News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 153
OPINION: Why We Need Religion More than Ever in the Pursuit of Peace
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Sep 20 (IPS) - The proliferation of political crises and armed conflicts in every corner of the world does not exclude religious groups, which unfortunately also contribute to animosities, intolerance and hatred. The Middle East has been on the hit-list of violet extremist groups for decades.
One telling example is Syria where clashes have on occasion taken religious or denominational overtones, fracturing Syrian society for decades to come. They have given rise to sectarian divisions along ethnic and religious lines in a country where inter-religious harmony once prevailed. We observe a similar situation in Iraq.
In Myanmar, government security forces unleased a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing and hatred against the Muslim Rohingya population. The military crackdown on the Rohingya community has significantly aggravated inter-communal violence in the country.
And in the Central African Republic, armed militant groups sloganizing misrepresentations of Islam and Christianity, commit abuses and human rights violations on each other on a daily basis.
Boko Haram’s Youngest Victims
- Inter Press Service
Sep 19 (IPS) - "Khadija" was just 8 years old when Boko Haram fighters attacked her village in northeast Nigeria and took her by force to their camp. Her abductors tried to marry her and other captives to members of the armed Islamist group, she told me. When the captives refused, they were locked in a room.
NYC Library Ditches Controversial Saudi Royal MBS’ Event
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - A New York library appeared to bow to pressure this week when it canceled an event that was being co-hosted by Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, who is accused of a range of human rights abuses.
International Cooperation Required to Solve World’s Severest Problems
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sep 19 (IPS) - In an interview with Dan Smith, Director of the renowned Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Professor of Peace and Conflict at the University of Manchester. The native Londoner, he has been researching conflicts and peace for decades and served in the UN Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group, which he chaired for two years.
Big Power Conflicts are Increasingly Taking Place in Outer Space
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Sep 12 (IPS) - Nearly every article on ‘space security' begins with the acknowledgement that satellites and space-based services are critical for modern societies. And with good reason.
The Push for Peace-From the Global Village to the Global Neighborhood
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 11 (IPS) - From the ashes of a tragedy that wiped out almost 90% of the city of Hiroshima on 5 August 1945, an institute called the Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC) rose like a phoenix of hope that is pioneering the creation of a global pool of peacebuilders. It is driven by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development declaration that "there can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development."
The Costs of Heightened Conflict in the Himalayas
- Inter Press Service
Sep 10 (IPS) - As a series of conflicts in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region come into sharp focus, sidelining local populations, the long-term environmental costs may leave the region degraded, poor and desperate.
Culture of Peace Takes Big Stride as UN Observes 20th Anniversary of Norm-Setting 1999 Decision
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) - It has been a long, arduous journey – a journey ridden curiously with obstacles and indifference. Two decades have passed by since the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted, by consensus and without reservation, its landmark and norm-setting resolution 53/243 on the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace in 1999.
Kashmir: How Modi’s Aggressive 'Hindutva' Project has Brought India and Pakistan to the Brink – Again
- Inter Press Service
Sep 09 (IPS) - August is immensely important in the history of the Asian subcontinent, marking the month that India and Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947. Now, in 2019, it has once again proved momentous, when, ten days before India's Independence day celebrations, prime minister Narendra Modi's government revoked the autonomy of Indian-administered Kashmir – a status provided for under the Indian Constitution.
U.N. Criticised for Link-up with Saudi Prince MBS
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 04 (IPS) - The United Nations is under growing pressure to scrap an event it is co-hosting with the private foundation of Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, who has been linked to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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