Nicaragua called on the United Nations’ top court on Monday to halt German military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. The case at the International Court of Justice is against Germany, which is the second-largest supplier of arms to Israel after the
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks during a news conference at the European head office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 9, 2020. Reuters ” We understood after the NLD came to power, that we have certain rights.” That liberty and human rights we had enjoyed for five years is
There is a shared belief that they can weather global sanctions and both governments are showing callous neglect for the economic crisis that they are causing their populations. Both have actually rapidly reversed over a decade of economic development. The junta in Myanmar oversaw an 18 percent contraction of the economy in 2021, and over
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding hearings this week to figure out whether it has jurisdiction to evaluate if atrocities committed by the Myanmar armed force against Rohingya Muslims made up a genocide. The West African nation of Gambia filed a case at the ICJ in November 2019 implicating Myanmar of breaching the
” The court sets out the overall amount of settlement awarded to the Democratic Republic of Congo which is $325 million,” presiding judge Joan Donoghue said.Uganda should pay the sum in five annual instalments of $65 million to begin in September of this year, she added.The total award is far short of the over $11
