Minister of Justice

Romania

Romania's government in crisis after dismissal of justice minister

A junior party in Romania's ruling coalition has called on Prime Minister Florin Cîțu to resign after he dismissed the justice minister on Wednesday.

02/09/2021

France

France's justice minister indicted over alleged conflict of interest

France's justice minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti, has been indicted over a possible conflict of interest related to his former work as a lawyer.

16/07/2021

Montenegro

Montenegro minister ousted over Srebrenica genocide denial

Montenegro's parliament voted to sack the country's justice minister for expressing doubts about the genocide in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War.

18/06/2021

Montenegro

Montenegro justice minister denies Srebrenica genocide rejection

The European Union had criticised Vladimir Leposavic for comments made last week about the massacre.

30/03/2021

Germany

Germany seeks to extend online hate speech laws

The bill would require companies like Facebook and YouTube to report anti-Semitism, threats of violence and rape and images of sexual abuse to the police.

19/02/2020