Children are particularly at risk from malnutrition as food supplies in Gaza run out.
- Professor of International Law, University of Portsmouth
The Nobel peace prize committee noted that awards in recent years highlight pressure on democracy which they say is in decline around the world.
The Energy Charter Treaty allows fossil fuel investors to sue governments over climate action – prompting EU countries to withdraw.
Many crew members from merchant ships have escaped, but plenty more are stuck on cold ships with supplies of everything from food to medicines fast running out.
Fresh efforts to capture Kony comes amid growing influence of Russia in the Central African Republic.
Turkey has withdrawn from a convention to protect the rights of women.
Sex and gender-based offences have become an increasing focus of war crimes trials at the International Criminal Court.
Their mothers were forcibly married or raped during Uganda’s vicious civil war. Now these children are ‘non people’.
Chinese interference in Hong Kong’s political and legal affairs is creating uncertainty about the future of the territory as an independent business centre.
The court’s decision has wider implications for international criminal law.
As governments impose measures in the name of protecting their populations, these are at risk of becoming the norm.
The UK has signed 15 trade agreements, covering 46 countries. Most fail to cover human rights issues.
Back in 1989, workers joined students in pro-democracy protests. Now students are joining workers agitating for better conditions.
L’Union indienne pourrait bien se doter d’une législation avant-gardiste en matière de protection des données de la vie privée. Rencontre avec l’un des magistrats à l’origine de ces mesures.
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