Democracy, Governance, and Rule of Law

On January 16, 2017, the High Administrative Court of Egypt blocked the transfer of two uninhabited Egyptian islands in the Red Sea, Tiran and Sanafir, to Saudi Arabia.

On January 12, 2017, outgoing President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia asked the Supreme Court for an injunction that would bar his successor, President-Elect Adama Barrow, from entering office.

On January 6, 2017, the U.S.

On December 28, 2016, the White House announced an executive order increasing sanct

On December 19, 2016, la Cour de Justice de la République

On December 13, 2016, the Colombian Constitutional Court ruled in favor of a plan to accelerate the implementation of the recently signed peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—

On November 30, 2016, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution authorizing new sanct

On November 23, 2016, the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia

On October 26, 2016, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution admonishing the Untied States for its role i

On November 9, 2016, the United Nations Security Council, acting under its Chapter VII authority, passed a