… Washington has also criticised land reform policies and South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, over the U.S. …
… The report also documents a directly on-point international legal precedent: the 1990s Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru case before the International Court of Justice. …
… He served as a diplomat in Ghana’s Foreign Service, Senior Legal and Policy Officer at the Office of the President, Judicial Fellow to the Vice President of the International Court of Justice and Legal Officer at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. …
… Last month the Democratic Republic of Congo filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbour of breaching multiple international treaties. …
The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbour of breaching multiple international treaties. …
The Trades Union Congress (Ghana) has hailed what it says is a landmark Advisory Opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirming that the right to strike is protected under international labour law. …
… But her decision to lead Myanmar’s defence against charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice over the military’s atrocities against Muslim Rohingyas in 2017 badly tarnished her saint-like international image. …
… But her decision to lead Myanmar’s defence against charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice over the military’s atrocities against Muslim Rohingyas in 2017 badly tarnished her saint-like international image.
… The International Court of Justice and other bodies have affirmed that certain acts—such as slavery—constitute crimes against humanity, meaning they are inherently unjust regardless of their legality at the time. …
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. is implementing a visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals from South Africa responsible for or complicit in uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, or incitement of violence against minority ethnic or racial groups. The Trump administration has criticised South Africa over racial inequality policies, land reform, and its genocide case against Israel.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. is implementing a visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals from South Africa responsible for or complicit in uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, or incitement of violence against minority ethnic or racial groups. The Trump administration has criticised South Africa over racial inequality policies, land reform, and its genocide case against Israel.
A report unveiled at the University of Lagos argues that the ecological harm caused by British colonial rule on African colonies constitutes a separate category of damage distinct from historical harms, with a potential valuation exceeding hundreds of trillions of dollars. The report's lead author argues that systematic resource appropriation under colonialism has created a devastating ecological debt capable of rigorous monetary valuation.
Lawyer and activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor has been appointed Secretary of the 11-member Constitution Review Implementation Committee, which will examine the government's position paper and develop a framework for implementing constitutional review proposals accepted by government.
Aston Villa's new £20m-a-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda has drawn criticism from Amnesty International UK, which warns the country is using the partnership for sportswashing to deflect from human rights concerns, including arbitrary detention, torture, and repression of free speech.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a case at the International Court of Justice against Rwanda, accusing it of dispatching forces and backing armed groups to carry out unlawful military operations on its territory, and seeking accountability for alleged breaches of international conventions on genocide prevention, racial discrimination, women's rights and torture.
The US government says it will stop funding programmes to tackle HIV and Aids in South Africa, citing the government's alleged failure to protect the Afrikaner community. The decision comes as relations between the two countries have deteriorated since President Trump's inauguration, with the White House citing South African policies and positions on Israel and Iran as reasons for withholding further aid.
The Trades Union Congress (Ghana) has hailed an International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion concluding that workers and their organisations are entitled to strike action under ILO Convention No. 87, describing it as a historic victory for workers globally and a fundamental labour right.
Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing announced that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 80, has been moved to house arrest after being held in detention since the 2021 coup. Her son Kim Aris expressed scepticism, saying he had no proof she was alive and that a picture released by state media was taken in 2022.
Myanmar's state media reported that former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, detained since a 2021 military coup, has been moved to house arrest under an order by military leader Min Aung Hlaing. Her son expressed scepticism about the move, saying he has seen no independent verification of her condition or whereabouts since her detention.
In the third installment of an analysis series, Jules Nartey-Tokoli examines the transatlantic slave trade beyond labor and economics, arguing that European powers—not passive coastal traders—actively penetrated African interiors through organized military campaigns and political intervention to construct a system of dehumanization embedded in science, law, and statecraft.