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US defends Israel against South Africa's allegation of genocide filed to top UN court

The United States will intervene in the genocide case against Israel at the U.N.’s highest court, according to a filing obtained by The Associated Press

The Independent UK

Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition

Pacific island says the US weakened its proposal to advance a key climate ruling but vows to hold major polluters accountable

The Guardian - US

Tiny island’s climate reparations proposal labelled 'major threat' to US industry

Vanuatu wants a vote on its UN climate reparations plan in March, but the Trump administration is urging nations to oppose it.

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Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal

The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take actiom

The Independent UK

With international law at a ‘breaking point’, a tiny country goes after Myanmar’s junta on its own

Just four months ago, Timor-Leste formally became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN).

The Conversation

C of E bishops criticise UK inaction over Israel’s ‘West Bank de facto annexation’

Three bishops accuse British government of contributing to ‘culture of impunity’ in the occupied territory

The Guardian - UK

South Africa expels top Israeli diplomat over ‘insulting attacks’ on president

Ariel Seidman declared persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave country after remarks on social media

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Myanmar turned lives of Rohingya Muslims into ‘nightmare’, international court told on first day of genocide trial

Case centres around Myanmar military’s operations in 2016 and 2017 that sent over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh to escape persecution

The Independent UK

‘Big step forward’: Myanmar military faces Rohingya genocide case at UN court

Survivors of violence hope proceedings will bring justice a step closer and set a precedent for future genocide allegations

The Guardian - UK

UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya

Myanmar will face accusations that it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings are set to begin

The Independent UK

New hope for justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya as World Court hears landmark genocide case

The International Court of Justice case against Myanmar could set precedents to be used in future genocide rulings, James C. Reynolds reports

The Independent UK

It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope

I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight

The Guardian - US

From historic rulings to the green energy boom: Here are the climate wins of 2025 worth celebrating

Despite the influx of climate doom and irreversible damage, 2025 scored some pretty big victories for the planet.

Euronews

A visual guide to the historical maps and temples at the heart of the Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Border conflict has roots in colonial maps and long-standing ‘sibling rivalry’

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South Africa Will Fail To tar Israel With The Brush Of Genocide

At an ICJ hearing on provisional measures in January 2024, the Court accurately determined that Palestinians have 'plausible rights' to protection from genocide; but it did not rule – despite some false reports – that Israel was plausibly committing genocide.

The Guardian - AU

After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes for a ‘new legal order’ to protect Indigenous rights

Pacific lawyer Julian Aguon to be honoured with Right Livelihood award for his work that led to ICJ ruling on climate harm

The Guardian - UK

Questions for UK embassy in Tel Aviv over employee who owns home in illegal settlement

Embassy’s employment of Gila Ben-Yakov Phillips is potentially violation of UK sanctions law, say experts

The Conversation

Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why

Australia is rewriting its national environment laws, and Environment Minister Murray Watt has vowed the legislation will pass the parliament this week, despite not yet reaching agreement with either the Coalition or the Greens. But the current draft bill leaves the country exposed to significant legal, environmental and political risk.

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International Business Times UK

UN Climate Change Deal Made Without Any Mention Of Fossil Fuel—Outrage Erupts

A new UN climate deal has ignited global outrage after nearly 200 nations approved an agreement that triples climate finance but completely omits any mention of fossil fuels, despite overwhelming evidence of their role in accelerating the climate crisis.

The Conversation

Why small climate-vulnerable island states punch well above their weight in UN climate talks

Few diplomatic organisations punch above their weight quite like the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis). With no fixed budget, no permanent secretariat and no formal charter, it has still managed to shape some of the most important climate agreements of the past few decades – including the 1.5°C target…

The Guardian - UK

Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official

Natalie Boucly says supplies are ready but only about half of what is needed is getting into territory

The Guardian - US

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says

One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

The Conversation

COP30: Pacific leaders now have world court backing to call countries to account over climate risk

At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, Pacific Island states are making a familiar plea to keep warming at 1.5°C. But now they have the backing of a legal opinion that has transformed climate action from a moral and political aspiration into an obligation under international law.

The Guardian - UK

Willing states must act to save international legal order, warns top academic

Yale professor says wars in Ukraine and Gaza and threats from Donald Trump risk the ‘total collapse’ of the global courts system

The Guardian - UK

‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?

Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability

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