Middle East

The interview was about his peace plan for Palestine. We asked him a few provocative questions which we are really happy he answered. The idea of starting from LAW to bring PEACE is very challenging. It is worth thinking about…

By Nicolas Boeglin (*) Last January 6th, the United Nations Secretary General issued a note indicating that the Rome Statute, the treaty that establishes the International Criminal Court (ICC), will enter into force in relation to the State of Palestine…

Human Wrongs Watch By Greenpeace USA*, 27 December, 2014 — It’s been a great year for Greenpeace and our supporters. Getting toxic chemicals out of our clothes. Putting sustainable seafood in our grocery stores. Giant internet companies breaking away from climate-denying lobbyists.…

My response to the blatant anti-Islamic rhetoric pronounced by a professor during India Ideas Conclave in Goa on 20 December 2014 By Valery Novoselsky Dr. Koenraad Elst from Belgium happened to be a panelist on a session entitled “Religion –…

Iran Review’s Exclusive Interview with Paolo Cotta-Ramusino By: Kourosh Ziabari The International Conference on World Against Violence and Extremism was held in Tehran from December 9-10 to honor the proposal put forward by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in his speech…

Change of location for the last day of the Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: no longer the auditorium Music Park, but Julio Cesar Sala del Campidoglio, seat of the Communal Council of Rome. Many of the themes developed, starting with…

On the sidelines of the final press conference of the XIV° Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates 2014 in Rome, Pressenza has conducted a brief interview Tawakkol Karman. First Arab woman and second Muslim woman awarded a Nobel Prize in 2011,…

Human Wrongs Watch Amman, 19 December 2014 – “The Syria crisis represents the biggest threat to children of recent times. By the end of 2015, the lives of over 8.6 million children across the region will have been torn apart by…

Human Wrongs Watch The quest for peace between Israel and the Palestinians has reached a “dramatic” crossroads, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, on 15 December 2014 told the Security Council in his briefing…

The court rejected 56-year old conscientious objector Ali Fikri Isik’s demand for a change of judge. Ali Fikri was asked whether he wanted to change his plea but he reiterated what he had said in the previous courts – that…