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The ICJ has ruled that Israel let aid into Gaza. Now, world must ensure Tel Aviv upholds the law

November 11, 2025 11:25 am

The legal foundation of the ICJ opinion is unassailable, rooted in the Fourth Geneva Convention’s core mandate that an occupier must ensure that the territory is supplied with the essentials of daily life

Modi government's silence on Gaza is deafening

September 01, 2025 11:31 am

After decades of sympathising with the Palestinian cause, India under Narendra Modi is now silent on the carnage in Gaza. If we do not speak up, history will not forgive us

Grok says it ‘was instructed’ to talk about white genocide unprompted

May 20, 2025 3:03 pm

Elon Musk's AI bot has come under criticism for peddling incendiary theories

Sri Lankan govt rejects Canadian PM Trudeau's 'genocide' claims during war with LTTE

May 22, 2024 1:57 am

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a statement, noted that Canada's Parliament unanimously voted to recognise May 18 as 'Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day'.

Israel tells UN top court South Africa makes 'mockery' of genocide charge

May 17, 2024 5:13 pm

The court in The Hague in the Netherlands was holding a third round of hearings on emergency measures requested by South Africa, which wants the court to order a cease-fire in Gaza.

Germany denies complicity in Gaza genocide at UN court

April 09, 2024 5:55 pm

On Monday, lawyers for Nicaragua had asked the ICJ, or World Court, to order Germany to halt arms sales to Israel and resume funding of U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA.

Israeli strike on aid workers is setting back attempts to address hunger crisis in Gaza

April 04, 2024 9:15 am

The deaths pushed the number of aid workers killed during the war in Gaza to at least 196, including more than 175 United Nations employees, many of them local Palestinians, according to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.

Upendra Baxi writes: What the dissenting judges at ICJ do not get

January 31, 2024 11:16 pm

Is it not myopic to say that the ICJ has no power to promulgate provisional measures simply because on merits it may, after a long time, disallow a case? The potential of creative diplomacy is never to be undermined

Explained: The ICJ ruling on the genocide case against Israel for its actions in Gaza

January 28, 2024 11:51 am

The International Court of Justice gave its interim ruling on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel on January 26.

ICJ genocide case against Israel: What South Africa argued on Day 1

January 11, 2024 11:50 pm

South Africa has argued that Israel, in its relentless assault on Gaza, has transgressed Article 2 of the 1948 Genocide Convention. Here is a brief summary of South Africa’s case against Israel.

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Rwanda honours those killed in genocide 25 years ago

April 09, 2019 7:11 am

As many as 10,000 people were killed daily. Seventy per cent of the minority Tutsi population was wiped out, and over 10 per cent of the total Rwandan population.

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