UN General Assembly passed resolution seeking International Court of Justice's opinion on legal consequences of Israeli occupation, pleasing Palestine authorities.
Palestine's UN ambassador said that member states who abstained or vetoed the previous resolution referring the question to the International Court of Justice now signed the statement.
Kiev filed the case shortly after hostilities began on February 24, accusing Russia of illegally justifying its war by falsely alleging genocide in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The toppled leader, who faced criticism from rights groups for her involvement in the alleged Rohingya genocide, is now under trial by the same generals she defended in The Hague.
The court's ruling is a blow to the Democratic Republic of Congo as the compensation represents just a fraction of the $11 billion demanded by Kinshasa over the 1998-2003 conflict that left thousands of people dead.
The International Court of Justice leaned closer to Somalia’s claim of a straight line into the Indian Ocean from their border, rejecting Kenya’s claim in a case affecting a territory potentially rich in oil and gas.
Baku opened the case at the International Court of Justice, claiming that Yerevan has breached a UN treaty and still continues its policy of 'ethnic cleansing'.
Despite being convicted of war crimes, the “butcher of Bosnia” continues to be celebrated as a war hero by officials and youth in Serbia and beyond.
International Court of Justice President Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said the tribunal "finds consequently that it has jurisdiction ... to entertain the application filed by the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Gambia's lead lawyer presenting a genocide case against Myanmar says it cannot be trusted to hold its soldiers accountable for alleged atrocities against its Rohingya Muslim minority.
Myanmar's civilian leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi admitted during the ICJ hearing that the army may have used "disproportionate force" but said that did not prove it was trying to wipe out the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.
Iran filed its case before the International Court of Justice after US president Donald Trump reimposed a wave of unilateral sanctions on Tehran, reviving penalties that had been lifted under a landmark multilateral 2015 agreement.
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