UN Court

A man waves a Palestinian flag as people protest on the day of a public hearing held by The International Court of Justice (ICJ) to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion, in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Arab states, Turkey, ask World Court to declare Israel's occupation illegal

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been hearing arguments from more than 50 states following a request by the UN General Assembly in 2022 to issue a non-binding opinion on the legal...

Members of the World Court listen as Russia begins presenting its objections against the jurisdiction of the World Court in a genocide case brought by Ukraine which claims Moscow falsely applied genocide law to justify its February 24, 2022 invasion, in The Hague, Netherlands, September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
World+Biz

Russia calls on World Court to throw out Ukraine genocide case

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World+Biz

Small islands take ocean protection case to UN court

General view of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/File Photo
World+Biz

Germany takes Italy to UN court again over Nazi compensation claims

Around 40,000 Rohingya refugees are estimated to have fled to India from neighboring Myanmar. Photo: Bloomberg.
South Asia

UN court hearings set to resume into Rohingya genocide case on 21 Feb

Soldiers cross a street as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, 15 February, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

Myanmar junta, ousted government fight for recognition at top UN court

Rohingya refugees at the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh/Reuters
Rohingya Crisis

Myanmar already protecting Rohingya, ruling party says after world court's order

Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf is pictured during the ruling in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands January 23, 2020. Reuters/Eva Plevier
Rohingya Crisis

Full judgement of UN court on Rohingya genocide

Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, Kyaw Tint Swe, attends the ruling in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands January 23, 2020. Reuters/Eva Plevier
Rohingya Crisis

Highest UN court can tell states what to do - but not enforce

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks on the second day of hearings in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019. Reuters/Yves Herman
Rohingya Crisis

Full submission of Myanmar at UN court

Gambia's Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou attends a hearing on the second day of hearings in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019. Reuters/Yves Herman
Rohingya Crisis

Full submission of Gambia at UN court

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the top United Nations court, during court hearings in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, in The Hague, Netherlands December 12, 2019. Reuters/Eva Plevier
Rohingya Crisis

Myanmar cannot be trusted to put its own soldiers on trial - Gambia