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Feb 23, 2017
South African Court blocks Government's International Criminal Court Withdrawal Bid
South Africa’s High Court blocked the government’s attempt to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, the...
BBC News
Feb 23, 2017
Bosnia Appeals Against UN Court's Serbia Genocide Ruling
Bosnia has formally asked the UN's top court to review its ruling which cleared Serbia of genocide in the 1990s, Bosnia's Muslim leader...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 22, 2017
South African High Court Rejects ICC Withdrawal
South Africa’s North Gauteng High Court today ruled that the government’s attempt to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
United Nations
Feb 16, 2017
Statement by United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on the Situation in South
UNITED NATIONS PRESS RELEASE Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation...
Genocide Watch
Feb 15, 2017
Civilians in Syria’s ‘Four Towns’ need support as humanitarian catastrophe looms – UN relief officia
In Madaya, Rural Damascus, children and their families wait for permissions to leave the besieged Syrian town. Photo: UNICEF/Omar...
Associated Press 1
Feb 14, 2017
UN: Gambia formally reverses withdrawal from ICC
By Cara Anna JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The United Nations has formally received Gambia's notice reversing its withdrawal from the International...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Feb 10, 2017
UN Special Adviser Condemns Human Rights Violations Against Rohingya Population by State Security Fo
On 6 February, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, issued a statement condemning the alarming...
!a Deutsche Welle 1
Feb 9, 2017
UN warns of atrocities in South Sudan
By Chase Winter Continued conflict in South Sudan has forced 52,000 people to flee to Uganda in January alone, the UN said. Killings of...
Genocide Watch
Feb 9, 2017
Burundi: Measures being used to ‘criminalize’ work of human rights defenders, warn UN experts
Protestors raise their hands in front of police in the Musaga neighbourhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, on 4 May 2015. Photo: IRIN/Phil Moore...
Genocide Watch
Feb 8, 2017
Security Council, UN mission condemn attack near Afghanistan's Supreme Court
An aerial view of Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: UNAMA/Ari Gaitanis 8 February 2017 – The Security Council and the United Nations political...
United Nations
Feb 7, 2017
Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situa
The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, expressed grave concern at the continued level...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Feb 3, 2017
Secretary-General and Other Top UN Officials Denounce Discriminatory Migration Policies
Following the announcement of the recent Executive Order in the United States regarding immigration, United Nations Secretary-General...
