THE HAGUE: Israel has asked the (ICJ) not to issue emergency orders for it to step up humanitarian aid to Gaza to address a looming famine, dismissing South Africa‘s request to do so as “morally repugnant”. In a legal filing to the United Nations’ top court, made public on Monday, Israel said it “has real … Read more
THE HAGUE: Judges at the top UN court on Wednesday found that Russia violated elements of a UN anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.In the same ruling, judges at the International Court … Read more
The United Nations’ top court will rule on Wednesday on whether Russia violated an anti-terrorism treaty by funding pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, including those who shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014. Kyiv says Russia also violated a human rights treaty by discriminating against ethnic Tatars and Ukrainians in Crimea, the peninsula which Russia … Read more
THE HAGUE: Judges at the World Court on Friday ordered Azerbaijan to let ethnic Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh in September return and to keep the remaining Armenians in the enclave safe as part of a set of emergency measures.The ruling comes after Azerbaijan in September retook the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a lightning offensive, … Read more