French Highest Court Rules on the Highly Contentious Issue of the Immunity Enjoyed (Or Not) by Serving Heads of State and State Officials

On July 25, 2025, the criminal section of the Cour de cassation, the highest-ranking court in France, annulled the arrest warrant, which had been issued against former President of Syria Bashar al-Assad for the criminal offence of chemical attacks, which allegedly took place  2013 and killed more than one thousand people.