ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants over atrocities in Darfur
Karim Khan says civilians being targeted and communities destroyed in western region of Sudan The prosecutor for the international criminal court has said he is...
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Europe overhauls funding to Tunisia after Guardian exposes migrant abuse
Allegations of rape, beatings and collusion by EU-funded security forces prompt shift in migration arrangements The European Commission is fundamentally overhauling how it makes payments...
Kenya court rules that criminalising attempted suicide is unconstitutional
The judgment has been welcomed as an important shift in perceptions by human rights and mental health groups A Kenyan judge has declared as unconstitutional...
International court rules against El Salvador in key abortion rights case
Court finds Central American country violated rights of a pregnant woman who was denied an abortion in 2013 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)...
Hungary invites Netanyahu to visit as world leaders split over ICC arrest warrant
Viktor Orbán says he will not enforce ICC decision that requires court members to detain Israeli PM if he enters their country Middle East crisis...
UK court sides with Icelandic firm over artist’s spoof corruption apology
Judge considering complaint by fishing firm Samherji rules artist Odee unlikely to be able to defend work as parody The property rights of Iceland’s largest...
Not one government has paid into fund for victims of Uganda warlord, says ICC
The international criminal court awarded a record €52.4m to survivors of Dominic Ongwen’s crimes but member states have failed to contribute Not a single country...
‘Transformative, for better and for worse’: what’s the legacy of Peru’s Alberto Fujimori
Despite his convictions for corruption and human rights abuses, many see the president who has died at 86 as the country’s greatest leader At 11.45...
Racial profiling is systemic problem in Montreal police, judge rules
Advocates say profiling ‘characterized many arrests’ as judge awards millions in damages in class-action lawsuit Racial profiling is a systemic problem in the Montreal police...
Conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai ‘unjust’, says Chris Patten
Former governor speaks out after appeal court upholds convictions of seven activists over 2019 protest Chris Patten, the former governor of Hong Kong, has decried...
