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UN commission ends hearings on rights abuses in Israel, Palestine

The commission of inquiry spoke to witnesses, including relatives and colleagues of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh.

Al Jazeera

Tiny island nation to take climate change to world's highest court

The case could establish countries' legal responsibilities to protect the climate.

Axios

Disaster-hit Vanuatu hopes for 'historic' UN climate change resolution

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A resolution enlisting the UN's top court in tackling climate change, spearheaded by Vanuatu, would be a "historic" step if adopted, its climate minister said Thursday, as he laid out the existential threat facing his Pacific island nation.

AFP

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Australia joins Vanuatu's campaign to push for consequences for climate-harming countries through the ICJ

Neither of the world's two largest emitters, China and the United States, have signed on as co-sponsors for the motion, which could be up for a vote at the United Nations later this year.

ABC News

Australia joins Vanuatu bid for international court to rule on obligation to prevent climate harm

Pacific island country will put resolution to UN general assembly seeking opinion on international legal obligations that countries have to act on the crisis

The Guardian - AU

Proposed Ukraine Tribunal risks justice deadlock

Two NATO powers have plans to bring Putin to justice over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but a different approach offers a clearer path to prosecution.

360info

Armenia tells World Court Azerbaijan blockade is 'ethnic cleansing'

Armenia told judges at the World Court on Monday that a blockade of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region by neighbouring Azerbaijan was designed to allow "ethnic cleansing", a claim rejected by Baku.

Reuters

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World Court Says It Has Received UN Request for Opinion on Israel Occupation

The International Court of Justice on Friday confirmed it had officially received a request from the United Nations General Assembly to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. The ICJ is expected to draw up a list of states and organizations that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Court says it has received U.N. request for opinion on Israel occupation

Reuters

Israeli And PA Envoys Hurl Accusations At Security Council

The Israeli and Palestinian Authority ambassadors to the United Nations slung barbs at each other in a fiery debate.

Zenger

Israel takes away VIP pass over Palestinian world court move

Israel suspended on Sunday a pass that eased the Palestinian foreign minister's travel in and around the occupied West Bank, as part of its response to Palestinian efforts to involve the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the conflict.

Reuters

Israel approves punitive response to Palestinian moves at ICJ

PA rejects Israeli measures, which include a moratorium on Palestinian construction in parts of the occupied West Bank.

Al Jazeera

Israel not bound by ‘despicable’ UN vote on legality of West Bank occupation, says prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has insisted that Israel cannot be “occupiers” on their “own land” in response to the UN General Assembly’s decision to ask the International Court of Justice to examine the legality of the occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Irish Independent

Arabs and Palestinians Welcome UN Resolution, Israelis Upset

Political sources in Tel Aviv have unveiled a plan to respond to the United Nations General Assembly resolution to ask for a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. The resolution was highly welcomed by the Arab…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Reuters

Netanyahu says Israel not bound by 'despicable' U.N. vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said a United Nations General Assembly vote asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide an opinion on Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories was "despicable."

The Independent UK

Palestine hails UN vote on legal consequences of occupation: ‘Time for Israel to be held accountable’

Vote comes just a day after Benjamin Netanyahu took office as prime minister of hard-right government

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians Welcome UN Vote on Israel’s Occupation as ‘a Victory’

The Palestinians on Saturday welcomed a vote by the United Nations General Assembly requesting that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) provide an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Hague-based ICJ, also known as the World Court, is the top UN court dealing…

France 24

UN vote on Israel's occupation 'a victory,' say Palestinians

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Al Jazeera

UN seeks ICJ opinion on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine

The resolution will see International Court of Justice give opinion on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory.

Reuters

U.N. asks World Court to give opinion on Israel's occupation

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Friday asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Reuters

Israeli PM Lapid urges world leaders to prevent ICJ opinion on Israel's occupation

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday urged world leaders to block a Palestinian bid at the United Nations for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on Israel's occupation, the Prime Minister's office said.

Reuters

From Pacific to Red Sea: climate court action gathers wave of support

A campaign by the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu for the world's top court to take a stance on protecting people from climate change gained momentum on Friday, winning the support of almost half the nearly 200 countries at a global summit.

Reuters

Israel admonishes Ukrainian ambassador over U.N. vote

Israel said it had summoned the Ukrainian ambassador for a dressing down on Tuesday, after Kyiv voted in favour of a resolution to open an international probe into Israel's prolonged occupation of the West Bank.

AFP

Let the court decide: Vanuatu's climate push raises hopes

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - Seeking to speed up global efforts against climate change, Vanuatu is leading efforts to get the International Court of Justice involved, a move praised by activists at UN talks.

The Conversation

Why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis

Small island states are losing their patience with big polluting nations as they suffer the devastating impacts of climate change. Without significant movement at the forthcoming COP27 climate talks in Egypt, a pivotal vote at the next UN general assembly meeting, brought by the tiny Pacific islands of Vanuatu, could…

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