International Legal News - 10 November 2025
- Ned Vucijak
- Nov 10, 2025
- 3 min read
The following media round up on international and foreign policy issues from around the world for the period of 3 November to 7 November 2025. Guernica 37 will provide weekly media updates from the International Criminal Court, European Court of Human Rights, United Nations, European Union and other sources. Should you wish to contribute or submit a media summary, opinion piece or blog, please send to Ned Vucijak at nenadv@guernica37.com for consideration.
7 November 2025
Blog Corner: “Anchoring Criminal Jurisdiction at Sea: The Helsinki District Court’s Eagle S Judgement and its impact for the protection of submarine cables and pipelines”
An article on EJIL: Talk! by Tom Ruys and Yiannis Bamnios, provides an interesting examination of the role of the criminal law in law of the sea claims.
It explores a judgment by the Helsinki District Court concerning an electric cable connecting Finland and Estonia that was cut by an oil tanker (“Eagle S”), which sailed under a flag of the Cook Islands, and linked to the Russian ‘shadow fleet’. (Previously covered by G37 International News 6 October 2025).
Criminal charges were brought against the master of the vessel and two senior crew members.
Ruys and Bamnios explore the application of the criminal jurisdiction within the context of the claims that concern the law of the sea.
To read this article, see here.
7 November 2025
Sanctioned Austrian company launches Investor State proceedings against Ukraine
The Republic of Ukraine is facing an ICSID claim that has been lodged by an Austrian company. It is alleged that its founder, paid taxes to Russia during the invasion, which has led to sanction.
For more on this story, see here.
6 November 2025
International Criminal Court confirms charges of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Kony Case.
The Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) issued a decision which confirmed all 39 charges which have been brought by the Prosecutor in the case of The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony.
Judges Althea Violet Alexis-Windsor, Iulia Antoanella Motoc and Haykel Ben Mahfoudh found that there were substantial grounds to believe that Mr Kony is responsible for the charges which are alleged to have taken place between 1 July 2002 and 31 December 2005 in northern Uganda.
The trial however cannot proceed until Mr Kony is presented to the ICC as trials cannot be conducted in the suspect’s absence under the Rome Treaty, which established the Court’s functions.
For more on this story, see here.
5 November 2025
South African Mining Appeal supported in Zambia by Rights Group
Amnesty International and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) have reportedly intervened on behalf of Zambian residents in an appeal on a case against a South African mining company.
It is alleged that severe lead poisoning in Kabwe, Zambia has arisen as a consequence of the British-owned mining giant Anglo-American.
The case concerns historic allegations of mining practices between 1925 – 1974 at the famous Broken Hill mine that has allegedly led to “massive” levels of soil contamination.
For more on this story, see here.
4 November 2025
House of Commons Library: Sanctions against Russia: What has changed in 2025
Practioners and legal academics with a specialism on sanctions will benefit from a new research briefing published by the House of Commons Library, and authored by Claire Mills.
It examines how sanctions regimes against Russia have changed in 2025, and to what extent a policy divergence has emerged between the US and other sanctioning entities.
For more on this publication, see here.
To read the research briefing, see here.
3 November 2025
Israel’s top military lawyer arrested after admitting to leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Israeli police have arrested and detained the country’s top military legal officer Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi after she admitted leaking footage of soldiers allegedly attacking a Palestinian detainee and then lying about her actions to Israel’s high court.
She has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and breach of trust, abuse of office, obstruction of justice, and disclosure of official information by a public servant.
Her arrest and detention has raised further concerns about the rule of law in the country.
For more on this story, see here.