Ambassadors were briefed by Christian Ritscher, Special Adviser and Head of the UN Investigative Team to promote accountability for these crimes, UNITAD, established five years ago. The Islamist group declared a self-styled caliphate across parts of Iraq and northern Syria in 2014, before being militarily defeated and driven from Iraq in December 2017. Commitment stronger…
Fulgence Kayishema is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000 Tutsi refugees at Nyange Catholic Church during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said in a statement. He was arrested in South Africa on Wednesday in a joint operation between the IRMCT Office of the Prosecutor and the…
File photo Chief Justice of the Indian Supreme Court DY Chandrachud read a poem from the poetry of a Pakistani poet. According to Indian media, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud expressed his views while addressing the farewell ceremony for Supreme Court Justice MR Shah. On this occasion, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud recited verses from the poetry…
A court in the United Arab Emirates has given justice to a private company that hired an assistant Arab engineer as a farmer. According to Arab media, the Ras Al Khaimah Civil Court in the UAE has ordered the private company to pay the assistant engineer 25.7 thousand dirhams, repatriation ticket and case fees as…
To date, four warrants have been issued and two others are in the application process, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said, highlighting this key step as recognizing the rights of victims to justice. “If this Council’s referrals are to be vindicated, it requires everyone to step up,” he said. “Partnerships are key to justice.” The Council…
Mumbai: An Indian court has ruled in favor of a 93-year-old woman after the longest hearing of the case for 76 years and ordered her property to be returned. According to details, the Bombay High Court yesterday directed the Maharashtra government to return possession of two flats in south Mumbai to a 93-year-old woman owner,…
She shared with UN News her on-the-ground accounts of “extremely difficult conversations” with victims and their children, and how the UN is addressing issues from child support to DNA testing. Jane Connors of Australia is the first Victims’ Rights Advocate for the United Nations. UN News: How would you assess progress made to date? Jane…
“A society can only succeed on its path towards sustainable peace and development when all its constituencies can participate on an equal footing,” Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, said ahead of progress reports delivered by high-level representatives of Colombia, The Gambia, and Timor-Leste. The preventive potential of transitional justice can only be…
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has said that the system of justice has to be brought in Pakistan, the powerful steal and take NRO. In his address, Imran Khan said that unknown people come and pick up people, there is no one to ask, they catch our people and put them in jails, which…
File photo Former US President Trump has asked Republicans in Congress to cut funding for the Department of Justice and the FBI after he was indicted for 34 serious crimes. In a statement on social media, Trump said that Republicans should not fund the Department of Justice and the FBI until they come to their…
