The international community should set bright line rules on appropriate responses to cyber attacks before an expansive reading of the “self-defense” clause triggers war.
Thousands of schools have been targeted and destroyed as part of the Syrian conflict.
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Schools and students are often targeted during times of armed conflict. Abducted children can be recruited as soldiers and schools are ideal locations for military headquarters.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN Security Council.
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Ghana’s Supreme Court and the African Court, which was established by a Protocol under the African Charter, have the same powers to hear and decide cases. A recent case shows why this is problematic.
The charges against a 59-year-old Sydney man relate to UN sanctions and Australian autonomous sanctions.
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The charges against a Sydney man for allegedly acting as an ‘economic agent’ for North Korea are set against the background of recent tougher UN sanctions against the rogue nation.
Candidates for the pro-independence CUP party at a campaign rally.
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Surrogate mothers in developing countries are being shuffled across borders to evade a crackdown on the industry. This emerging gray market puts women at risk.
Why would the US and UK want to suppress the work of a post-war human rights effort?
Even though Indonesia is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its additional protocol, it’s bound to honour the principle of non-refoulement.
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Indonesia’s decree on refugees honours a customary international law obligation of non-refoulement, or not expelling or returning refugees.
Human rights groups condemned the Indian government’s intention to deport around 40,000 refugees of the Rohingya Muslim minority, who had fled to India from Myanmar.
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The recent move by Modi’s government to deport Rohingyas from India reveals the religious based-discrimination at the heart of the country’s refugee policies.
The rules of engagement regulate the conduct of Australian troops in conflict areas.
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Unlike most domestic criminal law, the laws governing the behaviour of Australian armed forces apply to criminal conduct alleged to have taken place overseas.