Tag: International law
Western media ‘parrots Israeli propaganda’ over Gaza, says analyst
Pacific Media Watch
A media studies professor at Qatar's Doha Institute for Graduate Studies has completed empirical studies examining Western media coverage of Israel’s war...
Rightwing astroturfers infiltrate Australian local councils, fire up unrest over Israel
With similar Israel divestment motions having been passed at City of Sydney and Canterbury/Bankstown Councils, many had expected the motion to pass in what...
Guessing game over when Iran is about to strike Israel over...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Iran may be about to launch a "proper" missile strike on Israel for the first time ever -- in retaliation for...
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...
PSNA puts New Zealand govt ‘on notice’ over breaches of Genocide...
Asia Pacific Report
A pro-Palestinian advocacy group has put the New Zealand government "on notice" over its alleged complicity with Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza...
The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua –...
EDITORIAL: The Jakarta Post
It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers.
This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with...
Al Jazeera’s Bishara says ICJ critics ‘demolished shameless defences’ of Israel...
Pacific Media Watch
The International Court of Justice (ICC) has held its last day of hearings examining the legality of Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian...
Palestinian foreign minister tells ICJ of ‘besieged, bombed and killed’ Gazans
Asia Pacific Report
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki began his address to the week-long "historic" International Court of Justice hearings into the status of the...
Waitangi Day 2024: 5 myths and misconceptions that confuse NZ’s 1840...
ANALYSIS: By Paul Moon, Auckland University of Technology
When it comes to grappling with the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi, one of the commonest...
ICJ’s stunning blow over Gaza war genocide charge ups pressure on...
ANALYSIS: By Trita Parsi
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled against Israel and determined that South Africa successfully argued that Israel’s conduct plausibly...
Palestine solidarity group calls on NZ to end ‘blind eye’ policy...
Asia Pacific Report
The New Zealand government bears heavy responsibility for loss of life of Palestinians and Israelis in the latest fighting in Israel/Palestine and...
Palestine furious at PNG Prime Minister opening embassy in Jerusalem
RNZ Pacific
The Palestinian Authority has called the opening of Papua New Guinea's Israeli embassy in Jerusalem an "aggression" and a "violation" of international law.
In...
Ukraine a year on – how the invasion changed NZ foreign...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
One year to the day since Russian tanks ran over the Ukraine border -- and over the UN...
NZ aid worker remains missing in Ukraine – the tragedy of...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
The humanitarian aid worker Andrew Bagshaw, who has dual New Zealand and British citizenship, has been missing in...
John Minto: Israel’s new leadership demands NZ reassess its Middle East...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The swearing in of the extremist leadership in Israel demands the Aotearoa New Zealand government reassess its policy towards the Middle...
With the death of a Kiwi fighter in Ukraine, should the...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
Dominic Bryce Abelen has been described as a “warrior until the end”. He is also New Zealand’s first...
Ukraine crisis: how do small states like New Zealand respond in...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
New Zealand’s official response to Russian aggression and violations of international law have so far been strong --...
John Minto: Ben & Jerry does right thing – will Mahuta...
COMMENT: By John Minto
US ice cream manufacturer Ben and Jerry has announced it will no longer sell icecream in the occupied Palestinian Territories.
This is...
Jailing the Christchurch terrorist will cost NZ millions. A prisoner swap...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
There is no death penalty in New Zealand, unlike the United States. But Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant, due...
New Timor treaty will finally set borders to resolve oil, gas...
ANALYSIS: By Tom Clarke
Timor-Leste and Australia has signed a maritime boundary agreement at the UN headquarters in New York today, putting their long-running border...
Vanuatu government hopes new laws will save it on global finance...
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
The Vanuatu government’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Committee is confident that the submission of some 31 Bills to Parliament...