Marc Van Der Woude has been elected as the General Court’s President for a three-year term. Van Der Woude, who had been vice-president since 2016, succeeds Marc Jaeger. Van Der Woude has been elected for a mandate of three years, which will run until 31 August 2022. He has been a General Court judge since September 2010.
Cypriot judge Savvas Papasavvas has been elected Vice-President, he has sat as a General Court judge since May 2004.
Human life has little to no value to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his cronies. The widespread war crimes and crimes against humanity that continue to be perpetrated by Russian forces in Ukraine are a testament to this. Those responsible, including Putin himself, must be held to account, no matter ...
Daniel Leader, Barrister and Partner at Leigh Day, discusses the EU’s position on the UK’s proposed accession to the Lugano Convention, the importance of the convention in holding UK businesses accountable for human rights abuses committed abroad, and the problems with the current applicable jurisdiction rules, in the absence of ...
6 Portuguese youths who witnessed the 2017 wildfires in Lisbon which killed 66 and injured over 200, have taken 33 states to the European Court of Human Rights alleging human rights violations, in failing to take sufficient action on climate change. The claim alleges that the rights to life, privacy, ...
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