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By Amnesty International*
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25/05/2024
‘Israel Must Comply with International Court of Justice Order Calling It to Immediately Halt Military Operations in Rafah’
25/05/2024
The International Court of Justice Orders Israel to Immediately End Military Operations in Rafah, Gaza
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday [] issued new provisional measures that order Israel to immediately end military operations in Rafah in southern Gaza and to open the governate’s border crossing for urgent aid deliveries.
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This follows a request from South Africa in a pending case accusing Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
Reading the new provisional measures in an open session at the court in The Hague, ICJ Justice Nawaf Salam announced that Israel must abide by its obligations under the Genocide Convention to “immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the Rafah governate which may inflict upon the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that would bring about its physical destruction in whole and in part”.
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24/05/2024
Tobacco and Nicotine Industry Tactics Addict Youth for Life: World Health Organization
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Young people using e-cigarettes at rates higher than adults in many countries
(WHO)*, Geneva, New York, — The World Health Organization (WHO) and STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, are launching today “Hooking the next generation,” a report highlighting how the tobacco and nicotine industry designs products, implements marketing campaigns and works to shape policy environments to help them addict the world’s youth.
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22/05/2024
Five Things to Know about the Catastrophic Flooding in the East and Horn of Africa
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By UNHCR – UN Refugee Agency*
20 May 2024 — Severe flooding has hit countries in the East and Horn of Africa as heavy El Niño-rains continue to afflict a refugee-hosting region at the front line of the climate crisis, where deep droughts followed by intense rains have in recent years become the new normal.
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Somali refugee Abdi (centre) and his family were among 25,000 refugees displaced from their homes in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Complex by flooding in November 2023. © UNHCR/Mohamed Maalim
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22/05/2024
Long, Dangerous Journeys on the Rise but Migration Drives Prosperity
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(UN News)* — Migration is on track to become one of the defining features of the 21st century and more action is needed to ensure regular pathways for people to move safely, the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday [21 May 2024] in New York.
IOM/Andi Pratiwi | Migrants walk through Djibouti’s desert. (file)
Speaking at the opening of a two-day meeting on harnessing the power of migration, IOM Director General Amy Pope expressed hope that participants will help deliver prosperity, benefits and innovations for migrants and for their countries of origin and destination.
Roughly 281 million people worldwide are one the move, representing around 3.6 per cent of the global population, according to a recent IOM report. This is up from 153 million in 1990, and more than triple the 84 million in 1970. Global trends point to more migration in the future.
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21/05/2024
Shameless: Active Participants in Genocide
Human Wrongs Watch
By Craig Murray – TRANSCEND Media Service*
For spurious and sinister reasons, the Western political and media classes are isolating themselves from public opinion and international law on the Gaza genocide in ways hard to believe. Here are a few examples among myriad.
May 1 solidarity march in New York. (Pamela Drew, Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0)
13 May 2024 – Incredibly, the Israeli genocide in Gaza is now reaching new heights of violence. Casualty figures are not coming in, as the attacks are so bad that bodies cannot be recovered, medics cannot travel and there are almost no medical facilities operational now anyway.
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21/05/2024
Rafah Exodus Passes 810,000 in Just Two Weeks – UNRWA
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(UN News)* — At least 810,000 people have fled Rafah in just two weeks, UN humanitarians said on Monday [] amid reports of ongoing Israeli military operations in the southern city and in the north of Gaza.
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21/05/2024
What Is the International Criminal Court?
Human Wrongs Watch
Trying the gravest crimes, ensuring victims have access to justice, conducting fair trials and complementing national tribunals are among the key tasks of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas | The International Criminal Court is based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Established in 2002 and based in The Hague, the ICC is a criminal court that can bring cases against individuals for war crimes or crimes against humanity.
Most recently, on Monday [] it issued a request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three leaders of Hamas, the de facto authorities in Gaza.
The warrants – which must now be formally approved by the ICC’s judges – are related to alleged war crimes stemming from the seven month-long war in Gaza triggered by the Hamas-led attacks in Israel.
Here are five facts about the ICC and how it is helping build a more just world.
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21/05/2024
ICC Move to Seek Warrants for War Crimes in Gaza Triggers a Backlash from US
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– The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to seek warrants on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has triggered a strong backlash both from the Biden administration and a group of pro-Israeli Senators in the US Congress.
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Streets in Rafah are emptying as families continue to flee in search of safety. Credit: UNRWA
The names in the ICC arrest warrants also include Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif) and Ismail Haniyeh—all leaders of Hamas.
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20/05/2024
Gaza: Nearly 800,000 Now Displaced from Rafah Since 6 May 2024
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(UN News)* — Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday [] in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza, safe humanitarian access and, ultimately, a ceasefire.
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