Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court has sought a date till July 10 regarding the holding of local body elections in the federal capital. The case was heard against the non-conduct of local body elections. The Islamabad High Court also suspended the property tax notices on the new rate. Barrister Umar Ejaz Gilani and other lawyers…
This follows a request from South Africa in a pending case accusing Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention. Reading the new provisional measures in an open session at the court in The Hague, ICJ Justice Nawaf Salam announced that Israel must abide by its obligations under the Genocide Convention to “immediately halt…
Established in 2002 and based in The Hague, the ICC is a criminal court that can bring cases against individuals for war crimes or crimes against humanity. Most recently, on Monday it issued a request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three leaders of Hamas, the de…
Linked to South Africa’s ongoing case accusing Israel of violating its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention), the new request, filed on 10 May, asked the ICJ to order Israel to “immediately withdraw and cease its military operations in the Rafah governate”. Gilad Naom…
Linked to South Africa’s ongoing case accusing Israel of violating its obligations to the Genocide Convention, the new request, filed on 10 May, asked the ICJ’s 15 judges to order Israel to “immediately withdraw and cease its military operations in the Rafah governate” and open up the enclave to international aid workers and journalists. South Africa…
Lahore: In the case of the marriage of minor girls, the court ordered action against the marriage registrar. According to Express News, Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Hanu of Lahore High Court issued a decision on the petition of lady Azmat Bibi, in which the court said that the High Court has issued clear orders regarding stopping the…
The world court issued the new order in response to a recent request made by South Africa, which submitted a case in December accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, based on its continuing offensive following Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel which left almost 1,200 dead and more than 240 taken hostage. Since then, more than 32,000…
Filed before the ongoing four-month-old war in Gaza began, the case has triggered heated commentary even before the court’s president, Judge Nawaf Salam, opened the hearings. This recap provides snapshots of the first days of hearings, from 19 to 21 February. The hearings will close on 26 February. Israel chose not to participate. World court…
The 117-page judgement contained rulings on seven matters in Ukraine’s case against Russia claiming that Moscow funded pro-Russian separatists in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions and the Crimean peninsula. The court ruled that Russia had failed to investigate persons who allegedly breached parts of the Convention against Financing Terrorism. In terms of Russia’s actions in Crimea after…
Lahore: PML-N leader Maryam Aurangzeb has said that court decisions are proving who the thief was. While addressing a press conference at the party secretariat Model Town, the central spokesperson of Muslim League-N and former federal minister Maryam Aurangzeb said that decisions are coming daily, RTS was imposed on the country by sitting thieves, we…
