Posts Tagged ‘International Court of Justice’

Courting justice for Palestine

Monday, August 12th, 2024
Justice

The recent opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s occupation of Palestine drew little attention in Australia. The silence perhaps reflects Australians’ identification of law with enforcement. By these standards the judgement of the International Court was a mere opinion to which the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations may Read more

Tahiti Church takes France to International Court over nuclear testing

Friday, August 12th, 2016

French Polynesia’s Maohi Protestant church has decided to take France to the International Criminal Court over the legacy of the French nuclear testing. But the French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch believes the church’s plan is pointless. He says there are still avenues left for a dialogue with France. Fritch says to get compensation it is Read more