Tag: International Court of Justice
Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting
By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila
Paolo* was just 15 years old when he witnessed the Philippine National Police (PNP) mercilessly kill his father in 2016.
Nearly...
International Women’s Day activists protest in solidarity with Palestinians
Asia Pacific Report
Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand marked International Women's Day today and the start of Ramadan this week with solidarity rallies across the...
Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations
Asia Pacific Report
The State of Palestine has submitted a written plea to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) asking it for an advisory opinion...
Peters’ refusal to join ICC backers puts NZ in Trump’s ‘lawless...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ refusal to join 79 other countries trying to protect the International Criminal Court (ICC) after...
UN rapporteur welcomes ‘best news’ — Hague Group coalition pushing for...
Asia Pacific Report
UN Special Rapporteur to the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese has hailed the formation of The Hague Group, describing it as the...
Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jeremy Rose
The International Court of Justice heard last month that after reconstruction is factored in Israel’s war on Gaza will have...
Israel’s planned expulsion of UNRWA – time for UN to walk...
COMMENTARY: By Chris Gunness
'In Gaza, only UNRWA has the infrastructure to distribute aid to scale, such as vehicles, warehouses, distribution centres and staff. However,...
Weaponising antisemitism – BDS, antisemitism and the silencing of criticism of...
COMMENTARY: By Cathy Peters
To be Jewish does not mean an automatic identification with the rogue state of Israel. Nor does it mean that Jews...
Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ – Israeli tennis...
Asia Pacific Report
A Palestine solidarity group has protested over the participation of Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko in New Zealand's ASB Tennis Classic in...
Climate justice: Action groups livid over Australia’s submission at ICJ
ABC Pacific
Australia's government is being condemned by climate action groups for discouraging the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from ruling in favour of a...
Climate justice: Vanuatu’s landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting...
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's special envoy to climate change says their case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is based on the argument that those...
Sanders praises arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and warns against ‘further...
Asia Pacific Report
Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders says he supports the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defence...
Eugene Doyle: Axis of Genocide vs Axis of Resistance. Whose side...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Despite being appalled at my government, I winced as a New Zealander to hear my country described as part of the...
Call for UN sanctions on Israel to implement ICJ ruling on...
BDS National Committee
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian society leading the global BDS movement, has called for immediate pressure...
John Minto: International Court of Justice says BDS against Israel is...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
You could be forgiven if you missed the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion that Israel’s long-standing occupation of...
Open letter to TVNZ – stop the bias, report fairly on...
OPEN LETTER: Our Action Station
Dear TVNZ,
We are deeply concerned with the misleading nature of the journalism presented in your recent coverage of the escalating...
Advocate slams NZ snub of Nagasaki peace tribute as ‘outrageous’
By Mick Hall
A leading peace campaigner is calling Aotearoa New Zealand’s decision to stay away from a peace event in Nagasaki paying tribute to...
Ilan Pappé: To end Gaza genocide, uproot the source of all...
Since the arrival of Zionism in Palestine, the impulse of the Palestinians has not been about violence or revenge. The impulse remains the return...
Labour’s Parker critical of weak NZ response to ICJ ruling against...
By David Robie
Former New Zealand attorney-general David Parker spoke on day 295 of Israel' genocidal war on Gaza in Auckland today, condemning the National-led...
Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman.
We end today’s show in The Hague, where the International...
PSNA demands immediate NZ action over Palestine court ruling
Asia Pacific Report
The decision of the International Court of Justice that Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are illegal demands immediate action from the New...
When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share...
Pacific Media Watch
Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was...