By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. Davies (*) – CODEPINK We have both been reporting on and protesting against U.S. war crimes for many years, and against identical crimes committed by U.S. allies and proxies like Israel and Saudi Arabia: illegal uses of military force to try to…
By Jeffrey Sachs and Guillaume Lafortune (*) As part of our academic research on how to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we are examining the extent to which UN member states adhere to the UN Charter and UN-backed goals such as the SDGs. Towards this end, we…
By Lili Bayer – The Guardian Campaigners say ‘sovereignty’ law is further step by Viktor Orbán to silence critics and solidify control Hungarian rights advocates have raised fears over new legislation that they say could put more pressure on independent media and civil society…
By Alfred de Zayas* – CounterPunch The continued practice of branding other countries and peoples collectively guilty for past or ongoing crimes has not abated. The imposition of collective punishment in the form of mass expulsions, blockades and unilateral coercive…
By Michael von der Schulenburg* – MEER The disastrous derailment of early peace efforts to end the war in Ukraine This is a detailed reconstruction of the Ukrainian-Russian peace negotiations in March 2022 and the associated mediation attempts by the then Israeli Prime Minister…
By Thaslima Begum* – The Guardian Security Force Monitor finds 64% of senior army officers led units allegedly committing killings, rapes, torture and disappearances New research into alleged war crimes in Myanmar has concluded that the majority of senior commanders in…
By Carla Del Ponte and Graham Blewitt (*) – POLITICO When it comes to Palestine, the International Criminal Court’s potential is yet to be realized The unfolding situation in the Middle East is a human tragedy. Thousands of lives have already been lost, and many more have been…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* Europe is a small corner of a vast continent called Eurasia stretching from Cape Roca to Cape Dezhnyov – a vast continent with a very rich history. In that small corner, what we call the Iberian Peninsula is even smaller.
Isaac* – Common dreams We must be as clear as possible about what is anti-Semitism and what it is not, so that real political differences are not transformed into existential confrontations. This is not always easy to do, but it is necessary nonetheless.
By Karena Avedissian* – Newsweek For months, Western mediators seemed satisfied to sponsor sham “peace talks” between Armenia and Azerbaijan—while on the ground, ethnic Armenians in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh were being starved by an Azerbaijani blockade. In…
