News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 221
Is Hypocrisy The Silent Strategy of Western Democracy?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 03 (IPS) - The official reasons for the US-led, UK-backed invasion of Iraq in 2003 were to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, end Saddam Hussein's support of terrorism, and free the Iraqi people.
However, immediately after the United States deposed and killed Iraq's dictator and established a new authority to govern the country, a chaotic post-invasion environment surfaced, militias formed, inter-ethnic violence between Sunnis and Shias increased, and the Abu Ghraib scandal came to light.
Jihadism: The Radicalisation of Youth
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 02 (IPS) - To 13-year-old Gauher Aftab, the path to eternal bliss never seemed more enticing than in the pivotal moment a pious man with a flowing beard entered his 9th-grade Islamic studies classroom.
The Human Rights Council adopts the Declaration on the Right to Peace
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 29 (IPS) - On 1 July 2016, the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations in Geneva adopted a Declaration on the Right to Peace by a majority of its Member States. It is the result of three years of work with all stakeholders led by Costa Rica, through its Ambassador Christian Guillermet-Fernández.
Colombia Includes Gender Focus for a Stable, Lasting Peace
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jul 29 (IPS) - The novel inclusion of a gender perspective in the talks that led to a historic peace deal between the Colombian government and left-wing guerrillas is a landmark and an inspiration for efforts to solve other armed conflicts in the world, according to the director of U.N.-Women in Colombia, Belén Sanz.
The Psychology of Ideology and Religion
- Inter Press Service
DAYLESFORD, Australia, Jul 27 (IPS) - Two of the drivers of world affairs that manifest in the daily decisions that affect our lives are ideology and religion.
Climate Victims – Every Second, One Person Is Displaced by Disaster
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 27 (IPS) - Climate change and related extreme weather events have devastated the lives and livelihoods of tens of millions of most vulnerable people worldwide-- by far exceeding the total of all the unfortunate and unjustifiable victims of all terrorist attacks combined. However, the unstoppable climate crisis receives just a tiny fraction of mainstream media attention. See these dramatic facts.
El Salvador Faces Dilemma over the Prosecution of War Criminals
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Jul 23 (IPS) - The ruling of the highest court to repeal the amnesty law places El Salvador in the dilemma of deciding whether the country should prosecute those who committed serious violations to human rights during the civil war.
Feminism Slowly Gaining Support at United Nations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 21 (IPS) - Achieving gender equality has long been one of the United Nations' top priorities yet the word feminism has only recently begun to find its way into speeches at UN headquarters.
'Monster' El Niño Subsides, La Niña Hitting Soon
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 18 (IPS) - As if human-made armed conflicts, wickedness, rights abuse, gender violence, cruel inequality and climate catastrophes were not enough, now the saying "God Always Forgives, Men Sometimes, Nature Never" appear to be more true than ever. See what happens.
South Sudan Tense but Calm Following Intense Fighting: UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) - The situation in Juba, South Sudan on Thursday was "tense" but "calm" following recent intense fighting, UN Spokesperson for the Secretary General Stephane Dujarric told journalists here Thursday.
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