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21 Aug Weekday News Wrap, Tuesday, August 21, 2012
As UN monitors left Syria, fighting progressed to suburbs of Damascus. US president Barack Obama has said that if Syria’s government were to use chemical weapons, the US would be forced to act. German politicians have said that they will give no leeway to Greece regarding financial reform. Israel has positioned an Iron Dome, a rocket interceptor and destroyer, on the Egyptian border following two rocket attacks on the city of Eilat. The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism says that the US government must allow investigation into...01 Dec Weekly News Wrap: Monday, December 1, 2014
...United Nations-African Union office in Khartoum. Middle East and Northern Africa An Egyptian court has designated the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) armed group a “terrorist organisation” and banned it in the country. A U.S.-led coalition carried out at least 30 air strikes in Syria against Islamic State militants in the northern province of Raqqa on Saturday, a monitoring group said. At least 50 fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have been killed in the past 24 hours in Syria’s Kobane, the biggest...16 Sep Weekday News Wrap: Monday, September 16, 2013
UN chemical weapons inspectors have handed their report into an alleged gas attack in Syria to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Secretary Ban stated in a UN meeting that an expert team’s report will likely confirm the use of chemical weapons in the August 21 attack on Damascus. At PhD Studies in Human Rights, a post discusses Secretary Ban’s comments and the presumption of innocence. French President Francois Hollande called for a U.N. resolution on Syria backed by the threat of punitive action to be voted by the end of...26 Jun Weekday News Wrap: June 26, 2012
As NATO meets over the downing of Turkey’s jet by Syria, Turkey has also written to the UN Security Council that the attack is a “serious threat to peace and security”. The EU foreign ministers have urged Turkey to exercise restraint in its responses. Meanwhile, Syria has allegedly shot at a second Turkish jet. In an interview, the Director-General of MI5 has revealed that the UK has faced 11 credible terrorist threats since 2001, and that the terror threat has been widening since the Arab Spring. Rwanda’s foreign minister has...04 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Monday, June 4, 2012
...armed forces near the Colombia-Venezuela border. Syrian President Assad has condemned the massacre in Houla and has promised that the violence will end if Syrians pull together. He has denied involvement in the massacre. Regarding the Syria situation, Foreign Policy in Focus has called for an intervention…with Russia. CNN provides more about upcoming diplomatic efforts in Syria. The US Ambassador to France has marked the 68th anniversary of D-Day with a mass parachute jump in Normandy. The 23rd anniversary of the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square is creating overtime for...30 Dec Weekly News Wrap: Monday, December 30, 2013
...has filed its first WTO complaint, against the EU’s energy policies. Following political protests, Ukraine is resuming negotations with EU. The UN has condemned UK PM Cameron’s immigration policies Middle East Israel-Gaza skirmishes were followed by the closure of the border crossing for goods. Gaza’s only power plant had to stop operations a few days later, but Jerusalem denies that this was caused by the blockade. Egypt has declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization Hundreds of civilians killed in air raids in Aleppo, Syria. Meanwhile, President Assad has outlined...
14 Oct Structural Challenges Confronted by UN Accountability Mandates: Perspectives from Current and Former Staff (Part I)
...at the University of Oxford, in partnership with the International Bar Association and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Simon Skjodt Center for Genocide Prevention, that seeks to understand how UN mandate holders with a focus on accountability can be better supported. These include Fact-Finding Missions (FFMs), Commissions of Inquiry (CoIs), and the generation of UN accountability mechanisms – the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria (IIIM), the International Independent Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), and the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) – referred...