New research looking into the US government-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation shows when aid is handed over to corporations, civilians pay the price.
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Sharks and rays have been swimming through the oceans for millions of years – but we still don’t really know where.
This is a crucial moment for international law in the face of concerted efforts by the Trump administration to undermine and discredit it.
With nuclear stockpiles growing, understanding and applying international law has become more important than ever.
Israel’s refusal to investigate the killing of Australian Zomi Frankcom relfects a long standing problem of insufficient accountability for aid worker deaths.
Critics say internal IDF investigations are too slow and biased, and the bar to holding soldiers accountable is far too high.
Russia is not just moving Ukrainian children. It is taking away their identities. Will the $25 million being spent by the US to locate and rehabilitate forcibly transferred children be enough?
History suggests that without legal and moral accountability, reconciliation and durable peace will remain elusive.
Every year on August 2, the Congolese community around the world observes a day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide perpetrated against the people of eastern DRC for economic gain.
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s excellent book Regime Change reveals the depth and consequences of Donald Trump’s obsession with fame and power.
The US State Department calls the ICC an ‘intolerable threat to US sovereignty’. And it can significantly disrupt the court’s work.
This historic case could establish a legal link between human rights and fossil fuel exports.
Israeli treatment of the detained flotilla activists has outraged the world. This is why international law matters in conflicts.
Iran’s decision to levy tolls on ships passing through the crucial choke hold has an unlikely connection to the site of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet.’
Using force against a ship during a blockade is only lawful under certain conditions. A naval expert explains.
The whaling industry was wildly profitable, and decimated whale populations around the world until it was banned in the 1980s.
The US disregards international law on Earth. Is that what we want on the Moon?
With peace talks breaking down, the US president has said the US will blockade the Strait of Hormuz, which will have a further dire impact on international fuel supply.
Once again, in a crisis, the UN and the EU seem to pale into insignificance. Multilateralism may not be dead, but it’s currently at an all-time low…
This development reverses decades of global movement towards abolition of the death penalty, while normalising executions in an occupied territory.
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