International Court of Justice

Yasser Arafat's grave dug up in poisoning probe

2012-11-27 12:47:00

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Forensic experts from Switzerland, France and Russia on Tuesday took 20 samples each from the remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after his grave in the presidential headquarters here was opened. The experts will take...

Israeli advisory panel defends legality of West Bank settlements

2012-07-09 16:42:21

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Legal opinion muddies U.N. statehood bid

2011-09-03 16:32:33

OPINION: Yet another example of Belize's policy of accommodating Guatemala at any cost!

2013-04-24 04:04:02

Well Belizeans and true friends of Belize, if this doesn't beat all! The GOB signaled that it will facilitate the entry of individuals from Guatemala, even if their passport intentionally does not provide a clear distinction between our sovereign...

Heroes' welcome for Thai legal team upon return from Hague

2013-04-22 00:34:02

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- The Thai legal team heading up last week's legal argument before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague over the disputed land along the Thai-Cambodian border was given a warm welcome as it arrived at...

German map expert who surveyed Preah Vihear in 1961 returns

2013-04-21 01:24:03

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- More than half a century ago, Prof Friedrich Ackermann of the Institute for Photogrammetry at the University of Stuttgart sat in a courtroom at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague and offered his views on...

Thai PM lauds 'job well done' in The Hague

2013-04-21 01:24:03

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- Thailand's legal team defended the country's interests to the best of its ability in the dispute with Cambodia over land near Preah Vihear Temple, team leader Virachai Plasai said after the five-day legal battle at the...

BRIEF: Thai royals to attend Dutch crowning

2013-04-20 07:54:03

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will visit the Netherlands to attend the crowing ceremony of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, 45, on April 30, Foreign Minister Surapong...

China and Japan provoke a confrontation at sea

2012-09-24 09:23:00

China and Japan are making a mountain of a molehill in their territorial dispute over a group of tiny, uninhabited islands in the East China Sea known as the Senkaku (in Japan) or the Diaoyu (in China). Whatever their name, they're basically just a...

The U.S. should back off its criticism of Azerbaijan's handling of the Safarov case

2012-09-10 12:00:00

It is not clear why the Obama administration and its allies in Congress decided to express their misplaced "concern" regarding Hungary's extradition of Lt. Ramil Safarov to his native Azerbaijan ("Ax murderer's homecoming stokes Caucasus feud," Sept. 7)....

The Hague: Holland's not-so-naughty other capital

2012-04-03 16:49:00

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Amsterdam is an amusement park for adults. The Hague is for adults who have grown weary of amusement parks. It is quiet, dignified and elegant compared with its sexy sibling. Two things define The Hague. It is Holland's...

Palestinians protest in front of a section of Israel�s controversial "separation barrier", at Qalandia close to the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 9, 2011, on the seventh anniversary of a ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague that termed illegal Israel's construction of the

2011-07-09 20:18:18