News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 104
Make Art, Not War: Ukrainian Artists Tell the Ukraine Story Through their Art
- Inter Press Service
New Delhi, Sep 06 (IPS) - “I must say that I had a premonition of a war with Russia in 2014 when Russian troops had started to occupy Crimea,” said Mykola Zhuravel, a contemporary painter and sculptor, in an interview with IPS. Zhuravel, with his partner, Daria Tishchenko-Zhuravel, have used art to communicate and express the horrors of the war since 2014.
Mental Health as a Human Right Left Behind for Children in Fragile and Humanitarian Settings
- Inter Press Service
Copenhagen, Aug 30 (IPS) - Hiding in basements during bombings, fleeing their homes, going hungry, and facing the devastating and life-transformative traumas of losing their loved ones as their childhoods go up in flames of war. These are the lived experiences of crisis-impacted children and adolescents.
How France Underdevelops Africa
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (IPS) - Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally worse off than in other post-colonial African economies.
The Journey to Defend Human Rights Never Ends
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Aug 26 (IPS) - As you know, after four years as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, my mandate ends next week, on 31 August.
The world has changed fundamentally over the course of my mandate.
Keeping Hope Afloat in a Sea of Uncertainty
- Inter Press Service
ZA’ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan, Aug 25 (IPS) - “I think I’m making a difference. I’m really helping,” Hanadi tells me, as she reflects on her work in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan.
A Stress Test for Nuclear Deterrence
- Inter Press Service
FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Aug 24 (IPS) - This month, the Tenth Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is taking place in New York (and scheduled to conclude August 26). The meeting of states parties, postponed four times because of the Covid-19 pandemic, had originally been scheduled for April 2020.
Darfur: Trial of Janjaweed leader must not be ‘a false dawn’ for justice, Security Council hears
- UN News
The trial of senior Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb – the first prosecution to get underway at the request of the UN Security Council – represents “a glimmer of hope for justice in Darfur,” Sudan, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor on the case told the chamber on Tuesday.
Ukraine prisoner of war trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR
- UN News
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) expressed concern on Tuesday after photos and videos released on social media appeared to show metal cages being built in the philharmonic hall in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, apparently to house prisoners of war (POWs) during an upcoming “show trial”.
Singapore: UN rights chief welcomes repeal of colonial-era law banning sex between men
- UN News
The UN human rights chief on Monday welcomed the announcement from the Prime Minister of Singapore, that the city State would move to repeal a law known as 377A, which for decades has criminalized sex between men.
Afghanistan: What Went Wrong?
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Aug 19 (IPS) - After the horrendous tragedies of 9/11 in the year 2001, the US intervened in Afghanistan. Promising statements such as "we are going to smoke them out" and "we are after ending terrorism" received warm receptions.
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