International Law

South Africa’s Case at the ICJ Exposes the U.S. and the West

January 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Genocide, Imperial Wars, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, South Africa, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January17, 2023 South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel proves that this very serious word should be used more often instead of being treated as a rarity. The U.S. and the nations of the west have committed countless genocides and their actions must be labeled as such. On January 11, 2024, the[…]

South Africa’s ICJ presentations on Israeli Genocide Against Palestinians

January 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, Indigenous peoples, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, South Africa

From Israel Palestine News, January 16, 2023 Videos of South Africa’s presentations before the International Court of Justice. A powerful, well researched presentation, well worth your attention. The presentations at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on behalf of South Africa on Jan, 10, 2024 documenting Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. The bio of each speaker can be[…]

Israel Is Terrified the World Court Will Decide It’s Committing Genocide

January 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, South Africa

by Marjorie Cohn, published on Truthout.org, January 6, 2023 For nearly three months, Israel has enjoyed virtual impunity for its atrocious crimes against the Palestinian people. That changed on December 29 when South Africa, a state party to the Genocide Convention, filed an 84-page application in the International Court of Justice (ICJ, or World Court) alleging that Israel is committing[…]

The World Court: A Glimmer of Hope and a Cloud of Doubt

January 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Fascism, Genocide, Human Rights, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine

by Paul Larudee, published on Dissident Voice, January 7, 2024 If the International Court of Justice rules that Israel has committed, and is committing, genocide, will it save Gaza? On January 11-12 the ICJ (AKA the World Court) will hear the petition brought to it by South Africa. Specialists in International law Francis Boyle and (independently) Daniel Machover firmly believe[…]

Coalition of “Grassroots Diplomats” Take the Lead on International Solidarity with South Africa in the Absence of Diplomacy and Accountability from U.S. Officials

January 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Legal Struggles, Middle East Wars, Palestine

by Melissa Garriga, January 8, 2023 Peace activists across the country have embarked on a campaign to mobilize global support for South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The campaign, spearheaded by CODEPINK, World Beyond War, and RootsAction, aims to rally nations to submit a “Declaration of Intervention” supporting South Africa’s case at[…]

A Peoples’ Victory — Alex Saab is Free and Home in Venezuela!

December 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Hybrid Warfare, International Law, Organizing, Political Prisoners, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, Venezuela, War on the Poor

bu Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, December 21, 2023 Alex Saab is free and home in Venezuela. For three and a half years (1,280 days), Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat, had been held in torturous conditions by the U.S. government. (The author traveled to Cabo Verde in June 2021 in a delegation with Roger Harris and Bishop Felipe Teixeira in[…]

Musings from the Margins #4: Black Lackeys, White Social Democrats, Human Rights and Empire’s Decline

December 16, 2023 UNAC Editor International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, The War at Home, United Nations, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

Black Agenda Report Editor and Columnist Ajamu Baraka has thoughts on Black Misleadership, faux Human Rights, the Decline of the Empire, White Social Democrats and other issues. What makes the white supremacy so incredibly dangerous is what I call the psychopathology of white supremacy. It is a racialized narcissistic cognitive disorder that centers so-called white people’s and European civilization and renders the afflicted with[…]

Getting Serious About Halting Israeli Genocide

December 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, United Nations, US Foreign Policy

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, December 13, 2023 On Friday, December 8, the UN Security Council met under Article 99 for only the fourth time in the UN’s history. Article 99 is an emergency provision that allows the Secretary General to summon the Council to respond to a crisis that “threatens the maintenance of international peace and[…]

Stopping Genocide

December 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, International Institutions, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Racism

by Craig Murray, published on CraigMurray.com, December 7, 2023 Every single state in the world has a positive duty to intervene to prevent the Genocide in Gaza now, not after a court has reached a determination of genocide. This is made crystal clear in para 431 of the International Court of Justice judgment in Bosnia vs Serbia: This obviously does[…]

Israel and America’s Growing Zugzwang

December 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, Palestine, Regional Solutions, Resistance, Rights of Opressed Peoples, US Foreign Policy

by Simplicus the Thinker, published on Substack, November 18, 2023 This is just for fun, a rather long analysis that looks at the regional and global aspects of the war in Gaza. He has some interesting leaks and maps to back up his positions as he moves towards a final conclusion. It is only one opinion, but brings out a[…]