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Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” The practice of torture is a crime in all circumstances and situations, even in times of war and unrest. The torture of any human being cannot be permitted under any circumstance or any justification, whether the torture is physica...
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As the world celebrated June 12 as the World Day Against Child Labour, we remember that the world itself had made a promise to end “child labour” by next year, 2025, as stated in Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals.But as we are in the middle of 2024, the reality is that there are still 160 million children working today in various countries of the world in blatant exploitation of chil...
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Next August, the Taliban will have completed three years in power following the sudden and dramatic American withdrawal on August 15, 2021, allowing the Taliban to take control of power over all parts of Afghanistan within hours.The Taliban wants Afghanistan to be a country with its own standards, yet at the same time it wants to be included in the international system! But it discovers day after...
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What has been happening in Gaza over the past eight months has taken the world to a new reality that is very different from what it was, especially with regard to international law, international relations and human ethics. As for the region, there is no doubt that Israel's continued targeting of civilians and the destruction of Gaza, making it unlivable, has prompted everyone to rethink about the...
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The decision of the International Criminal Court, which was announced by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on May 20, was a new shock to Israel, the West, and Hamas, when he announced the issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, and its head in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, along wit...
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In 1949, with the admission of Israel's membership in the United Nations (UN) by the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution 69 and the UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution 273, the territory of the Palestinian state automatically admitted a member in the UN.A sui generis territorial membership of Palestine to the UN was automatically realized due to the fact that the legal foundation of Israel's U...
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A Jewish man was killed in the Smouha area of Alexandria, Egypt, with the perpetrator yelling: “Shalom (peace) from the children of Gaza!”In the name of the innocent people of Gaza, a Jewish man was killed who chose to live and make a living in a country he loved.In the name of the people of Gaza, Hamas launches battles, and with the blood of the people of Gaza it bargains and negotiates.In the na...
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Thirty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly designated May 3 as World Press Freedom Day, with the aim of reminding governments of the need to respect their commitment to freedom of the press. As the United Nations states in its literature, it is “a day for reflection among media professionals on issues of press freedom and professional ethics,” and it serves as an opportunity to:Celebrat...
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The solution of the Palestine Problem and the State of Palestine's future membership in the United Nations (UN) within the UN legal system depends on the understanding that the UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution numbered 181 dated 29 November 1947 is a binding resolution. And the UN Security Council (UNSC) also has an obligation to implement UNGA resolution 181.Because the UNGA’s resolutions ar...
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In 1947, the United Kingdom (UK) turned the decolonization of the Palestine problem over to the United Nations (UN) as the mandatory Power. After looking at alternatives, the UN proposed terminating the Mandate and partitioning Palestine into two independent States, one Palestinian Arab and the other Jewish, with Jerusalem internationalized with the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 181 of 29...
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Sweden does not live on another planet to ignore nations’ feelings and states’ positions, or to have laws that protect extremists and fanatics and encourage abuse, provoking and spreading hatred, because what happens in terms of offending followers of other religions or burning the Quran multiple times will not be accepted by Muslims or non-Muslims. The argument that says that what is happening is...
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The scene on the night of May 28, 2023 bordered on the surreal and sometimes absurd! As the exaggerated joy among the followers of the Muslim Brotherhood and their lengthy sermons was pathetic, as if the winner was the president of their state, or the winning was a victory for democracy in their countries! In contrast to those delusional followers, some Muslim Brotherhood members seem to have a be...
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