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Genocide
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Africa Legal News
10-Point Summary of The Gambia v Myanmar Genocide Case
By AfricaLegalNews Editors On 11 November 2019, the Republic of The Gambia filed in the Registry of the International Court of Justice, an Application instituting proceedings against the Republic of…
International Law Prof Blog
The ICJ indicates provisional measures to protect the Rohingya in Myanmar
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)The International Court of Justice (ICJ) granted some provisional measures today in its…
Religion Clause
World Court Orders Myanmar To Prevent Further Genocide of Rohingya
The United Nations International Court of Justice has handed down an opinion and order imposing provisional measures on Myanmar to protect the Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine state from continuing acts of…
Religion Clause
Gambia Sues Myanmar In International Court of Justice Over Rohingya Genocide
The International Court of Justice announced this week that the Republic of Gambia has instituted proceedings against Myanmar alleging actions taken and condoned against Rohingya Muslims violated the Genocide Convention.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Canada to invest in women’s and girls’ health, also recognizes genocide of Indigenous women
Jun. 4, 2019 (Quartz): Canada will invest $1 billion globally in women's and girls' health every year, by Annabelle Timsit:Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada's new commitment to invest over one…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Second Circuit Reinstates Genocide Suit Against BNP, Recognizes Jus Cogens Norms
On May 22, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals revived a civil lawsuit against BNP Paribas SA, brought by alleged victims of a genocidal regime in Sudan who seek to…
The Right Coast
Genocide of Christians Reaches “Alarming Stage”
"Christian persecution 'at near genocide levels,'" the title of a May 3 BBC report, cites a lengthy interim study ordered by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and led by Rev.…
The Right Coast
Archbishop appeals for urgent help to prevent Christian genocide in northwest Nigeria | News | LifeSite
KADUNA, NIGERIA, April 29, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) Hundreds of Christians have been killed in recent months and entire Christian villages wiped out, as the international community stands by in silence, an…
The Right Coast
Elizabeth Heng Gets Facebook Blocked | National Review
Is the Cambodian Genocide now a non-event? Or just too icky for the Silicon Valley Boys? Or maybe this ad-rejection is yet another powerful Republican political message that fails some…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Says Palestinians’ Genocide Claims Against Americans Can Move Forward
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe D.C. Circuit ruled in al-Tamimi v. Adelson that claims by Palestinians that pro-Israeli American individuals and entities conspired to support genocide in disputed…