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Former international relations minister Naledi Pandor said without confronting material complicity, the initiative risked becoming “pleasant, but ineffectual”. Photo: Hasina Kathrada

At Hague Group meeting, frustration over failure of global institutions to constrain Israel’s conduct

Speakers described a system in which legal norms are applied selectively, allowing powerful states and their allies to evade accountability

Gaza has been destroyed following continued strikes by Israel. (X)

Christian churches applaud World Council of Churches for its resolutions condemning Israel over Gaza

The council has urged governments, institutions and churches to commit to the principles of justice under international law and ethics against Israel’s war against Palestinian

Protest: Jews for a Free Palestine demonstrate in support of Gaza in Cape Town shortly after the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s counter-attack. Photo: Rodger Bosch/AFP

Is Zionism growing in South Africa?

Some say support for Zionism is growing and equate criticism of Israel as antisemitic, while others say their religion doesn’t mean they support Tel Aviv

The bust of French philosopher Michel de Montaigne is displayed at the bibliotheque in Bordeaux on September 16, 2016, as part of an exhibition and events through the city dedicated to the French philosopher who was mayor of Bordeaux. (GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Images)

If Joe Biden had read Montaigne …

The work of the French Renaissance philosopher offers wisdom applicable to modern politics

Yahya Sinwar, head of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Yousef Masoud/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Israel, Hamas reject bid before ICC to arrest leaders for war crimes

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said he had applied for arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders over the conflict

Hearings on the advisory proceedings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of Israel’s practices in the Palestinian territories at The Hague, Netherlands on February 20, 2024. (Photo by Nikos Oikonomou/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A chance for Africa to counter the pitfalls of international criminal justice?

Time for a new treaty to deal with crimes against humanity? Here’s what you need to know

On notice: International Court of Justice Judge President Joan Donoghue, watched by Israel’s and South Africa’s defence teams, delivers the order on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel on 26 January in The Hague, Netherlands.  (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Iron cloak of security: Behind SA’s risky decision to take on Israel

South Africa’s decision to take Israel, the West’s darling, to the International Court of Justice for genocidal intent was brave politics

The first two months of the Israel-Gaza war exceeded the individual annual carbon footprints of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations.
 Photo: Fadi Alwhidi/Anadolu via Getty Images

South Africa opens genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice

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A view of a burnt building at an industrial area after the resistance groups in Gaza fire rockets in response to Israeli airstrikes at in Sderot, Israel on October 10, 2023. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

African states urged to lobby ICC on Gaza

The call has been endorsed by dozens of organisations and individuals across the continent

Russian President Vladimir Putin during his joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on  September 4, 2023, in Sochi, Russia. Photo by Contributor/Getty Images

Lula backtracks on Putin’s safety at next year’s G20

The Brazilian president initially said there was “no way” Vladimir Putin would be arrested at the Rio event in 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

South Africa and the  International Criminal Court’s relationship is complicated

Regarding Russia and Ukraine, the ICC has never received state referrals from 39 state parties to look into a situation in another country

Picture this: A portrait of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in a restaurant in Kyiv, Ukraine. The International Criminal Court has charged him over the abduction and deportation of children during the war in Ukraine.

SA’s vacillations on leaving the ICC point to larger problems

The country finds itself in a quandary once again and its leaders’ indecision is not helping

A woman looks at the wall of the names of people killed in the Rwanda genocide. Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

South Africa’s legacy of sheltering war criminals can no longer be ignored

Politics have come in the way of South Africa upholding its commitment to international criminal justice as the ANC reconsiders its 2016 threat to leave the international…

Congolese militia commander Bosco Ntaganda sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court during his trial at the Hague in the Netherlands. (Reuters/Eva Plevier/Pool)

Congolese ‘Terminator’ warlord gets harshest ever ICC sentence

An ICC spokesman confirmed it was the heaviest ever penalty handed down by the court, which was set up in 2002 to try the world’s worst crimes

Steve Smith and David Warner of Australia pose a few years before their world was turned upside down by the Sandpapergate scandal. (Reuters/Paul Childs)

Aussies playing dead until World Cup comes to life

The most successful team in Cricket World Cup history is out to shake off the shame of Sandpapergate

The Proteas celebrate their 5-0 whitewash series victory over Sri Lanka, which was the last ODI series they played before the World Cup. (Gallo)

No expectations on the Proteas may just be what they need

Instead of chokers, the team are being tagged as dark horses at this year’s Cricket World Cup

Burundi exploded into violence when Nkurunziza announced his candidacy in April 2015. He was re-elected in July of that year. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Burundi court seizes assets of opposition figures

Government critics said the ruling made a mockery of Burundi’s judiciary

Burundi exploded into violence when Nkurunziza announced his candidacy in April 2015. He was re-elected in July of that year. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Man City face further action over financial fairplay ‘breaches’

Government critics said the ruling made a mockery of Burundi’s judiciary

Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)

Sudan army deploys as protesters keep pressure on Bashir: witnesses

Thousands of protesters in Sudan have urged the military to join calls calling for the resignation of leader Omar al-Bashir

An anti-balaka militiaman in the Central African Republic. Late last year, the court arrested two leaders of the anti-balaka militias that were parties to the conflict. (Reuters)

Just one month in, optimism around CAR’s peace deal is fading

Armed groups in the CAR believe that a new peace deal has granted them amnesty. But that’s not what the deal actually says