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International Criminal Court Wins E.U.’s Top Human Rights Prize

The win is a show of support for the International Criminal Court as the Trump administration moves to thwart its work.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague last month.
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Serbian Election Underscores the Region’s Long Political Limbo

Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s dominant political figure since 2012, may extend his grip, using the Balkans’ unresolved nationalist resentments.

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Aleksandar Vucic addressing supporters at a rally in Novi Sad, Serbia, last Friday.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Sanctions on 2 Groups Aiding the I.C.C.

The ruling prevents the administration from penalizing two rights groups for working to provide information for the International Criminal Court’s war crimes investigations.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague last month.
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Russian Film Aims to Rewrite History of Deadly Theater Bombing in Ukraine

A documentary claims that Ukraine, not Russia, attacked the drama theater in Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians died.

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The remains of the theater in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, in April 2022, in a photograph taken when the area was under pro-Russian control. The Russian airstrike on the building killed hundreds of civilians.
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Navi Pillay, South African Jurist, Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

The choice drew condemnation from Israel over Ms. Pillay’s role leading a U.N. commission that said the country had committed genocide against Palestinians.

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Navi Pillay in Nuremberg, Germany, on Friday.
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Israel Denounces the Decision to Award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay

Ms. Pillay, a human rights lawyer, was drawn into the international spotlight last year as chair of a commission that found that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.

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Palestinians waiting for food distribution in Gaza City last year.
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Navi Pillay is known for her work in conflict zones across the world.

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Navi Pillay received the news that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday while atttending an annual conference of human rights lawyers and judges in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Nobel Peace Prize Choice Amounts to Implicit Rebuke of Trump

The Trump administration has repeatedly attacked the international legal order and the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where the Peace Prize winner, Navi Pillay, served as a judge.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague has come under particular attack by the Trump administration.
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Navi Pillay, a South African Human Rights Lawyer, Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

A U.N. commission led by Ms. Pillay that investigated the war in Gaza found last year that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians.

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Navi Pillay was recognized “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday.
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Myanmar’s Strongman President Is on a Global Quest for Legitimacy. Next Stop, Malaysia.

After trading his military uniform for civilian clothes, Myanmar’s strongman president, U Min Aung Hlaing, is in Malaysia, his ninth stop on a search for international legitimacy.

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Myanmar’s U Min Aung Hlaing, left, and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Thursday.
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Biljana Plavsic, a Former Bosnian Serb Political Leader, Has Died

Biljana Plavsic, a Bosnian Serb, pleaded guilty to one count of crimes against humanity. She later recanted and said she “would do the same again.”

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Biljana Plavsic during her first appearance at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague in 2001.
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