International Law
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Navi Pillay becomes fifth South African to win Nobel Peace Prize
South African human rights jurist Navi Pillay has made history by winning the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, honoured for her lifelong fight for international justice and accountability.
Palestine: Is 1 100 days not enough?
Marking 1 100 days of the devastating war on Gaza, activist Sunny Morgan reflects on 78 years of Palestinian dispossession, the failure of international law, and the global…
The “GENOCOST” and the DRC’s War “Against Rwanda”
"GENOCOST" is a politically constructed conspiracy theory masquerading as historical and legal truth. The term is being promoted by the current Congolese government and amplified…
Africa has a gift the world still needs
The demographic case is equally striking. More than 60% of Africans are under 25. By 2050, one in three people aged 15 to 24 anywhere on Earth will be African. A continent this…
Dangers of killing peacekeepers
Each unaddressed attack undermines the UN’s legitimacy and reinforces perceptions of impotence
Legalising murder: Israel’s shift from control to elimination
Israel has passed a law permitting the execution of Palestinian prisoners, codifying practices previously carried out extrajudicially. With conviction rates in military courts…
Not in ritual; but restriction
As Easter approaches, access to Jerusalem’s holy sites reveals the politics of occupation, not a clash of faiths
US/Israel war against International Law
The assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used…
War on Iran spreads to Gulf energy lines
Attacks on South Pars and Qatar LNG facilities have extended the battlefield into systems that underpin global oil supply
The world we refuse to see as is
We are doomed: Not by fate or lack of intelligence but because we insist on pretending that we live in a normal world
South Africa reviews ICJ case against Israel as West Bank family killed before Eid
As Israel submits its legal response to the ICJ, South Africa weighs its next move in the landmark genocide case amid ongoing civilian casualties in Palestine
Mideast war: Treasury rallies to cushion blow
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’
UPDATED: South Africa expels Israel’s chargé d’affaires Ariel Seidman
The department of international relations and cooperation said the move — which prompted a retaliatory measure by Israel — was a response to conduct inconsistent with diplomatic…
Venezuela widens US-SA rift
Cooperation between the two countries however continues across several domains and both governments retain an interest in maintaining functional relations