Tag: International Court of Justice
New Zealand condemned for failing to make ICJ humanitarian case...
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...
Tarakinikini appointed as Fiji’s ambassador-designate to Israel
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...
Israel accused at ICJ of using aid as ‘weapons of war’...
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...
Why NZ govt should back Greens’ sanctions bill on Israel over...
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...
The graver Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows
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...
‘Not an extension of Australia’ – Trump’s tariffs ‘reinforces’ Norfolk Island’s...
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...
Red Crescent Palestinians massacre: Global rule of law masquerade is over
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...
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...