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International Court of Justice

Primary judicial organ of the United Nations

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Dec 14, 2025
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YES OR NO: Is Israel committing a genocide?

Multiple authoritative bodies and major human-rights organizations have concluded or stated that Israel’s conduct in Gaza meets the legal threshold of genocide or genocidal acts: a UN commission said ...

Jan 15, 2026
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Was there an International court order for the arrest of Donald Trump?

There is no credible reporting in the provided sources that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Donald J. Trump; the public records and reporting instead show perio...

Dec 15, 2025
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How many UN resolutions have targeted Israel compared to other countries since 1946?

Counting UN resolutions aimed at Israel is contested and depends on which UN body, timeframe and classification one uses; NGOs and the UN press both document large numbers of recent Israel-focused tex...

Dec 17, 2025

What international legal cases have been brought over Venezuelan asset seizures and what were the outcomes?

International litigation over Venezuelan asset seizures has focused mainly on U.S. actions since 2019 and the recent December 2025 seizure of the tanker M/T Skipper; Washington says the Skipper was se...

Nov 8, 2025

Which countries have condemned Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories as genocide?

Multiple official and quasi-official actors—including at least a handful of national governments, groups of states intervening in litigation, and United Nations fact-finding bodies—have described or l...

Nov 3, 2025

Is RSF funded by UAE money to make a genocide on Sudanese people, only for their resources?

Sudan and multiple media outlets allege that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provided funding, weapons, and other support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and that those ties helped enable atrocities...

Nov 26, 2025

What evidence links the UAE to funding the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan?

Multiple investigations, sanctions and reporting link the UAE to financial, logistical and commercial ties that benefited Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), including U.S. sanctions on RSF-linked bus...

Jan 18, 2026

What has the International Court of Justice ruled so far in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel?

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has so far ruled that it has prima facie jurisdiction to hear South Africa’s case alleging Israel violated the Genocide Convention in Gaza, found that South Af...

Dec 12, 2025

2:1 Un condemnation of Israel compared to the rest of the world! The stats don't lie - the UN is biased. And UNGA resolutions (including 181) are only recommendations with no legal weight

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted far more country-specific condemnatory resolutions targeting Israel than for other states in recent years — monitors report, for example, 173 GA resolutions ...

Jan 14, 2026

is what's happening to gaza a genocide

A growing body of international legal and expert opinion concludes that Israel’s conduct in Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide, while Israel and allied voices reject that characterization and...

Oct 18, 2025

What are the official requirements for Nobel Peace Prize nominations?

The core official requirements for Nobel Peace Prize nominations are consistent across the reviewed 2025 summaries: . Reporting on the 2025 process adds that the Committee is five members appointed by...

Dec 12, 2025

What is happening in Palestine

Fighting in and around Gaza remains deadly even after an October ceasefire: UN agencies report the enclave “in the grip of a catastrophic humanitarian emergency,” with UNRWA/OCHA counting about 70,117...

Dec 11, 2025

Venezuela annexing guyana

Venezuela has taken a series of political and legal steps since late 2023 asserting a claim over Guyana’s oil‑rich Essequibo region—holding a December 2023 referendum that Caracas says approved creati...

Nov 19, 2025

Was there genocide committed in Gaza?

Multiple independent human-rights organizations and a UN commission have concluded there is strong evidence that Israel’s conduct in Gaza meets the legal threshold of genocide or genocidal acts, citin...

Oct 22, 2025

Which countries have officially recognized the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a genocide?

Several international bodies and a number of countries and organizations have publicly described or supported legal findings that label Israeli actions in Gaza as , but formal state recognitions vary:...

Dec 20, 2025

the UAE armed the RSF and that the ICJ dismissed Sudan’s genocide case on jurisdiction grounds

The International Court of Justice dismissed Sudan’s genocide case against the United Arab Emirates in May 2025, ruling it “manifestly lacked” jurisdiction largely because the UAE entered a reservatio...

Dec 11, 2025

What is the current status of the Venezuela-Guyana Essequibo territorial dispute as of December 2025?

As of December 2025 the dispute remains live and tense: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has jurisdiction and issued provisional measures in 2023 ordering Venezuela not to change the status qu...

Nov 25, 2025

What legal standards define an order as "illegal" under international law and military codes?

International and military law treat an “illegal” order as one that violates clear legal norms: under U.S. military practice this includes orders that plainly contravene the U.S. Constitution, the Gen...

Dec 14, 2025

Is russia committing a genocide?

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has accepted Russia’s counter‑claims alleging Ukraine committed genocide in Donbas and found the counter‑claims admissible, giving Russia until December 2027 t...

Nov 26, 2025

is israel committing a genocide

Independent bodies, major human-rights NGOs, and some states have concluded there are reasonable grounds that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal thresholds for genocide, while Israel and many of ...