Global IssuesNews headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 30
The Impact of Climate Migration on Developing Nations
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 17 (IPS) - As the world is still gearing up to welcome 2024, let us find a moment to reflect on some of the key trends of the past year and pursue now to embrace the path towards hope and promise for everyone, everywhere.
Mozambique Insurgency Significantly Decreased, Say Experts
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 17 (IPS) - There is cautious optimism regarding the conflict that has been raging in northern Mozambique, largely in the province of Cabo Delgado, since 2017. There are encouraging indications that the Islamic State (IS)-driven insurgency has significantly decreased thanks to the deployment of the Mozambique Defense Armed Forces (FADM), Southern African Development Community (SAMIM) forces, and a contingent of Rwandan troops (RSF).
With Attack on Yemen, the U.S. Is Shameless: We Make the Rules, We Break the Rules
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jan 15 (IPS) - Have you heard the one about the U.S. government wanting a “rules-based international order”?
It’s grimly laughable, but the nation’s media outlets routinely take such claims seriously and credulously. Overall, the default assumption is that top officials in Washington are reluctant to go to war, and do so only as a last resort.
South Africa's Genocide Case Flawed, Premature, Inaccurate, says Israel
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 12 (IPS) - Israel disputed both South Africa’s jurisdiction and the provisional measures that it demanded the International Court of Justice impose on the State of Israel to prevent genocide.
Palestine: Nothing Can Justify Genocide, It's Not the Time for Silence
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBurg, Jan 11 (IPS) - Far from the mayhem, destruction, and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the South African government argued in the International Court of Justice in the Hague that it had an obligation and a right to bring a case to halt a genocide by the Israeli government and its military.
South Africas Genocide Case Against Israel at the International Court of Justice
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Canada, Jan 11 (IPS) - The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) published the following Q&A with human rights attorney and political analyst Diana Buttu on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice ICJ). The court is scheduled to hold hearings on the petition January 11-12.
Where Does the International Criminal Court Stand on Charges of Mass Killings in Gaza?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (IPS) - The continued devastation of Gaza by Israel has triggered widespread charges of war crimes, genocide, forced displacement, ethnic cleansing, starvation as a weapon of war and mass killings of civilians – over 22,000 at last count—compared to 1,200 killings by Hamas.
These accusations have prompted growing demands for intervention by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, which has remained silent while its Prosecutor Karim Khan is accused of double standards and playing politics.
Explainer: What is the Genocide Convention?
- UN News
South Africa has set out its case accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Conventionpointing to the current situation in the bombarded, besieged Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians.
Time to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with a Two State-One Nation Solution
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 08 (IPS) - Since October 9 2023, Israel’s war on Gaza has displaced over 1.8 million, according to UN estimates and killed almost 22,000 people in Gaza as of 2 January 2024most of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry. Hamas' October 7 surprise attacks on Israel killed 1,200 people.
2024 Demands Swift Action to Stem Sudans Ruinous Conflict
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 05 (IPS) - Nearly nine months of war have tipped Sudan into a downward spiral that only grows more ruinous by the day. As the conflict spreads, human suffering is deepening, humanitarian access is shrinking, and hope is dwindling. This cannot continue.
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