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An internal Myanmar army memo surfaced last week, instructing all members of the military to not answer or even accept any letter, summons or warrant from abroad, especially where it is clear they are from the International Criminal Court, the Argentinian federal court or any of the plaintiffs in either of these cases. The reason: Both these courts are currently hearing cases
An Argentine court last week agreed to hear a genocide case brought by survivors of the 2017 “clearing operations” in western Myanmar and a UK-based Rohingya rights organization. The case was brought to the Buenos Aires court under the principle of universal jurisdiction, whereby certain particularly atrocious crimes can be prosecuted anywhere in the world under established
Over the past year, the Uyghur Tribunal in London has broken with tradition by hearing evidence of an alleged genocide while the atrocity is said to be ongoing. As the Tribunal prepares to hand down its judgment on whether China is committing genocide against ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, Global Insight reviews the proceedings.
HALIFAX — Canada should respond to a U.N. committee examining whether it failed to protect Mi’kmaq fishers from racist violence, even though the independence of committee members can be questioned, a former human rights investigator says. John Packer, who has carried out human rights inquiries for the U.N. and is a law professor at the […]
Canada should engage U.N. racism group, though chair independence a question: expert Poll Do you agree with the UCP caucus, which elected to remove Cypress-MH MLA Drew Barnes on Thursday? Yes Debris from a burnt out fish plant is scattered along the shore in Middle West Pubnico, N.S. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. Canada should respond to a U.N. committee examining whether it failed to protect Mi'kmaq fishers from racist violence, even though the independence of committee members can be questioned, a former human rights investigator says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan HALIFAX – Canada sh...