Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Armenia’s Representative for International Legal Affairs, has resigned. In response to an inquiry from CivilNet, the Prime Minister’s press office stated that “Yeghishe Kirakosyan will be stepping down from his position by mutual agreement reached several months ago, following his personal request.” The statement also refuted media reports claiming that the entire staff of the Office of the Armenian Representative for International Legal Affairs had submi
The order includes financial sanctions and visa restrictions against ICC officials found to have assisted in investigations of U.S. citizens or allies. The order accuses the ICC of improperly targeting the United States and Israel, according to a copy of a fact sheet supporting it. Chip Somodevilla / AFP-Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing the body of improperly targeting the United
A large pile of rubble next to a building | Emad El Byed / Unsplash In early November, a small group of senior U.S. human rights diplomats met with a top official in President Joe Biden’s State Department to make one final, emphatic plea: We must keep our word. Weeks before, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the administration delivered their most explicit ultimatum yet to Israel, demanding the Israel Defense Forces allow hundreds more trucksloads of food and medicine int
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer [Reuters] Commonwealth leaders have agreed the "time has come" for a conversation about reparations for the slave trade, despite the UK's desire to keep the subject off the agenda at a two-day summit in Samoa. A document signed by 56 heads of government, including UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, acknowledges calls for "discussions on reparatory justice" for the "abhorrent" transatlantic slave trade. The statement says it is time for a "m
Happening Now: Biden seeks to strengthen relationship with tribal nations with Arizona visit. [The Hill | YouTube] President Biden apologized Friday for Native American boarding schools that were part of U.S. policy for 150 years and stripped children away from their tribes and culture. “The federal government has never, never formally apologized for what happened, until today. I formally apologize as president of the United States of America for what we did. I fo