News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 255
Opinion: A Year of Progress for “Children, Not Soldiers”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 07 (IPS) - One year ago, representatives of the last eight governments of the world named by the U.N. secretary-general for the recruitment and use of children in their security forces gathered at the United Nations in New York to declare they were ready to take the steps necessary to make their security forces child-free.
Congolese Citizens Forced to Pay for Police, Protection Services
- Inter Press Service
Opinion: A Legally-Binding Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 06 (IPS) - Five years after the adoption of the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) Action Plan in 2010, compliance with commitments related to nuclear disarmament lags far behind those related to non-proliferation or the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
World Misses Its Potential by Excluding 50 Per Cent of Its People
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 05 (IPS) - The meeting is billed as one of the biggest single gatherings of women activists under one roof.
Syrians “Have No Faith” in International Community to Solve Human Rights Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 04 (IPS) - Syrian citizens "have no faith" in the international community to solve the chaos and war raging across their country, according to a prominent human rights defender.
Gaza Reconstruction, Hampered by Israeli Blockade, May Take 100 Years, Say Aid Agencies
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (IPS) - Despite all the political hoopla surrounding an international pledging conference in Cairo last October to help rebuild Gaza, the reconstruction of the Israeli-devastated territory is apparently moving at the pace of paralytic snail.
Families See Hope for Justice in Palestinian Membership of ICC
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Mar 03 (IPS) - "I have lost all meaning in life after the death of my child, I will never forgive anyone who caused the tearing apart of his little body. I appeal to all who can help and stand with us to achieve justice and punish those who killed my child."
U.N. Member States Accused of Cherry-Picking Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 02 (IPS) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has criticised member states for ‘cherry-picking' human rights – advocating some and openly violating others – perhaps to suit their own national or political interests.
Syrian Conflict Has Underlying Links to Climate Change, Says Study
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 02 (IPS) - Was the four-year-old military conflict in Syria, which has claimed the lives of over 200,000 people, mostly civilians, triggered at least in part by climate change?
Environmental Damage to Gaza Exacerbating Food Insecurity
- Inter Press Service
BEIT LAHIYA, Northern Gaza Strip, Mar 01 (IPS) - Extensive damage to Gaza's environment as a result of the Israeli blockade and its devastating military campaign against the coastal territory during last year's war from July to August, is negatively affecting the health of Gazans, especially their food security.
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