President Trump has launched a new era of U.S. intervention in Latin America. Some regional leaders are celebrating, while many others are deeply concerned.

On the night of January 2, the US military conducted strikes on Venezuela, and took into custody the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores.

This may be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has abandoned the core values that united them for the past century, writes the head of Chatham House’s International Law Programme.

Experts give their initial reaction to President Trump’s strike on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. What are the implications for the US, the region and the world?

STATEMENT: As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with SR on climate change and human rights Elisa Morgera and SR on the right to developme...

Land and environmental defenders face extreme violence, criminalisation and lack of protection around the world, with 146 killed or disappeared in 2024

Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more t...

In the Peruvian coastal city of Chiclayo, some 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) from new Pope Leo XIV's hometown of Chicago, Catholics took to the streets and church bells rang on Thursday to celebrate the election of the former missionary who they embrace as one of their own.

Court of Justice of the European Union

This post critically evaluates the decision of the EU Court of Justice in Commission v Malta, in which it decided that the Citizenship by Investment scheme of Malta is contrary to EU law. The blog pos...

Court of Justice of the European Union

A more pragmatic relationship with China could offer opportunities for Europe to chart a more independent course. But it is not without risk.

The group argues that efforts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services imperil the nation’s libraries and violate the law.

Professor Steve Peers , Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Pudelek, via Wikimedia Commons   Is the Italy/Albania dea...