Sudan Opens Door for Darfur Justice: Daily Brief
Sudan's government says it might cooperate with International Criminal Court on Darfur war crimes; UN publishes list of businesses that operate in illegal Israeli settlements; Afghanistan not doing enough to prosecute sexual abuse; banned cluster munitions used in Libya; how pervasive myths impact young LGBT people in Vietnam; academic suspended in South Sudan; and fighting climate change in a time of populism...
Sudan's leaders say that they will cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which could mean that former president Omar al-Bashir will finally face justice for grave international crimes committed by his government-backed militias in Darfur.
The UN has published a list of 112 companies with business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Most of the companies are Israeli, but the list includes major global brands too. The official list is not part of a judicial process, but the UN's move will heap pressure on governments and consumers to consider whether to continue relationships with businesses that fuel human rights abuses.
Authorities in Afghanistan are failing to prosecute powerful people who have been accused of sexual assault.
Banned cluster munitions have been used in residential areas of Tripoli, Libya, new HRW research has found.
Pervasive myths about sexual orientation and gender identity in Vietnam fuel violence and discrimination against young LGBT people, HRW said in a new report.
South Sudan’s University of Juba has suspended a renowned academic over an opinion article he wrote on the issue of states and their boundaries – a controversial issue in the country.
And finally, fighting climate change is harder in times of rising populism, new thinking suggests, because populism's lack of nuance means the full complexities of climate change are ignored, and therefore it's much harder to find solutions for the planet.