Global IssuesNews headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 5
Global Governance: Time for Reform
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) - At last the UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. While stopping short of demanding a permanent end to the violence, it goes further than the world’s peak peace and security body had so far managed since the start of the current brutal phase of conflict in October. But the time it’s taken to get to this point signals an ongoing failure of global institutions to uphold human rights.
Abandoned Children Growing Problem in Northern Syria
- Inter Press Service
IDLIB, Syria, Mar 27 (IPS) - Wael Al-Hassan was returning from work in the Syrian city of Harim when he heard the sound of a baby crying.
IMF Urges Non-alignment in Second Cold War
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Ghana, Mar 27 (IPS) - The IMF no. 2 recommends non-alignment as the best option for developing countries in the second Cold War as geopolitics threatens already dismal prospects for the world economy and wellbeing.
UN Security Council At Last Adopts a Ceasefire Resolution in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) - After nearly six months of a devastating war in Gaza, the UN Security Council has at last adopted a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The resolution calls for the ceasefire to come into effect for the month of Ramadan, demands the unconditional release of all hostages and ensures humanitarian access.
Will Israel Defy Another Security Council Resolution?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) - The UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution for a temporary cease-fire in the ongoing conflict in Gaza — adopted by a 14-0 vote with the US abstaining — marks a significant step forward in momentarily halting the five-month-old fighting which has claimed the lives of over 32,000 Palestinians and 1,200 inside Israel.
But a lingering question remains: how will Israel respond?
Written in Memory of Alexei Navalny and Osip Mandelstam
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar 22 (IPS) - The devastation of Ukraine and Gaza might seem to be beyond belief. Let us thus turn to fairy tales to find descriptions of the stony indifference of warlords.
Democracy’s Contested Territory
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 19 (IPS) - This year more than half the world’s population has the chance to go to the polls. That might make it look like the most democratic year ever, but the reality is more troubling. Too many of those elections won’t give people a real say and won’t offer any opportunity for change.
Hong Kong: Rushed adoption of new security law a ‘regressive step’ - UN rights chief
- UN News
The accelerated adoption of a national security bill in Hong Kong represents “a regressive step” for human rights there, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
Gender Rights: Resistance Against Regression
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 18 (IPS) - Global progress on gender rights has slowed almost to a halt. After decades of steady progress, demands for the rights of women and LGBTQI+ people now play out on bitterly contested territory. Over the course of several decades, global movements for rights won profound changes in consciences, customs and institutions. They elevated over half of humanity, excluded for centuries, to the status of holders of rights.
After 13 years in Conflict & Displacement, Syrian Women & Girls Must not be Forgotten
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Egypt, Mar 15 (IPS) - “I don’t think the world understands what it means to be a woman living in Syria today,” explains Shatha, a woman from Deir-ez-Zor, Syria, who is a survivor of gender-based violence. “It is a life filled with danger, grief, and daily struggle.”
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