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This Week @UN: Delaying gaps in crime of aggression; a UN project the US didn’t defund; humanitarians want crisis planning. Plus: South Sudan airdrops; Afghanistan apartheid; fuel for Gaza; US sanctions; 2-state solution session; Russia-UN MoU dies. Thanks for sharing …
- Arthur Bassas
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A special session related to the International Criminal Court opened with one minute of silence to honor victims of the crime of aggression and a proposal that could have expanded their legal protection. But after days of rigorous negotiations held …
- Damilola Banjo
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The Human Rights Council opened its summer session in Geneva on Monday. Once again, nations will turn their attention to the rights of women, migrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQI and other marginalized groups. But even for a body accustomed to crises, …
As 2024 ends, we are grateful for this year’s resounding support from our readers and foundations, large and small, who have made our award-winning reporting possible. As we prepare for a new US administration entering the White House, we appreciate …
- Arthur Bassas
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YEREVAN, Armenia — The International Criminal Court’s first prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, is best known for prosecuting national criminals like the ex-Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir. A 2022 movie about Moreno Ocampo’s work in Argentina prosecuting former junta leaders was nominated …
- Joe Penney
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Welcome to This Week @UN: Argentina’s UN right turn; global South’s COP29 $$ demands; the Trump (& Musk) effect on Africa. Plus: Gaza; Lebanon; Tor Wennesland; ICC arrest warrants; humanitarian workers’ death toll. Seeing the light: We’re now on BlueSky, …
- Arthur Bassas
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Welcome to This Week @UN: A woman SG?; Rafah; Gambian victims; Malta’s ICC push on Palestine; more US bombs to Israel. Plus: World Central Kitchen; AI in warfare; Myanmar; earthquake!! Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn • …
- Arthur Bassas
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Welcome to This Week @UN, where we summarize the most important news coming from the organization while promoting our own articles that you may have missed in the last seven days. This week, we cover events in the Mideast, with …
- Arthur Bassas
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Karim Khan’s unprecedented politicization of the International Criminal Court since assuming the role of Prosecutor in June 2021 has significantly eroded the credibility of the Court just as he should be taking serious steps to address its declining legitimacy. Khan …
Russia has been blacklisted by the United Nations for committing numerous atrocities against children in Ukraine. In Secretary-General António Guterres’s recent annual report on children and armed conflict, both Russia and Ukraine are listed as “situations of concern,” but only …
TALLINN, Estonia –– Efforts to create a special tribunal to try Russian leaders for the crime of aggression in Ukraine is exposing a deepening divide between the Group of 7 countries and their European allies over how to hold …
- Dawn Clancy
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This week, the UN tries to get food and other essentials to Sudanese people as the two generals keep up the chaos. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered …
- Dulcie Leimbach
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- Damilola Banjo
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This week, we report on Russia getting its first hint that it might someday be held accountable for its territorial assault on Ukraine. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is …
- Damilola Banjo
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LONDON — In seeking justice and accountability for alleged war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine, Karim Khan, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, urged United Nations member states to stay focused on “the suffering of humanity” and to …
- Dawn Clancy
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