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Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as 'crime against humanity'

Two top rights groups say the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan amount to gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity

The Independent UK

Preah Vihear reopening a test

Thais are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Preah Vihear temple ruins in Si Sa Ket, after 15 years of suspension, to promote tourism and a peace dialogue with Cambodia.

Bangkok Post

World Court says it can rule on Guyana-Venezuela border dispute

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled they had jurisdiction over a long-running border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, which could determine which country has rights to territory rich in oil and gas.

Reuters

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Vanuatu scores a big climate win

It convinced the UN to urge the highest court to rule on whether polluting nations must address climate change

Salon

The UN is asking the International Court of Justice for its opinion on states' climate obligations. What does this mean?

The United Nations has just backed a landmark resolution on climate justice.

The Conversation

ICJ Rejects Iran's Bid to Release Assets Frozen by US

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected Iran's legal bid to release about $2 billion owned by the Markazi Bank frozen by the US. The Associated Press reported that the largest part of the case focused on Bank Markazi and its frozen assets of $1.75 billion in bonds and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

ICJ orders US to pay compensation for freezing Iranian assets

In a blow for Iran, however, the UN court said it didn’t have jurisdiction over frozen assets from Iran’s central bank.

Al Jazeera

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Top court rejects Iran bid for bank funds frozen in US

The Hague (AFP) - The International Court of Justice on Thursday rejected Iran's bid to unblock nearly $2 billion in central bank assets frozen by the United States, but ruled Washington had illegally seized some other funds.

AFP

World Court rules US illegally froze some Iranian assets

In a partial victory for Iran, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled Washington had illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of some Iranian companies and ordered the United States to pay compensation but left the amount to be determined later.

Reuters

United Nations adopts landmark resolution for global climate justice

Members of the United Nations General Assembly have adopted a historic resolution that advances the climate justice cause by calling for the UN’s top court to lay out states’ obligations to fight climate change and reduce global warming.

Radio France Internationale

Top court rules in Iran-US frozen assets case

The Hague (AFP) - The International Court of Justice will deliver its verdict Thursday on Iran's bid to unblock nearly $2 billion in assets frozen by the United States over alleged terror attacks.

AFP

‘Beginning of a new era’: Pacific islanders hail UN vote on climate justice

Resolution asks ICJ to clarify countries’ obligations to fight climate change and the consequences they should face for inaction

The Guardian - AU

UN votes to ask world court to rule on national climate obligations

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Wednesday to pass a resolution asking the world's top court to define the obligations of states to combat climate change, a legal opinion that could drive countries to take stronger measures and clarify international law.

Reuters

UN backs landmark Pacific-led resolution clearing way for International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate obligations

A landmark resolution by Vanuatu law students and its government to get climate change to the world's highest court has been adopted by the United Nations, in a bid to clarify if states are responsible for preventing climate harm.

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Al Jazeera

UN votes to ask world court to rule on countries’ climate duties

Call for International Court of Justice to offer legal opinion on climate crisis follows campaign led by island Vanuatu.

The Guardian - US

United Nations adopts landmark resolution on climate justice

Resolution hailed as ‘win for climate justice of epic proportions’ should make it easier to hold countries legally accountable for environmental failures

Al Jazeera

UN agrees on role for Int’l Court of Justice in climate change

Pacific island state Vanuatu – one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change – has led the UN initiative.

The Guardian - AU

‘We are very vulnerable’: cyclone-hit Vanuatu pins climate hopes on UN vote

Pacific nation is sponsoring resolution that will ask ICJ to rule on consequences for climate inaction

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UN commission ends hearings on rights abuses in Israel, Palestine

The commission of inquiry spoke to witnesses, including relatives and colleagues of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh.

Axios

Tiny island nation to take climate change to world's highest court

The case could establish countries' legal responsibilities to protect the climate.

AFP

Disaster-hit Vanuatu hopes for 'historic' UN climate change resolution

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A resolution enlisting the UN's top court in tackling climate change, spearheaded by Vanuatu, would be a "historic" step if adopted, its climate minister said Thursday, as he laid out the existential threat facing his Pacific island nation.

ABC News

Australia joins Vanuatu's campaign to push for consequences for climate-harming countries through the ICJ

Neither of the world's two largest emitters, China and the United States, have signed on as co-sponsors for the motion, which could be up for a vote at the United Nations later this year.

The Guardian - AU

Australia joins Vanuatu bid for international court to rule on obligation to prevent climate harm

Pacific island country will put resolution to UN general assembly seeking opinion on international legal obligations that countries have to act on the crisis

360info

Proposed Ukraine Tribunal risks justice deadlock

Two NATO powers have plans to bring Putin to justice over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but a different approach offers a clearer path to prosecution.

Reuters

Armenia tells World Court Azerbaijan blockade is 'ethnic cleansing'

Armenia told judges at the World Court on Monday that a blockade of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region by neighbouring Azerbaijan was designed to allow "ethnic cleansing", a claim rejected by Baku.

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