On April 9, 2025, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution and recommendation: Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe.

On April 8, 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (PRC) transferred three Americans to the United States after DRC President Felix Tshisekedi commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment. The first week of April, President Tshisekedi held talks with the visiting U.S. Senior Adviser for Africa, Massad Boulos, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Corina Sanders, in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC.[1]

Seven African nations (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Togo, and Zambia) have recently arrested 306 suspects and seized 1,842 devices as part of INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card (“the Operation”).[1] The Operation began in November 2024 and aimed to disrupt cross-border cybercriminal organizations that target businesses and individuals (over 5,000 victims) with mobile banking and messaging scams.  Before its execution, the nations involved all shared intelligence, with INTERPOL providing criminal modus operandi data sourced from its partners in the private sector.[2]

On April 2, 2025, the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Agreement between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on the cooperation between the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters.[1]

On April 1, 2025, the European Commission presented ProtectEU – a European Internal Security Strategy to support Member States and bolster the EU's ability to guarantee security for its citizens.[1] The Strategy sets out an ambitious vision and work plan for the years to come, with a sharper legal toolbox, increased information sharing, and deeper cooperation.

Nearly a year and a half after the war began, and with an Israeli state commission of inquiry still a distant prospect, the most comprehensive report on the events of October 7 has been published - but not in Israel. British lawmakers on March 18, 2025, released a detailed, 315-page report describing the massacre committed by Hamas and other terrorist organizations on what has come to be known as “Black Saturday.”[1]

On March 25, 2025, the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court ruled that five bankers who were former top managers of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and profited from cum-cum-share transactions must undergo criminal proceedings. The criminal trial will occur at the third criminal chamber of the Wiesbaden Regional Court, although no date for the start of the trial has been given.[1]

On March 14, 2025, a Finnish court sentenced Russian mercenary Voislav Torden — formerly known as Yan Petrovsky — to life in prison for war crimes committed during Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014. A panel of three judges unanimously convicted Torden for his part in the ambush, murder, and mutilation of Ukrainian soldiers and the dissemination of harmful images online.[1]

On March 4, 2025, the United States Supreme Court heard an oral argument concerning the lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against seven major gun manufacturers and a gun wholesaler. The Court indicated that it will likely rule against Mexico in its goal to hold the defendants liable for violence.

On March 19, 2025, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine released its latest report, finding that enforced disappearances committed by Russian authorities in a widespread and systematic manner against the civilian population in the context of their full-scale invasion of Ukraine amount to crimes against humanity.^[1]