Global Issues
News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 251
Mosul Refugees Victims of "Victory of the Revolution”
- Inter Press Service
KHAZAR, Iraq, Jun 15 (IPS) - "People with long beards and dressed like Afghans broke into our neighbourhood after they had bombed it. We were lucky to escape from that nightmare," Aum Ahmad, a46-year-old woman from Mosul – 400 km northwest of Baghdad – told IPS from the recently set up Khazar refugee camp, 25 km east of the besieged city.
Survivors of Sexual Violence Deserve More Than Just Talk
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 13 (IPS) - "States must make concrete commitments to enable and protect women human rights defenders, so that they can safely and securely carry out their work in support of victims of sexual and gender-based violence," Amnesty International told the Global Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict that wound up Friday in London.
U.N. Releases Guidelines on Reparations for Victims of Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS) - When sexual violence - whether against men, women or children - takes place in United Nations peacekeeping missions worldwide, the world body has been quick to single out the perpetrators and expel them back to their home countries.
Ghost of the LTTE Flickers in Malaysia
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, Jun 12 (IPS) - The recent arrest and deportation from Malaysia of three Sri Lankan Tamils on U.N. refugee status, under suspicion of trying to revive the disbanded Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has raised questions about regional security and minority politics.
Future of Peace Talks in Colombian Voters’ Hands
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 11 (IPS) - Colombians will basically decide Sunday whether to continue the five decade counterinsurgency war or persevere in the attempt to negotiate a political solution to the conflict, in order to allow the children being born this year to experience what their parents have never known: a country at peace.
Syria’s Twin Jihads
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jun 05 (IPS) - The war in Syria has brought back to the forefront the concept of ‘jihad', with tens of thousands of fighters currently waging what they believe to be a religious war there.
A Common Vision – The Abolition of Militarism
- Inter Press Service
SARAJEVO, Jun 05 (IPS) - On this Friday, June 6, people from all corners of the world gather here in Sarajevo, Bosnia, to explore a plethora of ideas on the road forward to a world in peace.
Russia May Seek to Emphasise Peace Broker Role in Mideast
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Jun 05 (IPS) - As the Palestinian unity government announced June 2 receives a cautious welcome from many world leaders, Russia's support for the new body is providing the Kremlin with an opportune platform to pursue its foreign policy ambitions and strengthen its domestic ideology.
Palestinian Unity Causing Political Ripples in Washington
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 05 (IPS) - The announcement this week of a new Palestinian unity government was greeted with cautious optimism by most of the world, outside of Israel. In the United States, however, it set off political rumblings that threaten to swell into a storm.
The Train of Palestinian Reconciliation Reaches One More Station
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Jun 04 (IPS) - The formation of a new Palestinian government between Fatah and Hamas announced on Monday is an important station on the path to reconciliation, "but there still many stations to be reached before achieving real unity based on partnership among all Palestinians."
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