Only determination and compromise can rescue a world that is becoming “unhinged” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, delivering a stark message to leaders gathered in New York: reform the multilateral system and come together for the common good. PNP Deskpnp.com.pk
Volker Türk said he had been “following developments closely” in Israel, where parliamentarians supporting the hard-line nationalist Government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu passed a bill on Monday which in effect strips the Supreme Court of its power to block Government decisions. Opposition parties boycotted the vote which came after seven months of protests which…
Tel Aviv: Despite intense protests and opposition, a controversial judicial reform bill was passed in Israel. According to details, the Israeli parliament passed the judicial reform bill despite strong protests and opposition, 64 members of the ruling coalition voted in favor of the bill, while the opposition boycotted the amendment. The passage of the bill…
In Israel, voting on judicial reforms has begun in the parliament, the powers of the Supreme Court have been limited in the judicial reform bill. According to the foreign news agency, demonstrations and rallies against judicial reforms are also ongoing in Israel. Israeli police are using water cannons on protestors, many protesters have been arrested….
“The tendency of family courts to dismiss the history of domestic violence and abuse in custody cases, especially where mothers and/or children have brought forward credible allegations of domestic abuse, including coercive control, physical or sexual abuse is unacceptable,” said Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, in a report to the Human Rights Council…
Delivering remarks at a forum on reform held during the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, she called for course correction now – the halfway point to achieve the goals by 2030. In recent years, developing countries have been battered by soaring energy and food costs, the climate emergency,…
