News 24
- May 11, 2015
Second UN rapporteur visit to SA called off
United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo addresses journalists in central London. (Carl Court, AFP) The United Nations' special...
Felix Horne | Al Jazeera
- May 6, 2015
Elections, Ethiopian style
Since the last election, the ruling party has exerted more control and increased its repression of basic liberties. There are few ways...
Ranjeni Munusamy | Daily Maverick
- Apr 23, 2015
Xenophobia and the media: Where truth and patriotism intersect
There he was, the president of South Africa, reading the Sunday newspapers and thinking: “This makes us look bad.” The cause of...
Achille Mbembe | Africa is a Country
- Apr 16, 2015
Xenophobica in South Africa
“Afrophobia”? “Xenophobia”? “Black on black racism”? A “darker” as you can get hacking a “foreigner” under the pretext of his being too...
Ilan Lior, Haaertz News
- Apr 5, 2015
Rwanda confirms finalizing deal with Israel to accept asylum seekers
Rwanda is finalizing a deal to accept Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers deported by Israel, and Uganda will consider doing so, African...
BBC News Middle East
- Mar 23, 2015
Israel accused at UN over Gaza war casualties
The scale of civilian deaths in Gaza during the 2014 war with Israel puts Israel’s adherence to international law in doubt, a UN official...
Anna Grear and Burns H. Weston | The Authors
- Feb 25, 2015
The Betrayal of Human Rights and the Urgency of Universal Corporate Accountability: Reflections on a
1. INTRODUCTION The universalism at the heart of International Human Rights Law (IHRL) is, in aspiration at least, well known and much...
ISABEL KERSHNER
- Feb 24, 2015
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man in West Bank Clashes
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces shot and killed a 19-year-old Palestinian man when clashes broke out during a military raid on a refugee camp...
International Crisis Group
- Feb 9, 2015
Mapping Bangladesh’s Political Crisis
Executive Summary On 5 January, the first anniversary of the deeply contested 2014 elections, the most violent in Bangladesh’s history,...
National Post
- Feb 9, 2015
When are atrocities not considered genocide? UN says intent and number of victims are key factors
In its recent ruling neither Croatia or Serbia committed genocide, the UN’s highest court showed how high the bar is set to prove...
BBC News Europe
- Feb 3, 2015
UN court dismisses Croatia and Serbia genocide claims
Featured Image: President of the Court, Judge Peter Tomka (centre) during the verdict on genocide claims brought up by Croatia against...
UN News
- Feb 3, 2015
International Court of Justice dismisses genocide claims by Croatia and Serbia
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the main judicial body of the United Nations, today rejected claims made by Croatia and Serbia...