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First Nations mother appeals to the federal government for help in Hague convention custody dispute

A First Nations mother is appealing to the federal government to intervene in an international custody dispute that has separated her from her two-year-old daughter.

ABC News

Shell to pay 15 mn euros to Nigerian farmers over pollution

The Hague (AFP) - Shell said Friday it will pay 15 million euros to Nigerian farmers to compensate them for damage from pipeline leaks.

AFP

Dutch leader apologizes for the Netherlands' role in slave trade

Prime Minister Mark Rutte's apology comes as many nations' colonial histories have received scrutiny because of the Black Lives Matter movement and the police killing of George Floyd in the U.S.

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Dutch PM apologises for 250 years of slavery

The Hague (AFP) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday officially apologised for 250 years of the Netherlands' involvement in slavery, calling it a "crime against humanity".

AFP

Kosovo court jails rebel commander in first war crimes verdict

The Hague (AFP) - A special Kosovo court in The Hague issued its first ever war crimes verdict on Friday, sentencing a former rebel commander who ran a makeshift torture centre to 26 years in jail.

AFP

Kosovo court jails rebel commander for 26 years

The Hague (AFP) - A special Kosovo court in The Hague found a former rebel commander guilty on Friday of murder and torture and jailed him for 26 years in its long-awaited first war crimes verdict.

AFP

Family of dead activist take Palestinian Authority to ICC

The Hague (AFP) - The family of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat submitted a case Thursday to the International Criminal Court accusing top Palestinian officials over his death in custody, relatives told AFP.

AFP

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Australian courts to consider family and domestic violence threat in Hague convention cases

Federal government announces reforms after concerns the convention was being used to send children of domestic violence victims back to unsafe situations

The Guardian - AU

Saudi Arabia to Host Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Ministerial Meeting Next Year

Saudi Arabia has announced that it would host next year the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The announcement came during the Kingdom's participation in the meeting of the political directors of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, held in The Hague on Wednesday. The Kingdom is…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Ukrainian woman's harrowing quest to find her family

Nina Melenets finally buried her son in November, more than seven months after she said he was killed by shelling in their village in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

‘They silenced her’: The fight for justice for Shireen Abu Akleh

Family members, colleagues and lawyers explain why they are pursuing justice for the veteran journalist.

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera takes journalist's 'brutal' killing to ICC

The Hague (AFP) - Al Jazeera submitted the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, saying the veteran reporter was deliberately killed by Israeli forces.

AFP

Al Jazeera Files Suit at International Criminal Court over Journalist’s Killing

Al Jazeera on Tuesday said it has submitted to the International Criminal Court the case of the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot during an Israeli raid in the West Bank in May. The submission followed an investigation by the television news network's legal team, Al…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Al Jazeera submits slain journalist's case to ICC

The Hague (AFP) - TV network Al Jazeera submitted the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, saying she was killed by Israeli forces.

AFP

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Cocaine 'super-cartel' busted in Europe and Dubai

The Hague (AFP) - Police have smashed a huge drugs "super-cartel" that controlled a third of Europe's cocaine trade, arresting 49 people in various countries including six kingpins in the gang's hub in Dubai, Europol said on Monday.

AFP

Ukraine war increases chemical weapons threat: watchdog

The Hague (AFP) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased the threat from weapons of mass destruction including chemical munitions, the head of the world's toxic arms watchdog said on Monday.

AFP

Cocaine 'super-cartel' busted in Europe, Dubai: Europol

The Hague (AFP) - Police have smashed a huge drugs "super-cartel" that controlled around a third of Europe's cocaine trade, arresting 49 people in various countries, including six chief suspects in Dubai, Europol said on Monday.

Daily Mirror

Dominic Raab 'blew £23k on taxpayer-funded private jet for hour-long flight'

The Deputy Prime Minister was accused of 'ferrying himself around the world in first class at the taxpayers’ expense' after chartering a private plane back from the Hague earlier this year

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Cocaine 'super-cartel' busted in Dubai, Europe: police

The Hague (AFP) - Police have dismantled a huge drugs "super-cartel" that controlled a third of Europe's cocaine trade, arresting 49 people in various countries, including six chief suspects in Dubai, Europol said on Monday.

AFP

ICC prosecutor seeks charges against fugitive warlord Kony

The Hague (AFP) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday he would ask judges to confirm charges against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, head of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), even though Kony remains at large.

Tribune News Service

Special counsel investigating Trump is impartial and tough, former colleagues say

WASHINGTON — The special counsel investigating former president Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and the Jan. 6 insurrection honed his investigative and trial skills over 30 years of fighting cases involving corruption, crimes and police brutality.

AFP

New Trump probe overseer is veteran war crimes prosecutor

Washington (AFP) - Jack Smith, tapped Friday to lead highly sensitive investigations of Donald Trump, is a seasoned US prosecutor who has led Kosovo war crimes probes in The Hague.

WEKU

He started protesting about his middle school principal. Now he's taking on Big Oil

This year, Chima Williams of Nigeria was a winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize for his activism, targeting Shell for an oil spill in his homeland. Here's how the case went.

France 24

Former chief prosecutor in the Hague to spearhead Trump investigation

The US Justice Department on Friday named an independent prosecutor to oversee criminal investigations into Donald Trump, three days after the former president announced a new White House run in 2024. Trump called the appointment “political” and “unfair”.

Reuters

Ukrainian presidential adviser hails MH17 ruling in The Hague

A Dutch court ruling on Thursday on the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine sent a strong signal that "every war crime committed by the Russians" will be investigated and "brought to a conclusion", a senior Ukrainian official said.

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