Palestinians Seek International Court Investigation of Israel

MIKE CORDER / The Associated Press May 22, 2018 Citing "a culture of impunity," Foreign Minister Riad Malki asks the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into alleged Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, including settlement policies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

New U.S. Policy Allows Nuclear Responses to Non-Nuclear Attacks

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Feb 8, 2018 The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review calls for "low-yield" bombs on submarine-launched ballistic missiles. One critic charges that these weapons give Trump "a kind of gateway drug for nuclear war." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cry for Argentina: Fiscal Mismanagement or Pillage?

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Aug 15, 2014 Argentina has now taken the U.S. to The Hague for blocking the country’s 2005 settlement with the bulk of its creditors. The issue underscores the need for an international mechanism for nations to go bankrupt. Better yet would be a sustainable global monetary scheme that avoids the need for sovereign bankruptcy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

U.N. Court Declares Kosovo’s Split-Off Legit

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2010 On Thursday, the United Nations' International Court of Justice validated Kosovo's 2008 declaration of separation from Serbia, declaring the move legitimate according to international law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

World Court Fights U.S. Executions

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2008 The International Court of Justice on Friday requested the US not execute five death-row inmates in a decision that will put both the U's controversial capital punishment policy and its historic rejection of international legal bodies in the global spotlight. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Serbia Not Guilty of Genocide

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2007 In an unprecedented case, Bosnia sought payback in the form of billions of dollars from Serbia for the ethnic conflict that claimed thousands of lives in the 1990s. On Monday, the U.N.'s International Court of Justice absolved Serbia of accountability for genocide but accused Belgrade of failing to thwart the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )