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Historians have devoted enormous attention to the collapse of the royal courts, the creation of state judiciaries, the drafting of new constitutions, and the construction of the legal institutions of the new republic.

— Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
They were also meant to help enable independent and corruption-free judiciaries in many countries, including Venezuela.

— Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026

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In 1996, the United Nations selected her as chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

— Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Located just 2 miles away from the former insurance building that housed the residual mechanism, the ICC was set up as a permanent, global court to prosecute humanity’s worst crimes and forestall the need to create ad hoc tribunals for every conflict.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 May 2026

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European lawmakers and courts have also looked at FIFA with a critical eye.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Yet lawyers involved told me that Administration policymakers seemed to want specific proof of a war crime, and since the State Department doesn’t run courts to weigh evidence, the lawyers couldn’t prove anything.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

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Though there are monuments and memorials — sidewalk plaques, benches, murals — sprinkled around the globe, there appear to be very few Jackson statues permanently displayed in the United States.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Family and friends sat on long benches, some sobbing as screens displayed photos of Salgado Araujo.

— Albinson Linares, NBC news, 17 July 2026

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