Provisionally Stopping Genocide: The ICJ meas...

Iran has changed forever. The US and Israel are firing missiles and dropping bombs on targets across Iran. Senior figures from the regime and the IRGC are being assassinated. Ayatollah Khamenei was killed on the first day of the war. The future of Iran is still being written. On ...  Show more

Just over a year from the start of the new government in Syria, violence returned to Aleppo. In January, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the forces of the interim Syrian government clashed in the Aleppo areas of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah. The SDF came off w ...  Show more

The case in which South Africa accuses Israel of violating the genocide convention at the International Court of Justice began this week with oral arguments presented by South Africa and Israel. The court will base its decisions on whether to order several provisional measures, i ...  Show more

Des mesures d’urgence en attendant une décision qui pourrait prendre des années. La Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) rendait, vendredi 26 janvier, une décision très attendue : après sa saisine par l’Afrique du Sud, la plus haute juridiction de l’Organisation des Nat ...  Show more

In this episode, host Diana Buttu speaks with Palestinian human rights lawyer Ahmed Abofoul about South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), charging Israel with the crime of genocide in Gaza. Mr. Abofoul is a Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer with Al-Ha ...  Show more

First: The International Court of Justice imposes provisional measures on Israel over its war in Gaza. We discussed what this ruling means with a reporter at the Hague and with David Scheffer, who served as America's first ambassador at large for war crimes issues.  Plus: as the ...  Show more