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The peacekeepers were deployed under the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Beni. [read post]
16 Oct 2023, 7:00 am by Kelly Buchanan
I was born and raised in Binga, in the north region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [read post]
The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) announced on Wednesday that “strong measures” have been taken against 8 UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over “serious misconduct. [read post]
2 Oct 2023, 6:05 am by Mehari Taddele Maru
The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will soon decide the future of an independent commission investigating alleged war crimes and other human rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and other areas. [read post]
18 Sep 2023, 5:55 am by Oona A. Hathaway
(Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of our Ending Perpetual War Symposium. [read post]
18 Sep 2023, 2:44 am by Seán Binder
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS The government in Congo denies the “fake news” of an attempted coup, the Information Minister Thierry Moungalla said in a post on X yesterday. [read post]
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Minister of Communication and Media Patrick Muyaya told reporters on Thursday that the government was closely watching the case of Stanis Bujakera, a Congolese journalist who was arrested earlier this week. [read post]
COSIS filed a Request for Advisory Opinion on December 12, 2022, seeking to clarify the specific obligations of state parties under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) with respect to: preventing, reducing and controlling pollution of the marine environment in relation to the deleterious effects that result or are likely to result from climate change, including through ocean warming and sea level rise, and ocean acidification, which are caused by anthropogenic… [read post]
11 Sep 2023, 7:42 am
Our progress today builds on the Camp David trilateral with Japan and — and the Republic of Korea and the United States; the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership the United States launched with — with ASEAN last year; and the engagement with Pacific Islands — with the Pacific Islands Forum; our strengthened alliances with the Philippines; and AUKUS partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom; our elevated Quad engagement with India, Australia, and Japan; and the… [read post]
UNICEF’s Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Grant Leaity condemned on Friday heinous acts of violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
8 Sep 2023, 5:55 am by Emily Kenney
In recent years, Human Rights Council-mandated investigations, with the support of their gender experts, have documented gender-based rights violations in many of the country situations under investigation by the ICC OTP, including the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Myanmar, Ukraine, Venezuela and Israel and Palestine. [read post]
A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) put six soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) on trial on Tuesday following the deaths of 56 people at an anti-UN demonstration on August 30. [read post]
The UN announced Friday that 43 people were killed during anti-UN demonstrations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [read post]
1 Sep 2023, 4:49 am by Rebecca Barber
Today, the responsibility to protect, or R2P as it’s often called, is being tested as mass atrocities occur around the world – from Ukraine to Myanmar to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
22 Aug 2023, 12:00 pm by Unknown
Short pieces:Africa-Europe migration deals cost lives and undercut democracy (ISS Today, Aug. 2023) [text]The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Unheard Humanitarian Crisis (Just Security Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]East Africa Must Find Consensus on Its Growing Migration Crisis (ISS Today, Aug. 2023) [text]"‘Every checkpoint could be your last’: The perilous road to safety for Darfuri refugees," The New Humanitarian, 15 Aug. 2023 [text]Niger coup: increasing… [read post]
21 Aug 2023, 6:05 am by Patryk I. Labuda
For instance, Luis Moreno Ocampo, the former ICC Prosecutor, has critiqued the idea of a Ukraine-specific tribunal, which “promotes nothing short of selective justice,” while Christine van den Wyngaert, a former ICC judge, questions “whether the remedy [of a special tribunal] is worse than the disease [of aggression]” writing: Unlike the [ICTY], which had the support of the entire international community when it was set up, it is to be expected that support for the Putin… [read post]
20 Aug 2023, 8:24 pm by Megan Corrarino-Admin
For example, in jurisdictions like Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Sudan, and Uganda the ICC Outreach Unit has conducted positive activities including holding information sessions about the Court’s mandate and jurisdiction and kept impacted communities and victims informed about the progress of specific cases under the ICC’s consideration through radio and television programs in local languages.However, in other in other jurisdictions like Bangladesh/Myanmar, Burundi, the Central… [read post]
20 Aug 2023, 8:21 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
Understanding State Cooperation Through Other icc Non-Arrest Cases Against Malawi, Chad, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Djibouti, Uganda, and Jordan Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi, Domestic Courts’ Reliance on International Law to Interpret the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and/or other Domestic Law in the Seychelles Handa Abidin, The Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Nationally Determined Contributions       [read post]
19 Aug 2023, 6:27 am by Just Security
Foreign Policy / Western Balkans US Sanctions Against Serbia’s Intel Boss Should Signal a More Holistic Policy Redo by Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) Israel / Military The Legal Takeover of the Manifestly Unlawful Order Doctrine in Israel by Or Bassok Military and Democracy How Military Leaders Can Navigate a Crisis of Democracy: Lessons from the Reservist Protests in Israel by Risa Brooks (@RisaBrooks12) and Avishay Ben Sasson-Gordis (@AvishayBSG) Niger Coup An International Law… [read post]