⚖️🔥 Key moment for climate accountability: A German court will rule whether #FossilFuels companies can be held liable for climate harms they knowingly caused.
📍🐦 Live from Hamm🇩🇪—I’ll report in real-time from the courtroom here
#SaulvsRWE #ClimateLitigation #KlimaKlage
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Three weeks left to submit your abstract!

The #Duterte surrender to the ICC is indeed happening; the plane with him and his companions aboard will be heading towards Schiphol.

Today is a good day; here's to many more days like this — and they will surely come.

A cacti-smuggling case with a prickly end: the novel way courts are making poachers pay Two Italian cacti smugglers have been fined for illegally trading plants from Chile – and for the cost of restoring the environment. Conservationists hope more cases will follow

Conservationists hope the result of a lawsuit penalising two Italian cacti smugglers for damaging biodiversity will have international repurcussions. This was a fascinating international wildlife crime story to track from Chile to Italy and back again

Questions sent by the national court. Full text in the link.

CJEU, new cases

Asylum law: German court asks CJEU questions about "safe country of origin" rules - some overlap with Italian cases (arising from Italy/Albania deal) being fast tracked in the meantime eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...

Merz says Netanyahu should visit Germany despite ICC warrant German election winner Friedrich Merz said Monday he would make sure Benjamin Netanyahu can visit Germany despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister. Merz, w...

Off to a good start, I see, ha #Germany? www.justiceinfo.net/en/141977-me...
#ICC #ArrestWarrants

The International Criminal Court invites Italy to explain its failure to surrender Osama Elmasry / Almasri Njeem to the Court.

The Chamber may then make a formal finding of non-compliance and refer Italy to the Assembly of States Parties and/or to the UN Security Council.

Congratulations!

Call out now! Feel free to message me if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your abstracts.

I happen to be in Italy this week, and the 8 o’clock news just reported about a communication filed with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, seeking the opening of an Article 70 investigations against Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni + two Ministers for obstruction of justice

Trump to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court for targeting the United States and its allies, such as Israel, a White House official said.

And here we go…
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...