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]

A new report by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory paints a picture of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, documenting widespread destruction and unprecedented levels of reproductive violence and gender-based crimes.[1] The report, presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2025, marks the first time a UN body has concluded that Israel committed acts falling under the legal definition of genocide, citing the deliberate destruction of Gaza’s reproductive healthcare infrastructure and targeting of Palestinian women and children.

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule limiting the existing beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to require only entities previously defined as “foreign reporting companies” to report BOI. The interim final rule exempts entities previously defined as “domestic reporting companies” from the reporting requirements. They no longer have to report BOI to FinCEN or update and correct BOI previously reported to FinCEN.

The Trump administration’s decision to deport hundreds of Venezuelans to a prison designed to hold terrorists in El Salvador on March 15, 2025, has caused a widespread debate over the legality of the deportation and the scope of the president’s power. Trump has justified his actions by appealing to the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime law created in 1798 to provide the president with the power to imprison and deport noncitizens during times of war. Since its establishment, the act has only been used during the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II, and many question whether Trump was justified in invoking it.[1] In an official statement, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, claimed that “A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an aircraft carrier full of foreign alien terrorists who were physically expelled from U.S. soil.”[2] However, it remains unclear whether Trump has the authority to violate the orders of a federal judge and deport immigrants to a foreign country.