The ceasefire periods in June and late July 2026, followed by resumed hostilities, have created a litigation-accelerant dynamic in which parties that paused commercial disputes during ceasefire negotiations are now converting those positions into formal proceedings. Mishcon de Reya's August 3 analysis identifies the primary dispute categories: (1) force majeure and war-risk clause invocations for
JURIST reported July 24 that UN special rapporteurs have formally decried resumed US-Iran strikes, citing the Geneva Conventions' civilian protection obligations and customary international humanitarian law principles — specifically the principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution articulated in Additional Protocol I (which the US has not ratified but acknowledges as customary in its
A Jipyong law firm seminar (July 20) in Seoul highlighted the dual compliance risk now embedded in Chinese supply chains: complying with US sanctions on China may violate China's Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law. China's State Council Decree No. 839 (Mineral Resources Law, June 15) authorizes "countermeasures" against "discriminatory" foreign restrictions on critical minerals. Korean manufacturers face
The AI OVERWATCH Act, MATCH Act, and Chip Security Act all advanced through the House Foreign Affairs Committee, pushing for inclusion in the FY2027 NDAA. The Chip Security Act would mandate location verification and geotracking for exported chips. The AI OVERWATCH Act would tighten oversight of AI chip exports to prevent training of foreign military and intelligence AI. The MATCH Act would align
Amnesty International, the European Union, and a coalition of international actors this week publicly rejected the US ICC dismantlement campaign, with Amnesty calling it "reprehensible" and urging states to "push back against" it, and with EU officials affirming continued financial and political support for the court. The collision between the US campaign and the ICC's allied-state support base cr
Three ICC judges — Kimberly Prost, Solomy Balungi Bossa, and Reine Sophie Alini-Gou — filed suit in federal court in Manhattan on June 25, arguing that US sanctions imposed on them under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are unlawful, exceed IEEPA's scope, and function as a "financial death penalty" by cutting off banking, credit, and online services. The Trump administration respond
Two drone incidents in May–June 2026 — a Russian aerial drone striking civilians in Romania's Galați and a Ukrainian naval drone detonating at Romania's Constanța port — have produced the most significant international law dispute on NATO territory since the war began. Romania's Foreign Ministry formally characterized the Galați strike as a serious violation of international law. Jurist analysis c
A UN independent commission released findings on June 23, 2026, concluding that Israeli security forces' actions in Gaza since October 7, 2023 meet the legal criteria for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes — including intentional targeting of Palestinian children. The commission cited multiple acts that were "widespread and systematic," satisfying the Rome Statute threshold for crim