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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
TopicInternational Court of Justice

Topic: International Court of Justice

India’s climate demands were once moral claims. Now ICJ says they’re international law

India now has legal support to demand that donor countries move beyond vague pledges. The ICJ opinion reframes carbon equity as obligations rather than diplomatic asks.

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Israel PM & country’s ex-defence minister

The international court has accused PM Benjamin Netanyahu & Yoav Gallant of 'crimes against humanity and war crimes'. Netanyahu has condemned the decision, calling it 'antisemitic'.

SC advocate’s book on Kashmir suggests going to ICJ, receives support at launch event

At the re-release of Supreme Court advocate Aman Hingorani's 'Unravelling the Kashmir Knot', former foreign secretary Shyam Saran raised the limitations of legal approaches. 'It makes us vulnerable.'

International court of justice orders Israel to halt military assault on Gaza’s Rafah

The court also ordered Israel to open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to allow in humanitarian aid.

ICJ rejects Israel’s request to throw out genocide charges, stops short of calling for ceasefire

International Court of Justice ordered Israel to contain killings of civilians in Gaza, preserve evidence of its actions & punish those calling for genocide of Palestinians.

South Africa accuses Israel at World Court of genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza

In hearings at the International Court of Justice, South Africa called for an emergency suspension of Israel's aerial & ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave.

International Court of Justice to hear case by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

South Africa says that ‘by killing Palestinians in Gaza, causing them serious mental and bodily harm, Israel is committing genocide against them.’

International Court of Justice to hear Russian objections to Ukraine genocide case

The world court will also hear from 32 other states, all supporting Ukraine's argument that the court has jurisdiction to move the case forward.

Hague court rejects India’s objections to Pakistan’s bid over water use in Indus basin

Pakistan is complaining that India’s planned hydropower dams will cut flows on the river, which feeds 80% of its irrigated agriculture.

International Court of Justice rules US illegally froze some Iranian assets

The ruling comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran after tit-for-tat strikes between Iran-backed forces and US personnel in Syria last week.

On Camera

Bangladesh’s February elections are in the Jamaat’s hands. They want a ‘unity government’

‘This is a not-so-subtle warning by the Jamaat to the BNP that no future government can be run without taking it along,' Bangladeshi journalist Sahidul Hasan Khokon told ThePrint.

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.