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UN Human Rights Council President Nazhat Shameem Khan has announced the appointment of Navanethem Pillay, Miloon Kothari, and Chris Sidoti to the Commission of Inquiry (“the Commission”) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (“Palestine”), including East Jerusalem, and Israel. The Commission was established through a resolution adopted in May during an emergency special session to investigate [...]

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The corruption case against the former South African president Jacob Zuma resumed on Tuesday after Zuma’s efforts to delay or avoid prosecution were denied. Tuesday’s pre-trial hearing attempted to establish a firm date start for the case and was heard by the Kwa-Zulu Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg. However, Judge Dhaya Pillay, ultimately decided not [...]

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A judge with the Pietermaritzburg High Court in South Africa issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for former president Jacob Zuma. The ex-president was scheduled to appear for a pre-trial hearing but did not show up. Zuma’s lawyer, Daniel Mantsha, presented a doctor’s note from a South African military hospital, certifying that Zuma had received two [...]

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