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Isdal Woman
Isdal Woman (Isdalskvinnen), unidentified burned body found in Isdalen near Bergen, Norway, November 1970; used fake hotel aliases, closed as suicide, still unsolved; isotope analysis points to the German-French border region.
ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee
The ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee is a UN Security Council organ created in 1999. It oversees sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, on associated groups.
Isla Vista attacks copycat crimes
Isla Vista attacks copycat crimes: violence by perpetrators citing Elliot Rodger, 2014 Isla Vista attacker, including Alek Minassian's 2018 Toronto van attack, Scott Beierle's 2018 Tallahassee shooting, and the 2020 Toronto machete attack; also covers contagion research.
Islamic estate administration
Islamic estate administration is the process of settling a deceased Muslim's estate, paying funeral costs, debts, and bequests before distributing the remainder to heirs under faraid.
Islamic inheritance jurisprudence
Islamic inheritance jurisprudence (ʿilm al-farāʾiḍ, ilm al-mawarith) is the Islamic law branch fixing heirs' shares from Qur'an and Sunnah, covering quota heirs, agnates, hajb, awl, radd, Sunni-Shia systems, modern codes, and gender justice debates.
Island of Palmas Case
Island of Palmas Case (Miangas), 1928 PCA arbitration (Case No. 1925-01): Max Huber awarded the small island between Mindanao and the Dutch East Indies to the Netherlands, establishing intertemporal law and the continuous, peaceful display-of-sovereignty standard.
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (Ismael Mario Zambada-Garcia), born 1948 in Culiacán, co-founded and led the Sinaloa Cartel, evaded capture for five decades, was arrested July 25, 2024 in New Mexico, and pleaded guilty in Brooklyn in 2025.
Ismael Zambada Sicairos
Ismael Zambada Sicairos, also known as Mayito Flaco, is a Mexican drug trafficker and leader of the Los Mayos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. He is a fugitive from U.S. justice.
Israel Keyes
Israel Keyes (1978-2012) was an American serial killer arrested in 2012 for the murder of Samantha Koenig in Anchorage, Alaska; the FBI believes he killed 11 victims and buried murder-kit caches nationwide before his jail suicide.
Israel L. Glasser
Israel L. Glasser, also known as Israel Leo Glasser, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in the Eastern District of New York.
Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement
Israel–UAE normalization agreement, the Abraham Accords treaty signed in Washington 15 September 2020, establishing peace, diplomatic relations, and full normalization; first Gulf state deal, in exchange for Israel suspending West Bank annexation.
Israeli citizenship law
Israeli citizenship law centers on the Citizenship Law 5712-1952 and Law of Return 1950, covering acquisition by return, birth, residence, naturalization, the 2003 family-unification ban, and citizenship revocation.
Israeli contract law
Israeli contract law is the codified body of private law governing the formation, performance, and breach of contracts in Israel, centered on the Contracts (General Part) Law 1973 and the 1970 Remedies Law.
Israeli mafia
Israeli mafia: family-based mafia-style organized crime groups in Israel active in extortion, drugs, arms trafficking, and loan sharking, concentrated in Tel Aviv, the north, and Arab communities, with rising homicide rates and 2024 anti-crime legislation.
Issam al-Khalif
Issam Khaled al-Khalif (عصام خالد الخليف), born in 1981, is a Syrian jurist and academic serving since 2026 as president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria.
Issei Sagawa (佐川一政)
Issei Sagawa (佐川一政), Japanese student who murdered and ate Dutch classmate Renée Hartevelt in Paris in 1981, was declared insane in France, deported to Japan, released in 1985, and died in 2022.
Istanbul Convention
The Istanbul Convention (CETS No. 210) is a Council of Europe treaty on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, opened for signature in Istanbul on 11 May 2011, in force since 1 August 2014, monitored by GREVIO, with the EU acceding in 2023 and Turkey withdrawing in 2021.
Italian nationality law
Italian nationality law, governed by Law 91/1992, centers on citizenship by descent (ius sanguinis) with residual ius soli and dual citizenship; Law 74/2025 restricted descent claims by people born abroad, sustaining constitutional and Cassation challenges.
Italian Regency of Carnaro
Italian Regency of Carnaro (Reggenza Italiana del Carnaro): unrecognized state proclaimed by Gabriele D'Annunzio in Fiume (Rijeka) on 12 August 1920, ruled under the never-applied Charter of Carnaro, ended by the Treaty of Rapallo and the Italian army in December 1920.
Itamar Ben-Gvir (איתמר בן גביר)
Itamar Ben-Gvir (איתמר בן גביר), Israeli far-right politician, chairman of Otzma Yehudit and Minister of National Security since December 2022; Knesset member since 2021, lawyer, Kahanist background, convicted of incitement and supporting Kach.
Itio in partes
Itio in partes (Latin, "going into parts") was a Holy Roman Empire Imperial Diet procedure, formalized 1648, dividing the Reichstag into corpus evangelicorum and corpus catholicorum so religious matters were settled by agreement between confessional blocs, not majority vote; invoked exclusively by Protestants and used only five times, first in 1727.
ITU Radio Regulations
ITU Radio Regulations (RR): the international treaty governing global radio-frequency spectrum and satellite-orbit use, first signed Berlin 1906, current 2024 edition in force 1 January 2025, revised by World Radiocommunication Conferences every three to four years.
Iulia Motoc
Iulia Antoanella Motoc (born 1967, Timișoara) is a Romanian jurist, ICC judge since 2024 presiding over Pre-Trial Chamber I (Duterte case), formerly ECHR judge for Romania 2013–2023 and Constitutional Court of Romania judge 2010–2013.
Iuventa
Iuventa was a rescue ship operated by the German non-profit Jugend Rettet in the Central Mediterranean from 2016 to 2017, rescuing over 23,000 people before Italy seized it.
Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar
Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, alias El Chapito (born 1983), son of El Chapo, co-leads the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel; indicted in the US in 2023 for fentanyl trafficking, sanctioned, and a $10 million fugitive.
Ivan L. R. Lemelle
Ivan L. R. Lemelle (born 1950) is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana appointed by President Clinton in 1998.
Ivan Milat
Ivan Robert Marko Milat, Australian road worker and serial killer known as the backpacker murderer; killed seven backpackers in Belanglo State Forest, NSW, 1989-1992; convicted 1996, died in prison 2019; suspected in other cold cases.
Ivey v Genting Casinos
Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords [2017] UKSC 67: UK Supreme Court case in which Phil Ivey's £7.7m edge-sorting Punto Banco win was ruled cheating, and the Ghosh dishonesty test was overruled.
J. C. Barker
J. C. Barker, also known as J. Campbell Barker, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Texas since 2019.
J. D. Breen
J. Daniel Breen (born 1950) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Tennessee since 2017.