Mexico announced yesterday “the immediate breaking” of diplomatic relations with Ecuadorafter police from that country broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas, who had received political asylum. In a message on social network X, the Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador He described the fact as a “flagrant […]
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Territorial disputes in Latin America resist the integrative role of Celac
Territorial disputes in Latin America They are one of the most common conflicts between countries in the region, where the focus is almost permanently on International Court of Justice (ICJ). Such is the case of the controversy between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo, which, although it dates back almost 200 years and experienced stages […]
Israel rejects the legitimacy of the ICJ to declare its occupation of Palestine “illegal”
Israel He rejected this Monday that “he does not recognize the legitimacy” of the debate in the International Court of Justice (ICJ)after the Palestinian representative to the UN request the high court to declare “illegal” the Israeli occupation, which has been maintained since 1967 on the Palestinian territories. “Israel does not recognize the legitimacy of […]
Russia refuses to appear before International Court of Justice over attack on Ukraine
Russia refused to appear on Monday at the start of hearings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), within a request launched by Ukraine, which asks the UN court to order Moscow to end its invasion. Russia’s absence was criticized by the presiding judge of the court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, and by the […]
What could be the legal responsibilities of the invasion of Ukraine?
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicated that he had opened an investigation into the situation in Ukraine, evoking “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”, after Kiev accused Russia before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of plan a genocide. Here are five questions about the legal situation after the invasion. Did Russia […]
International Court of Justice convenes hearings on the war in Ukraine on March 7 and 8
Updated on 03/01/2022 04:43 pm The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has said it will hold hearings on March 7 and 8 in a case brought to it by Ukraine, which accuses Russia of plotting genocide. The presiding judge of the Court, Joan Donoghue, called the attention of Russia “on the need to act in […]