Tag: International law

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...

ANALYSIS: By Emad Moussa “Israel appears set on destroying the framework created to ensure compliance with international law . . . ”, the International Court...

Asia Pacific Report A news report highlighting Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown yelling "free beer" at pro-Palestine protesters at an Auckland Council governing body meeting on...

Ma'an News Agency in Santiago Civil society forces in Chile are preparing to launch an international campaign to demand the expulsion of Israel from the...

COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud UNSC Resolution 2803 is unequivocally rejected. It is a direct contravention of international law itself, imposed by the United States with...

ANALYSIS: By Treasa Dunworth, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau It’s now more than a week since Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his government had...

Why the recognition of the State of Palestine by Australia is an important development. Meanwhile, New Zealand still dithers. This article unpacks the hypocrisy...

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 In 2019, a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific, frustrated at...

Asia Pacific Report Groups that have declined to join the government-sponsored "harmony accord" signed yesterday by some Muslim and Jewish groups, say that the proposed...

RNZ News New Zealand has joined 24 other countries in calling for an end to the war in Gaza, and criticising what they call the...