Articles Tagged with ECCC

A US federal judge on Thursday refused to block the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from denying funding to projects deemed to “promote gender ideology,” saying the agency has temporarily abandoned those prohibitions and is in the midst of re-evaluating them. In a 47-page ruling, Senior US District Judge William E. Smith denied a [...]

Several nongovernmental groups said Friday that the European Union (EU) should defend the International Criminal Court (ICC) from attacks against its mandate in an effort to protect the international legal order. In a joint statement, 58 organizations stated that the EU must uphold international law and prevent attacks that could undermine justice for “victims of [...]

Nicaragua withdrew its application to intervene in the proceedings of South Africa v Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday without citing any reason behind its decision. The initial application was made under Article 36, paragraph 1 and Article 62 of the Statute of the Court. The case, which was related to [...]

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a press conference on Thursday with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Hungary will leave the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Former Defense Minster Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity, namely using “starvation as a method of warfare” and [...]

UK Attorney General Richard Hermer on Wednesday expressed concern over personal attacks on judges, stating such actions pose a threat to the rule of law and judicial independence. His remark concerns the tension with the home secretary over how the right to private and family life free from interference from the state under Article 8 [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a bid by South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid coverage since it performs abortions. The petitioners, South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services, raised several issues of interpretation of the federal Medicaid Act. They argued that the provision did not use [...]

A coalition of independent UN human rights experts called on additional states to join the Hague Group on Thursday. The statement urges states to ensure accountability for Israel’s alleged violations of international law and cooperate with the international courts to restore the rule-based international order. ​ The experts, part of the UN Human Rights Council’s Special [...]

Human Rights Watch urged the US government Thursday to end arrests and deportations of student activists who advocate for Palestine, part of the Trump administration’s effort to crack down on noncitizen students. Human Rights Watch reported that the Department of Homeland Security has revoked hundreds of student visas. Some students, whose visas have been revoked, [...]

Large protests erupted Thursday afternoon in Bratislava, Slovakia, against a series of amendments to the law on non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which would make the activity of civil society organizations in the country more challenging. While introducing the concept of “foreign supported” organizations for NGOs receiving foreign funding larger than five thousand euros, if approved, the [...]

UN experts called on Suriname to address structural racial discrimination against people of African descent, a legacy of their history of enslavement and exclusion, commenting on a report released Wednesday. The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent published the report after 10-day visit to the South American country. The experts stated: Suriname [...]