News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 24
How to Spur Economic Growth in Africa’s Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 09 (IPS) - More than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lives in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS)—economies that face profound challenges such as stagnant economic growth, weak institutions, inadequate public services, extreme poverty, war, and forced internal displacement.
US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief
- UN News
The US Government’s announcement of sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday has been condemned by Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as “deeply corrosive of good governance and the due administration of justice.”
CIVICUS’ New Leader Speaks on Global Declines in Civic Freedom
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS / NEW YORK, Jun 05 (IPS) - On June 1, CIVICUS Global Alliance, announced the appointment of Mandeep Tiwana as its new Secretary-General. With his tenure underway, Tiwana sat down with an IPS correspondent to discuss CIVICUS’s work in promoting civic freedom and solidarity in an increasingly autonomy-restrictive world.
Hundreds of Cholera Cases Are Declared Per Day in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 05 (IPS) - A particularly virulent outbreak of cholera was detected in the Khartoum State of Sudan and is a direct result of the Sudanese Civil War, warns the United Nations.
Why the World Bank Should Lift Its Outdated Ban on Nuclear Energy
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 05 (IPS) - On June 10, the World Bank’s board will meet to consider lifting an outdated ban on nuclear energy – one that has remained in place for decades despite the growing global need for clean, reliable electricity.
Kazakhstan’s Path From Tragedy to Tolerance: Interfaith Dialogue, Peace, and Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO / ASTANA, Jun 04 (IPS) - On the windswept steppe west of Astana, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev led a solemn ceremony this week to mark Kazakhstan’s Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repressions and Famine—an annual reflection on one of the nation’s darkest chapters.
Truce on the Line: After the War Stops, the Suffering Continues
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Jun 03 (IPS) - In the war-worn borderlands of Jammu and Kashmir, the silence that followed the May 10 ceasefire between India and Pakistan is not the comforting kind—It is uneasy.
If This Isn’t Genocide, What Is?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 30 (IPS) - For over a year, I refused to ascribe Israel's war against Hamas and the reign of horror it is inflicting on the Palestinians in Gaza as genocide, but now I feel shaken to the core by what I am witnessing. If what I see is not genocide, then I do not know what is.
Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangle
- UN News
The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic meet – has seen an exponential surge in the illicit manufacture and trafficking of synthetic drugs.
New judge elected to the International Court of Justice
- UN News
A seasoned diplomat and legal scholar from Jordan was elected on Tuesday to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ principal judicial body.
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