Pressure is building on Aotearoa New Zealand's government to create a humanitarian visa pathway for Palestinians fleeing the genocide in Gaza.
More than 30 organisations, including World Vision NZ and Amnesty International, called on the government in March to allow Palestinians who have family members in Aotearoa to travel there under a special humanitarian visa.
In recent years, similar visas have been created for Ukrainians and Afghans fleeing conflict in their home countries. More (…)

Aotearoa New Zealand's parliament was brought to a halt on November 14 during the first reading of a controversial and divisive bill that aims to undermine the rights of Māori people.
The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to “redefine” the principles of Aotearoa's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi (te Tiriti o Waitangi). It has been tabled by the libertarian ACT Party which — along with NZ First — form part of the ruling coalition government, led by the National Party.
ACT leader (…)

Pour le professeur de droit international Julian Fernandez, la décision des juges de la CPI de délivrer des mandats d'arrêt internationaux contre Benyamin Nétanyahou et Yoav Gallant aura un coût sévère pour Israël sur les plans diplomatique et politique, mais aussi économique et militaire.
Spécialiste du droit international pénal, professeur à l'université Panthéon-Assas à Paris, Julian Fernandez est l'un des experts qui siègent au sein de la Commission consultative pour l'examen des (…)

The victory of the National People's Power (NPP) candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in the Sri Lankan presidential election represented a major shift in the South Asian state's political trajectory. Dissanayake's upset was soon followed by parliamentary elections in which his coalition won two thirds of the seats, an unprecedented feat since the system of proportional representation was established in the late 1980s. For the first time since the 1970s, a left-wing party is not only (…)

In this powerful interview, renowned Ukrainian human rights defender Maksym Butkevych opens up about his transition from civilian activist to military service, his 2.5-year imprisonment in Russian-occupied territory, and his recent liberation through a prisoner exchange. Butkevych reveals that the greatest danger in Russian captivity wasn't physical hardship but “losing a part of oneself.” Despite facing a 13-year sentence based on fabricated charges, he found meaning in his imprisonment by (…)