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ICRC’s 3 November war-law guidance sets out concrete steps, but not enforceable duties

ICC says it can hear the Njeem case, but has not decided whether it should proceed

Austria’s EUR 200,000 for ICC victims fund is specific funding news, but not yet a reparations roadmap

Skopje teacher-guide launch shows an outreach shift, not a new tribunal finding

Register of Damage for Ukraine adds claim rules and a Mariupol archive deal, but not compensation

What the UN Commission’s October 2026 report on Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory establishes, and where the public record still stops

ICC states parties open prosecutor election process, setting dates for applications, public posting and due diligence

Colombia’s ICJ withdrawal narrows one intervention filing in South Africa v. Israel, but the public record leaves larger gaps

RD4U says all 43 claim categories are open. Kaja Kallas’s visit still leaves compensation steps unproven

IRMCT’s Pula archive training clarifies access to tribunal records, not new findings

ICRC’s October nuclear-weapons interventions mark a new UN pitch, not a new legal ruling

What OHCHR’s 10 October Gaza warning establishes, and what it leaves unproven

ICC ethics code changes took effect on 16 October, but the public record still stops at the text

Why a 7 September UN warning on Gaza rubble matters for future accountability cases

ICC fitness ruling clears one threshold in Duterte case, not the merits, before 30 November trial opening

What Navi Pillay’s 2026 Nobel Peace Prize does and does not change for international justice

ICC and victim-fund records point to new US sanctions claim, but key implementation details are still missing

ICC unseals four Afghanistan warrants, but the public record still stops short of arrests or trial findings

ICC Assembly move from New York to The Hague is established; the practical consequences are not

ICC’s new gender-equality strategy sets an internal agenda, but the public record still leaves implementation unproved

Jordan’s 7 December 2026 IHL conference: what the record shows, and what it does not

What OHCHR’s 1,004-case Ukraine sexual-violence record shows, and what it leaves open

ICC convicts Mahamat Said: what the 23 September verdict establishes, and what remains open for sentence, appeals and reparations

Sheikh Hasina’s Trial: The ICC, Tribunal Legitimacy and Allegations of Political Use

Ukraine’s access-loss claims require a clear distinction between records and awards

Finding a missing person and establishing responsibility are different investigations

Lviv update shows why received and recorded claims are not an approval rate

Witness protection does not stop at the end of testimony

AI decision support can influence force without being a weapon

When a cultural object returns, its claim record must change too

Mladić remains handover does not alter the final case record

Ukraine’s new business-claim categories separate relocation from other losses

International tribunal closure does not finish every national investigation

Dutch ratification advances Ukraine claims commission, but does not switch it on alone

Hospital protection turns on medical function, not the side a patient fought for

A document in a tribunal archive is not automatically a judicial finding

ICRC appeal puts civilian protection beyond a statement of commitment