Crimes against humanity
Israel is clear on its genocidal aim, but will the ICC act?

For two months, Israel has openly proclaimed its intentions to “erase”, “flatten”, and “burn” Gaza, but ICC’s top prosecutor is yet to issue warrants for the perpetrators

Israel quiere un Estado de apartheid o un proceso de limpieza étnica. Desde el derecho internacional, los dos son crímenes

La clase política israelí parece estar utilizando el conflicto iniciado el 7 de octubre como pretexto para borrar a los palestinos de Palestina

“Colonial West backs Israel’s genocide, but Gaza has the solidarity of People’s Movements”

Haider Eid, professor of Cultural Studies at the Al-Aqsa University in Gaza, tells Peoples Dispatch that Palestinians in Gaza have to rely on the strength of people across the globe to put pressure on their governments to end the genocide

Israel wants either an apartheid state or an ethnic cleansing process, both crimes under international law

The Israeli political class appears to be using the conflict that began on October 7 as the pretext to erase Palestinians from Palestine

Bolivia severs ties with Israel over crimes against humanity

Bolivia becomes first Latin American country to cut ties with Israel since October 7

Two years after the coup, the people of Myanmar continue to suffer

The rights of the people of Myanmar continue to be trampled by the military junta, which operates with near-total impunity

Myanmar report Crimes against humanity are being systematically committed in Myanmar, says report

The report by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar has found that rape and other sexual-forms of violence, and crimes against children have been perpetrated by members of the security forces and armed groups

US police monitored journalists, activists after George Floyd’s murder and other stories

Today we look at an investigation into police surveillance of activists in the US, the trial of 3 former health ministers for mass forced sterilizations in Peru and more

2021 sees drastic rise in migrant deaths, detentions off Libyan coast and other stories

Today we look at migrant deaths and detentions in the Mediterranean Sea, repression of Palestinian prisoners protesting Israeli violence, and more

Sudha Bharadwaj granted bail in Bhima Koregaon case after 3 years and other stories

Today we look at the release of Indian activist Sudha Bharadwaj after 3 years in jail, the murder of Filipino journalist Jesus Malabanan, and more

Jair Bolsonaro faces 9 charges in senate inquiry report on COVID-19 and other stories

Today we look at Brazil’s senate inquiry report on the state’s pandemic response, growing threats of climate-induced distress migration, and more

ICC on Yemen war crimes ICC asked to investigate Saudi-led coalition’s war crimes in Yemen

While leading coalition members Saudi Arabia and UAE are not signatories to the Rome Statute of the ICC, others which have participated in numerous human rights violations and crimes against humanity, fall under the ICC’s jurisdiction, opening up the possibility of investigation and prosecution