Media Coverage

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Three Israeli human rights organizations have accused Channel 14, a right-wing Israeli TV station, of promoting incitement against Palestinians. According to a report in Haaretz, the organizations—Zulat for Equality and Human Rights, Hatzlacha, and the Democratic Bloc—allege that the channel has...
During his address to the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged world leaders to support his 2022 "peace formula," which centers on expelling Russian forces from Ukraine and holding them accountable for war crimes. He criticized alternative peace proposals, particularly...
In an oral update to members, Erik Møse, chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, said it has documented new cases of torture committed by Russian authorities against civilians and prisoners of war in occupied areas of Ukraine and in the Russian Federation.  “We gathered evidence of sexual...
Courts in Argentina and Venezuela issued warrants for the arrests of each other's presidents on Monday amid a showdown between the countries’ leaders, Argentina’s Javier Milei and Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela was first off the mark with its warrant for Argentina's Milei over what it called...
Norwegian police said on Wednesday they had arrested a man on suspicion of incitement to crimes against humanity in Cameroon, and they sought an Oslo court's permission to keep him in preventive custody while the investigation continues. Police said in a statement the man was in his 50s and was...
In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Liberian President Joseph Boakai emphasized the importance of establishing war and economic crimes courts as a key step toward long-term peace and stability in Liberia. He underscored the need for accountability for atrocities committed...
The first adversarial trial in Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has commenced, marking a significant moment in the country’s transitional justice process. Retired Colonel Publio Hernan Mejia is being tried for his role in the “false positives” scandal, which involved extrajudicial...
On September 18, 2024, Judge Tomoko Akane, the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and Catherine De Bolle, the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), signed a memorandum of understanding on secure communication and a liaison...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "gravely alarmed" by reports of a full-scale assault on the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and called on its leader to halt the attack immediately, a UN spokesperson said on Saturday. Guterres warned any...
In Tunisia, hundreds of protesters marched again on Sunday, accusing President Kais Saied of deepening authoritarianism ahead of the October 6 presidential election. Demonstrators gathered along Tunis’ main avenue, a historic focal point of the 2011 Arab Spring revolution, voicing concerns over...