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World Court climate opinion turns up the legal heat on governments
THE HAGUE - A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the ...
The dangers of Britain’s Chagos deal are growing by the day
The agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, while retaining a ...
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Once again Britain's the sick man of Europe - but this time the sickness is our mental health epidemic, which has turned our 'Rolls-Royce' civil servi…
Across the public sector, the concept of 'service' is a distant memory. Government departments, Town Halls, hospitals, you ...
Diego Garcia is vital to stopping China. Britain’s Chagos deal needlessly puts it at risk
The agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, while retaining a ...
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International Rulings and the UK–Mauritius Chagos Agreement
The Chagos Agreement is not only a diplomatic achievement, but also a “contractual transposition” of the decisions of international courts and tribunals. The Agreement acknowledges that the detachment ...
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How Mauritius can turn a diplomatic triumph into real economic growth
Mauritius is heavily reliant on offshore services and short-term fiscal gains. It is vulnerable to slow diversification, ...
Starmer’s Palestine Action ban could be breaking international law, says UN
The United Nations has said Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action could be a breach of international law.
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Britain shouldn’t bow to the ICJ
The official cost of the deal to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius – a country which never owned the islands in the ...
Ministers condemn 'flawed and unworkable' UN court ruling amid fears Britain will be forced to pay massive reparations over climate change
The International Court of Justice said nations are obliged to comply with climate treaties and failure to do so was a breach ...
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Our 1983 Nakba: Did the ‘Ethnic Conflict’ Research Industry Mask Cold War Proxy Wars in the Global South?
Was the same Playbook to unmake Multiculturalism and stage the Palestine Nakba (catastrophe) for the violent birth of Israel in May 1948 used years later in the July 1983 pogrom and staged riots in ...