International Law

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has called on Prime Minister Johnson to ditch the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU amid a row over international law.

Authorities in Egypt detain and forcibly disappear children as young as 12 years old, some being “waterboarded and electrocuted” while in detention, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) published on Monday.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reiterated Thursday her claim that President Donald Trump used “disproportionate” force against Iran — and not one Capitol Hill reporter asked her to explain what she meant.

President Donald Trump backed down Tuesday from his threat to attack cultural sites in Iran if the regime retaliates against the U.S. airstrike that killed General Qasim Soleimani in Iraq last week.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stated that the killing of Qasem Soleimani violated international law, and that doing so will lead to “international anarchy” and “unleash some very, very terrible forces.”

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wrote a letter to her Democrat colleagues in the House on Sunday to reveal a new “War Powers Resolution” that amounts to a pre-emptive surrender to Iran in ongoing hostilities.

The Jewish people has a well-established international right to live in, and govern, the region known as Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”).

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the U.S. had reversed the policy of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama, who declared Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”) illegal.

China’s foreign ministry denounced U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday for “prejudice and arrogance” for urging Beijing to reveal the true death toll of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, which turns 30 years old Tuesday.

The United Nations International Maritime Court on Saturday ruled Russia must immediately release 24 Ukrainian sailors taken prisoner in November and return three seized naval vessels to Ukraine.

A Cuban Evangelical pastor sentenced to two years in prison for homeschooling his children says his family has endured “psychological pressure and a war on behalf of authorities” for refusing to allow the Castro regime to indoctrinate his children into communist ideology.

Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping met United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Beijing this weekend and reportedly urged the leader to further promote “global governance” to solve the world’s problems.

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinians will seek full membership in the United Nations and join dozens of additional international organizations in response to the recent US policy changes on Jerusalem.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has dismissed claims that Hezbollah should be disarmed as long as Israel “fails to respect” UN resolutions and international law.

Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov condemned the United States on Monday for shooting down a Syrian warplane, describing it as an act of aggression.

In 2013, the Philippines took China to court over Beijing’s seizure of Scarborough Shoal, which lies within Manila’s 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ. The South China Sea and its resources do not belong solely to China, the Philippine government said, but to all of the nations– Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam—that surround it.

The Malaysian government is seeking to expand cooperation with Australia to combat China’s expansive construction projects in the South China Sea, suggesting Beijing’s behavior in the region demands “pushback” from relevant parties.

Now that Russia is engaged in a campaign to prop up Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a man who has engaged in the mass-slaughter of his own citizens, international law experts have pointed out that Vladimir Putin’s Moscow could be brought before international courts on war crimes charges.

Seoul (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry warned North Korea Monday of possible fresh sanctions as he slammed Kim Jong-Un’s “egregious” leadership with its reliance on reckless provocation and “grotesque” executions. Speaking in the South Korean capital Seoul,