US President Donald Trump signed an agreement with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Singapore on Tuesday. The agreement is supposed to establish relations between the two countries, “build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula,” and repatriate prisoners of war. The statement reads that the “DPRK commits to work [...]
Qatar filed an Application Instituting Proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, accusing the UAE of discriminating against Qataris in violation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) . Qatar accuses the UAE of, among other things, “prohibit by [...]
Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli was extradited to Panama Monday to face four charges of illegally monitoring private communications, and for embezzling over $10 million in public funds. The extradition honored a 1905 treaty . Martinelli fled Panama in January 2015. The Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Panama issued an arrest warrant [...]
Several organizations presented a report Monday to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) concerning crimes against humanity committed from 2008-2010 by the Mexican Army known as the Chihuahua Joint Operation (CHJO). The report outlines the murders, torture, sexual violence and forced disappearances of more than 121 victims committed by the [...]
The Canadian Senate passed a bill Friday to legalize the recreational use of marijuana with a vote of 56 to 30 (with one abstaining). The bill, known as the Cannabis Act, outlines measures to control and regulate how cannabis is grown, distributed, and sold, while prohibiting any promotion, packaging, and labeling that could be “appealing [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber acquitted former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo Friday on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In 2016, Bemba was found guilty and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and [...]
The UK Supreme Court on Thursday indicated disapproval of Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law , though ultimately dismissed the appeal brought by challengers of the legislation. The legal proceedings were initiated by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) , who argue that the existing law—which lists having an abortion as a criminal offense punishable [...]
Amnesty International (AI) called on Mozambican authorities Thursday to take immediate steps to end what they called a “killing spree” in the Cabo Delgado Province of the country. According to the statement, at least 37 people in have been killed over the past two weeks. The killings are being carried out by a group known [...]
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , Tomás Ojea Quintana, urged North Korea Thursday to begin to release its political prisoners in anticipation of the proposed June 12 denuclearization talks with the US. “It might be a gradual process, it’s not that I’m saying you [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees and the UN Development Programme signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Myanmar on Wednesday that will give the UN agencies access to the Rakhine state. UN officials state that the memorandum will lay the foundation for the safe return of the Rohingya refugees. [...]
