Falana Writes US President, Biden Over Detained Venezuelan Envoy
The regional court had ordered the immediate release of the envoy from prison and placed him under house arrest for health reasons.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 17, 2021
Femi Falana (SAN), human rights lawyer and counsel for Alex Saab, special envoy of the Venezuelan government, says the continued detention of his client by the Cape Verdean authorities is illegal.
Saab was arrested on June 12, 2020 after his private jet made a stop over at Cape Verde on his way to Iran for a humanitarian mission on behalf of the Venezuelan government.
Alex Saab
Court’s ruling means perpetrators would not go unpunished, says Palestinian premier Avad ar-Rujub | 06.02.2021
RAMALLAH, Palestine
The prime minister of Palestinian hailed a decision Friday by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Palestinian territories as a victory of justice and humanity .
The ICC decided that it has jurisdiction regarding crimes committed in the Palestinian territories.
Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said the decision carried the message that crimes committed would not be dropped due to prescription, and that perpetrators would not go unpunished, according to the official Palestine Wafa news agency.
Shtayyeh asked the ICC to speed up the judicial process regarding crimes committed by Israel during three wars against Gaza, as well as regarding Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails and illegal Israeli settlements.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) decided on Friday that it has jurisdiction over crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, Anadolu Agency reports. Today, Pre-Trial Chamber I of ICC .
Summary
In its annual progress report, the Monitoring Committee takes
stock of its activities since January 2020 and assesses the progress
made by the 11 countries under the Assembly’s full monitoring procedure,
and by the 3 countries engaged in a post monitoring dialogue, in
honouring their obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
It welcomes progress made and expresses concerns at setbacks and
addresses specific recommendations to the countries concerned.
In this reporting period, the committee prepared reports on
“The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland” on the basis
of which the Assembly opened a monitoring procedure with respect
of this country; on the “Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the