Leaders seek ways for U.S. to help end Sudan's humanitarian crisis
The U.N. estimates 150,000 people were killed over two years in the war between paramilitary RSF and Sudanese Army.
U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1951
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ICJ dismisses genocide case by Sudan against U.A.E. over RSF rebels
Sudan asked the U.N.'s top court to instruct the U.A.E. to prevent civilian killings, but the court lacked jurisdiction.
Amnesty International report says Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza
Israel strongly rejects the allegations that it is systematically trying to destroy the Palestinian people in its war with Hamas.
U.N.'s top court orders Israel to 'immediately halt' Rafah offensive
The justices cited warnings an offensive on Rafah will put 'hundreds of thousands of people at imminent risk of death.'
Israel denies genocide charges over Gaza offensive at U.N.'s top court
ICJ justices heard arguments from South Africa calling on Israel to immediately withdraw its army from Gaza.
ICJ says 'famine is setting in' as it orders Israel to free up aid in Gaza
The ruling orders Israel to allow aid trucks loaded with food and supplies to enter Gaza unhindered 'without delay.'
ICJ largely rejects Ukraine's ‘terrorism’ case against Russia
The ruling is the first of two that are expected this week from a decade of conflict-turned-war between Russia and Ukraine.
U.N. court hears S. Africa case alleging Israeli genocide in Gaza
Though it cannot enforce its orders, the court issues advisory opinions that carry legal weight and moral authority.
Top U.N. court orders Russia out of Ukraine
The ICJ ordered Russia to halt its invasion of Ukraine in a legally binding decision that is mainly symbolic because there is no direct means of enforcing it.
Virus enters world's largest refugee camps
Officials sounded the alarm after the first COVID-19 infections were detected at the world's largest refugee settlement for Rohingyas in Bangladesh.
U.N. expert: Myanmar atrocities continue
A U.N. human rights investigator urged the world body to "step up its efforts" to protect ethnic and religious minorities from the Myanmar military.
ICJ orders Myanmar to prevent genocide
The International Court of Justice ordered Myanmar's government to do everything it can to prevent more atrocities and genocide against the Rohingyas.
Nobel laureate denies Rohingya genocide
Once an icon of democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi went to the International Court of Justice to deny Myanmar's military committed genocide against Rohingyas.
Suu Kyi to confront U.N. genocide probe
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head to the U.N.'s top court next month to challenge its prosecution of an alleged military-led genocide of Rohingyas.
U.N. fact-finding panel urges trials on genocide charges in Myanmar
The panel reported Myanmar's armed forces killed thousands of Muslim Rohingya people during 'clearance operations.'
'Low profile' diplomacy: North Korea's hidden avenues to the world
A summit with the U.S. could expand North Korea's little-known involvement with international organizations.