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Items by Toby M. Cadman
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Does the ICC decision about Israel-Palestine really mean a black day for truth and justice?
On 20 December, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Fatou Bensouda, made an important announcement on the conclusion of the preliminary examination of the situation in Palestine and sought a ruling on the scope of the Court’s territorial jurisdiction. In her statement, Bensouda declared unequivocally...
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Egypt: The Middle East’s forgotten revolution
The Arab Spring did not start in Egypt, but it was there where it ended. In 2011, Egyptian citizens took to the streets to protest the rule of Hosni Mubarak, no longer willing to accept living under an autocratic ruler, they demanded change, they yearned for democracy and the...