27 July 2022 – International Criminal Justice

27 Lug, 2022 | Rassegna Stampa

Time to end Russian blackmail over humanitarian aid to Idlib

Aljazeera, 26 Jul 2022

In a widely expected move, Russia has recently vetoed the extension of the UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2585 which regulates the delivery of humanitarian aid to more than four million Syrians crammed in the northwestern enclave of Idlib. At the last moment, and after extracting a number of concessions in the negotiations with the US and other interlocutors, Russia agreed to extend the delivery mechanism one last time, but only for another six months, insisting that the aid must be delivered through Damascus and areas under the control of the Syrian leadership.

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Rights groups concerned over Nepal plans to amend war crime laws

Aljazeera, 26 Jul 2022

Nepal risks letting wartime atrocities committed during the Himalayan kingdom’s Maoist rebellion go unpunished with long-delayed reforms to its transitional justice laws, rights groups have said.

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Japan: First execution of the year a ‘callous’ attack on the right to life

Amnesty International , 26 Jul 2022

Responding to the news that Japan has carried out its first execution of the year by hanging Tomohiro Kato, a man who was convicted of stabbing seven people to death in 2008, Hideaki Nakagawa, director of Amnesty International Japan said: “The hanging of Tomohiro Kato is a callous attack on the right to life. Regardless of the crimes he had committed, he should never have suffered the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment at the hands of the state.” 

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DR Congo: Resurgent M23 Rebels Target Civilians

Human Rights Watch , 25 Jul 2022

The M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo summarily killed at least 29 civilians since mid-June 2022 in areas under their control, Human Rights Watch said today. There are heightened concerns that the abusive rebel force, largely inactive for a decade, is receiving Rwandan support for its operations in North Kivu province.

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International condemnation after Myanmar executes activists

Aljazeera , 25 Jul 2022

Judges at the United Nations’ highest court have dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority.

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Myanmar genocide case to go ahead after ICJ rejects objections

Aljazeera , 22 Jul 2022

Judges at the United Nations’ highest court have dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority.

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Ethiopia: Authorities must investigate massacre of ethnic Amhara in Tole

Amnesty International , 21 Jul 2022

The Ethiopian authorities must urgently launch an impartial investigation into the summary killing of over 400 Amhara residents of Tole Kebele in Oromia region on 18 June, Amnesty International said today.

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