Can a person be extradited following a conviction in absentia? Venfort Abogados and Outline Chambers examine the 2025–2026 reforms in Spain and the UK, the legal safeguards available to defendants, and why effective extradition defence often requires coordinated legal representation in both jurisdictions.

A concise overview of six key developments in sanctions, regulatory enforcement, investment arbitration, cross-border litigation and international criminal law, with practical implications for legal practitioners and businesses worldwide.

A concise overview of six key developments in sanctions, regulatory enforcement, investment arbitration, cross-border litigation and international criminal law, with practical implications for legal practitioners and businesses worldwide.

A concise overview of six key international legal developments, from UK sanctions and cross-border litigation to international arbitration and the growing impact of sanctions on global institutions.

A concise overview of six key international legal developments, from UK sanctions and cross-border litigation to international arbitration and the growing impact of sanctions on global institutions.

An answer from Westminster to the claim that international law has never worked Toby Cadman, Head of Chambers | 1 October 2026 The Charge This year’s London Conference on International Law is meeting in Westminster, a short walk from Church House, where in the summer of 1945 representatives of four Allied powers negotiated the instrument that would put the leaders of the Third Reich on trial. It was a strange setting, then, in which to hear one of the recurring questions of t

This week’s International Legal News covers key developments in UK and international law, from a landmark Supreme Court ruling on third-party losses and new AML and crypto asset measures to major sanctions developments involving Russia, financial institutions and the ICC.

This week: Colombia outlaws mercenarism, Sudan’s death sentences raise ICC questions, rights groups challenge Trump’s ICC sanctions, South Sudan faces fresh mass killings, and Türkiye’s juvenile justice reforms draw UN criticism.

This week's International Legal News covers the U.S. proceedings against Nicolás Maduro, the ICC's forthcoming judgment in the Mahamat Said Abdel Kani case, legal analysis of naval blockade enforcement, the environmental impact of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, and recent UK whistleblowing reforms.