International Law in Brief

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The UN Security Council adopted resolution S/RES/2794 (2025) to extend Haiti’s sanctions regime for an additional year in response to the rising threat of gang violence. The renewed measures aim to combat the country’s high levels of homicide, kidnapping, trafficking, and sexual violence, all of which continue to undermine stability. The illegal trade and distribution of weapons to armed gangs further threaten Haiti’s rule of law.

The original 2022 resolution established a travel ban, asset freeze, and arms embargo, targeting both...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adopted Resolution 634 during its 83rd Ordinary Session—May 2-22, 2025. The resolution constitutes a significant development, as it links Africa’s structural economic challenges—including resource exploitation, debt, and inequitable financial relations—to the rights of peoples to development and to freely dispose of their wealth and natural resources under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

The resolution grounds its reasoning in Articles 21, 22 and 24, which guarantee peoples’ rights to freely dispose of...

On October 28, 2025, the European Commission announced preliminary findings that TikTok and Meta (for both Facebook and Instagram) breached their transparency and user-protection obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The findings remain preliminary and do not prejudge the outcome of the investigation.

As a key transparency obligation, the DSA requires providing researchers with data access. However, the findings of the Commission include failures to grant researchers adequate access to public data.

Further, regarding Meta, the Commission’s preliminary assessment...

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the world’s leading institution for resolving international investment disputes, released its 2025 Annual Report. The report highlighted significant progress in efficiency, transparency, and global collaboration. Over the years, ICSID restructured its administrative processes to improve case management, enhance tribunal timeliness, and reduce costs.

The annual report emphasized ICSID’s commitment to procedural fairness and transparency, including detailed statistics on third-party funding disclosures, security...