Tag: International law

Peace Movement Aotearoa "One can oppose a hateful regime and, at the same time, oppose an unjustified and dangerous military intervention," says Spanish Prime Minister...

Alternative Jewish Voices -- Sh’ma Koleinu We, Alternative Jewish Voices, deplore Israel and America’s illegal war of aggression against Iran. We also condemned the repression...

ANALYSIS: By Nury Vittachi The West is in turmoil over countries' top legal minds declaring the US-Israel attack on Iran to be illegal, as China...

RNZ News New Zealand's opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he does not support the United States and Israel's strikes on Iran. He disagrees with Prime...

ANALYSIS: By Shannon Brincat and Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran represent a further erosion of the international legal order. Under...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle When I heard the terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 165 children this week in an...

RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says New Zealand's stance on the United States and Israeli bombing of Iran mirrors that of Australia. Australian Prime Minister...

Asia Pacific Report Two Extinction Rebellion activists joined the speakers today at an Auckland protest over Israel’s genocide and ecocide in Gaza and occupied Palestine,...

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has called on the New Zealand government to condemn Israel’s desecration of its war graves in...

COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames Dear warmongers: You are sleepwalking towards a war in the Middle East that could set the whole world ablaze. Do not...

Asia Pacific Report Australia’s decision to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog next month has sparked criticism and a wave of planned protests, as Israel remains...

By Leon Wystrychowski The internationally recognised Lemkin Institute for the Prevention of Genocide has issued severe criticism of Germany. In a statement dated 13 January 2026,...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Donald Trump is a classic example of why you don’t let bullies prosper. “Trump is cutting the last threads of the...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan advocacy group has condemned Indonesia over taking up the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying it...

ANALYSIS: By Ian Powell There is much to understand from the dramatic kidnapping -- abduction is perhaps a better word -- of Venezuelan President Nicolás...

RNZ News Three people, including former Wellington mayoral hopeful Graham Bloxham, have been arrested at a Venezuela solidarity protest in New Zealand's capital. Around 100 people...

The path to Caracas -- and potentially next to Colombia, Cuba and Greenland, other targets of Donald Trump’s colonial greed-- was paved in Gaza,...

By Jake Johnson US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuela’s interim leadership will turn over to the United States as many as 50 million...

ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, New Zealand responded with unusual speed. Sanctions followed. Condemnations were issued. The language was unambiguous. We...

COMMENTARY: By Malcolm Evans What have we become if to survive in our so-called “free world” we must turn a blind eye to cold-blooded genocide,...

Asia Pacific Report Amid widespread condemnation of the United States over its brazen weekend attack on Venezuela around the world and in the UN Security...

Asia Pacific Report As New Zealand pro-Palestinian protesters prepared for demonstrations across the country today to mark the UN International Day of Solidarity with the...