Genocide Convention
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As Iranian conflict rattles oil markets and raises economic risks for South Africa, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is building a scenario plan to assess the implications for…
Iran’s envoy in South Africa defends retaliatory attacks on US bases in the Middle East
Ambassador Mansour Shakib Mehr said Tehran’s actions ‘are directed at military bases used against us’
How the US government sabotaged the genocide convention orders against Israel
South Africa can move to get more emergency orders from the International Court of Justice. The UN General Assembly’s Uniting for Peace power can overcome the US government’s…
Palestine: Why do those who were shaped by the European Holocaust so readily replicate its atrocities?
The Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre and Jewish Board of Deputies are failing to fulfil their mandates
Ramaphosa and co in the crosshairs of pro-Israel lobbyists
Three leaders’ strong words on the Trump administration’s threat to civilised norms and values in the international arena has attracted blowback from the right
Trump order cutting aid, offering sanctuary to Afrikaners is premised on factual inaccuracies, SA says
The department of international relations and cooperation said the order failed to recognise South Africa’s ‘profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid’
The ICC and the fragility of a consensus on international law
International divisions on the charges against Hamas and Israeli leaders echo hypocrisy and threats to the rule of law in domestic politics
Echoes of Khojaly: Commemorating the 32nd anniversary of a tragedy
The Republic of Azerbaijan reaffirms its commitment to seeking justice and ensuring that such atrocities never occur again
World court agreed that Israel is on the wrong side of history
South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza has boosted its international standing and secured its position as the moral voice of the Global South
South Africa emerges as a champion of human rights
The country’s case at the World Court exposes Israel’s apartheid actions of creeping dispossession of land, segregation and discrimination, as well as military actions to destroy…
Countries called to support SA’s genocide case against Israel
Turkey and Malaysia have already backed the application, which the US has deemed ‘meritless, counterproductive and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever’ This content…