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Weapon-maker investments stoke warnings for Future Fund

Australia has been urged to adjust its sovereign wealth fund after hefty investments in weapons companies and banks involved in illegal Israeli settlements.

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Guyana and Venezuela return to UN court to settle historic dispute over valuable border region

Guyana has argued at the International Court of Justice that 70% of its territory is at stake in a historic border dispute with Venezuela over a swath of jungle that is rich in resources

The Independent UK

Dignity and resolve: Francesca Albanese’s When the World Sleeps humanises Palestinian lives

Francesca Albanese, an Italian lawyer and scholar, is the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, comprising the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Her job is to report to the UN on the human rights situation in these territories.

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Benjamin Netanyahu Condemns 'Violent' Attempted Assassination of Trump Amid Israel Facing Court Proceedings for Genocide

Israeli PM Netanyahu condemns an assassination attempt on Trump while facing his own legal challenges, including an ICC arrest warrant and genocide allegations at the ICJ.

International Business Times UK

New Israeli law could mean death penalty by default for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, this week passed legislation that would vastly expand capital punishment in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Conversation

New Chagos shambles as government forced to deny deal paused over Trump intervention

It comes as a group of Chagossians who have defied the UK government and landed on one of the Indian Ocean islands have told The Independent that they are not there for a publicity stunt and plan to stay permanently

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage claims the Maldives will launch counter-claim over Chagos Islands

The Reform UK leader, who visited the Maldives over the weekend, said they are “upset” about the UK’s Chagos deal with Mauritius.

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Why are the phrases ‘globalise the intifada’ and ‘from the river to the sea’ so contested?

In the aftermath of the Bondi terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration that killed 15 people, the New South Wales government is moving toward banning phrases it argues incite hatred. The Queensland government has said it would do the same.

The Conversation

This is not 2017. Modi’s Israel visit risks India’s moral position, tests global standing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned two-day visit to Israel starting February 25, which will include an address to the Knesset, comes at a moment of extraordinary international scrutiny for the Israeli government. Far from being a routine diplomatic engagement, the trip risks being read globally as a political endorsement of…

Newslaundry

South Africa’s foreign policy is rooted in negotiation with all nations – a shifting global order makes this difficult

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, South Africa’s foreign policy has been under sustained international scrutiny.

The Conversation

Inside China’s gray zone activities: How Beijing is salami slicing its way to influence

China is employing a 'salami slicing' strategy, taking incremental steps across military, economic, and technological domains to alter realities without triggering conflict. This 'gray zone' approach, evident in the South China Sea and beyond, bypasses international law and exploits rivals' hesitation. The cumulative effect creates new facts on the ground,…

The Times of India

Case on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya opens at UN court

The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Euronews

New hope for justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya as World Court hears landmark genocide case

The International Court of Justice case against Myanmar could set precedents to be used in future genocide rulings, James C. Reynolds reports

The Independent UK

Belgium joins South Africa's genocide case against Israel at UN court

Belgium has become the latest country to join a case brought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice that accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

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NZ’s rejection of emission targets fuels risk of international law breach

The New Zealand government’s decision this week to reject all of the Climate Change Commission’s emission target recommendations was just the latest in a string of policy statements that weaken the country’s action on climate.

The Conversation

TotalEnergies: French court ruling over false climate claims could boost African cases against polluters

A court ruling in France could give African countries more power to hold corporations to account when they pretend to be environmentally friendly. The Paris Judicial Court found global oil and gas giant TotalEnergies guilty of misleading commercial practices, in a case brought by three environmental organisations.

The Conversation

How countries can be held responsible for staying within new legal climate target of 1.5°C

Global emissions need to peak this year to stay within 1.5°C of global temperature rise since pre-industrial levels. This means that starting now, countries need to emit less greenhouse gas. Emissions also need to be cut in half by 2030 to prevent the worst effects of climate change.

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Complicity warning for firms supplying Israeli military

An eminent international lawyer warns defence companies supplying parts to Israel's military they could be liable for complicity in genocide.

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ICJ tells Israel to let UN aid flow into Gaza – but UN’s own failures throughout the war loom large

The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), demanded that Israel allow aid into Gaza in an advisory opinion on October 22. It held that Israel is in breach of its obligations as a UN member state by having failed to do so adequately over the past two…

The Independent UK

US Secretary of State accuses UNRWA of being ‘subsidiary of Hamas’ and insists Trump Gaza plan is ‘only option’

US Secretary of State insisted that the ceasefire is holding in place despite concerns over aid and recent clashes in Gaza

International Business Times

Top UN Court: Israel Must Ease Aid Into Gaza, Provide 'Basic Needs'

The International Court of Justice said Wednesday that Israel was obliged to ease the passage of aid into Gaza, stressing it had to provide Palestinians with "basic needs" essential to survival.

The Independent UK

South African activists on Gaza flotilla claim harsh treatment by Israel over genocide case

Six South African activists who were detained by Israel while attempting to reach Gaza as part of an aid flotilla claim that they were subjected to harsher treatment than others

Newslaundry

Two years on, ‘peace’ in Gaza is at the price of dignity and freedom

It's been two years since the Gaza War began on October 7, 2023.

Al Jazeera

Brazil joins South Africa’s ‘genocide’ case against Israel at ICJ

Brazil now joins Spain, Ireland, Mexico, Turkiye and others who have signed on to the case.

The Conversation

A UN finding of genocide in Gaza adds pressure on NZ to recognise a Palestinian state

Political and diplomatic manoeuvring over Israel and Palestine has been moving fast recently. The question is whether it is fast enough, given the accelerating onslaught in Gaza.

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