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International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan informed Bangladesh transitional government head Muhammad Yunus about the ongoing investigation into the alleged genocide of Rohingya and announced plans to visit the country by the end of this year. Yunus presented his three-point...

The African Union has appointed a continental Reference Group on Transitional Justice in Africa. On September 10, 2024, the Reference Group on Transitional Justice in Africa was launched in Port Louis, Mauritius, by the African Union Commission's Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security...

In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Liberian President Joseph Boakai emphasized the importance of establishing war and economic crimes courts as a key step toward long-term peace and stability in Liberia. He underscored the need for accountability for atrocities committed...

On September 18, 2024, Judge Tomoko Akane, the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and Catherine De Bolle, the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), signed a memorandum of understanding on secure communication and a liaison...

In Tunisia, hundreds of protesters marched again on Sunday, accusing President Kais Saied of deepening authoritarianism ahead of the October 6 presidential election. Demonstrators gathered along Tunis’ main avenue, a historic focal point of the 2011 Arab Spring revolution, voicing concerns over...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin.  Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and anti...

The United Nations will support Bangladesh in its reform initiatives, including police and election reforms, undertaken by the interim government, a top official of the world body said on Sunday. The chief of the UN in Bangladesh, Gwyn Lewis, met Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus here and discussed a...

South Sudan’s government has announced it is postponing long-delayed general elections until December 2026, citing a lack of preparedness. This is the second time the country, which gained independence in 2011, is postponing elections and extending a transitional period that started in February 2020...

A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed groups in killings that occurred during the protests that followed the country’s disputed July presidential election. Human Rights Watch, in a report detailing repressive measures the...

Tunisia’s electoral authority on Monday definitively approved just two candidates to challenge President Kais Saied in elections next month in the struggling North African country — and one of them was promptly arrested. Businessman candidate Ayachi Zammel was taken into custody Monday in an...