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A summary of the background of the repatriation controversy and the stakes of the situation in the wake of the ECtHR’s H.F. v. France judgment.
While cautious in its legal reasoning, the European Court of Human Rights ruling was a limited victory for advocates of repatriation. States are constrained by their human rights commitments—even on the most sensitive national security issues.
Is the recent sanctions-based seizure of a Russian cargo ship beyond French waters consistent with the high seas freedoms and exclusive flag state jurisdiction reflected in the law of the sea?
During armed conflict, can neutral states seize belligerent merchant vessels on the high seas and retain their neutral status?
Following an increase in foreign interference and hostile information operations—both at home and abroad—the French government is preparing to fight back.
The trial is a huge event worth paying attention to.
France doesn’t publicly attribute cyberattacks to state actors as it is commonly known, but it names the perpetrators and, in doing so, exploits every ambiguity associated with the term “attribution.”
Nicolas Sarkozy gets convicted of corruption and influence peddling. What did he actually get charged for? What’s the significance of the news?
Nicolas Sarkozy faces a new charge in connection with alleged campaign contributions from the Gadhafi’s.
France’s constitutional court struck down the main components of a new online hate speech law. What was in the original bill, and what’s left after the ruling?