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Israel’s new death penalty law is one of the most discriminatory pieces of execution legislation that the world has witnessed since Hitler’s Third Reich. This incontrovertible truth is yet another reason why the Israeli Knesset’s recent passage of its heinous “Death Penalty for Terrorists” law on March 30 has effectively defiled this year’s observance of [...]

Amnesty International applauded on Wednesday the Italian government’s suspension its decades-long defense agreement with Israel, due to growing opposition to the Israeli military operations in the Middle East. Italy’s decision marks a departure from the right-wing government’s traditional supportive relationship with Israel. Opposition parties and Italian civil society voices had pushed for the action, as [...]

Several protesters were detained in New York City on Monday in a demonstration protesting US military support of Israel during the ongoing conflict with Iran. Anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace said police detained over 90 demonstrators. New York City police released a statement saying there were “multiple” arrests but did not provide an exact [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday reported that Israeli strikes on four Iranian oil depots put the health of civilians and the environment at risk and may constitute war crimes under international humanitarian law. The group warned that the release of toxic pollutants may impose long-term effects on man-made and natural environments. HRW alerted to [...]

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned the massive wave of Israeli military strikes across Lebanon that reportedly killed hundreds and injured thousands, including civilians. Türk called the attacks “appalling,” stating: The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific. Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to [...]

The United States is doing it again. Another war. Another bloody episode, which will be added to its violent history. Another blatant violation of international law. Only a few months ago the US illegally toppled the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro. And now it is strangling Cuba to death for the purposes of a regime [...]

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday called for international accountability in the midst of the Iran war, which it says has led to an unprecedented increase in human rights violations against civilians residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Stressing the severity of the situation in the region, with the rising death tolls as a [...]

The secretary general of Amnesty International Agnès Callamard on Tuesday condemned President Trump’s threats against Iran if the country’s leaders failed to open the Strait of Hormuz.  Callamard warned that the mere threat of such an act showed cruelty and would violate international humanitarian law if carried out, citing prohibitions on “direct attacks on civilians [...]

China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at allowing the free passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing conflict in the region. Both China and Russia rejected the resolution for similar reasons. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia claimed that the resolution wrongly pointed at Iranian actions as [...]

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. —US President Donald Trump via social media Modern international justice is the product of lessons learned from civilizational destruction. And the language of civilizational destruction has a particular resonance in international law. It [...]