カテゴリー: Law
Joseph Auga Matamata, who brought people to Hastings where they were forced to work without pay and subjected to abuse, also convicted of slaveryA New Zealand-based Samoan chief has been found guilty of human trafficking and using 13 of his countrymen …
Decision overturns earlier rejection of request to examine actions of US soldiersSenior judges at the international criminal court have authorised an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, overturning an earli…
Human rights lawyer will represent Maldives, which is joining the Gambia in taking Myanmar to court for alleged genocideAmal Clooney will represent the Maldives in seeking justice for Rohingya Muslims at the UN’s highest court, where Myanmar faces accu…
We have had a history of suppressing information about those facing trial, but it is unclear if it can survive in the era of Facebook, Google and InstagramBritish backpacker Grace Millane’s murderer was last week sentenced to life imprisonment, with a …
Christopher Wray says China using ‘any means necessary’Chinese theft of US trade secrets costing ‘$300bn-$600bn a year’The FBI on Thursday identified China as the biggest law enforcement threat to the United States, and its director said Beijing was se…
The ICJ ruling on Myanmar is a rare bright point in a woeful international response. Unfortunately its powers are limitedOn Thursday the internet in Kutupalong, a city-sized refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh, was switched back on for a few hours…
Experts say judgment is ‘tipping point’ that opens the door to climate crisis claims for protection It is unlawful for governments to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis, a landmark ruling by the Unite…
Former head of opposition party faces 30 years in prison over charges which most consider politically motivatedThe trial of a top Cambodian opposition leader charged with treason has begun, more than two years after he was arrested in what is widely se…
The impact of smoke on New Zealand’s environment, health and tourism raises the legal issue of trans-boundary air pollutionKiwis have been shocked in recent weeks to discover their pristine glaciers turning pink, with apocalyptic orange skies covering …
Rape and murder of woman in 2012 shocked India and brought protesters out on to the streetsA death warrant has been issued for the four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi, which galvanised protests across …
Amnesty calls verdict in Junaid Hafeez’s trial a ‘vile and gross miscarriage of justice’A Pakistani university lecturer has been sentenced to death for blasphemy in a case that his family and human rights groups have decried as a gross miscarriage of j…
Criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence of her country must not overshadow the issue at the heart of the case at the international court of justice: the ongoing suffering of Rohingya MuslimsAung San Suu Kyi’s decision to personally defend Myanmar in th…
Leader’s silence ‘says far more than your words’, lawyer says during genocide hearingAung San Suu Kyi has been told her silence over allegations of sexual violence and rape carried out against Rohingya people in Myanmar “says far more than your words”,…
Myanmar leader tells court in The Hague that civilian deaths were not genocide, but part of a civil warShe might have been saving her best defence for the highest stage of all. But the arguments advanced by Aung San Suu Kyi at The Hague to allegations …
De facto PM defends actions of government, saying attacks were initiated by insurgentsThe Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar’s government against accusations of genocide at the international court of justice, calling the a…