Tag: International Court of Justice

By Vahefonua Tupola in Suva The University of the South Pacific (USP) is at the heart of a global legal victory with the International Court...

Last week, the UN's highest court issued a stinging ruling that countries have a legal obligation to limit climate change and provide restitution for...

By Ezra Toara in Port Vila Vanuatu's Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Ralph Regenvanu, has welcomed the historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) climate ruling,...

By Jamie Tahana in The Hague for RNZ Pacific The United Nations' highest court has found that countries can be held legally responsible for their...

By Jamie Tahana in The Hague for RNZ Pacific In 2019, a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific, frustrated at...

ANALYSIS: By Mick Hall Collective measures to confront Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people have been agreed by 12 nations after an emergency summit of...

Asia Pacific Report The New Zealand Māori Council and Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa made a high profile appeal to Foreign Minister Winston Peters over Gaza...

Asia Pacific Report The advocacy group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned the New Zealand government fpr failing to make a humanitarian submission to the...

By Anish Chand in Suva Filipo Tarakinikini has been appointed as Fiji’s Ambassador-designate to Israel. This has been stated on two official X, formerly Twitter, handle...

By Sondos Asem in The Hague, Netherlands The International Court of Justice began hearings today into Israel's obligations towards the presence and activities of the...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs In the absence of any measures taken by the New Zealand government to respond to the genocide being committed by Israel...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook The BBC’s news verification service, Verify, digitally reconstructed a residential tower block in Mandalay earlier this week to show how it...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Norfolk Island sees its United States tariff as an acknowledgment of independence from Australia. Norfolk Island, despite being an Australian...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Joe Gill It is difficult to be shocked after 18 months of Israel's genocidal onslaught on Gaza. Brazen crimes against humanity have become...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...