‘Weaponisation of Starvation’: The Failing of International Humanitarian Law in Sudan’s War
“Never in modern history have so many people faced starvation and famine as in Sudan today,” experts selected by the United Nations Human Rights Council…
Background of the ICC Arrest Warrant on Min Aung Hlaing and the Future of Myanmar
On 27 November 2024, the ICC prosecutor announced his intention to seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Administration…
Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu – Modern Diplomacy
The chief backer of Israel in the world is the United States; it provides the arms and munitions that have made Israel the most militarily…
Commemorating the Tigray Genocide: The Comprehensive Societal Decay and Aftermath
The genocide in Tigray stands as a harrowing emblem of the human toll of unchecked atrocities, driven by a blend of political, ethnic, and territorial…
Former military lawyer David McBride sentenced to more than five years in jail for sharing classified information with journalists
Former military lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months in jail for sharing classified military documents with journalists.McBride pleaded guilty…
Netanyahu is blinded and cornered by the gathering of increasingly dark clouds
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and other leading Israeli figures appear blinded and progressively cornered by the gathering of increasingly dark clouds. The clouds, including…
The hostage crisis conversation too often gets lost in the Israel-Gaza Discourse: here’s why that must change
There are numerous dimensions to the Israel-Gaza conflict that exist in international discourse at both the intergovernmental level and within civil society. South Africa demanding…
Gaza Aid Workers Killed: Will Biden Block Military Aid to Israel?
The killing of aid workers in Gaza is absolutely appalling. They belonged to World Central Kitchen (WCK), a charity whose staff undertook considerable risk to…
‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council
The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on…
All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief
All parties to the Gaza conflict have been responsible for “clear violations of international humanitarian law including possible war crimes”, according to the UN’s top…
War crimes fears over Israeli ground invasion of Rafah
Any move by Israel to extend its full-scale invasion of Gaza into the massively overcrowded southern city of Rafah could lead to war crimes which…
Will We See a War Tribunal?
By J.M. Jakus and Liberty Shockley*. Edited by Evin Demir Mounting escalation in the Palestinian territories has yielded an avalanche of legal initiatives ranging from…
Israel Ordered to Prevent Genocide
In the Gaza case brought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague (Netherlands), the court has ruled that Israel…
ICJ ruling on Gaza is on the way
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was outraged by the ruling of the International Court of Justice, which ordered Israel to take all necessary measures to…