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He started protesting about his middle school principal. Now he's taking on Big Oil

This year, Chima Williams of Nigeria was a winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize for his activism, targeting Shell for an oil spill in his homeland. Here's how the case went.

WEKU

Former chief prosecutor in the Hague to spearhead Trump investigation

The US Justice Department on Friday named an independent prosecutor to oversee criminal investigations into Donald Trump, three days after the former president announced a new White House run in 2024. Trump called the appointment “political” and “unfair”.

France 24

Ukrainian presidential adviser hails MH17 ruling in The Hague

A Dutch court ruling on Thursday on the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine sent a strong signal that "every war crime committed by the Russians" will be investigated and "brought to a conclusion", a senior Ukrainian official said.

Reuters

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The dilemma mothers face when they become victims of abuse abroad — child abduction or domestic violence

The federal government is considering changing the law to ensure victims of domestic violence are not forced to send their children back to abusive partners under the requirements of an international treaty.

ABC News

How to cycle in the Netherlands like the Dutch do

Lucy Shrimpton discovers what a city bike tour in Utrecht, the Hague and Amsterdam can teach us about greener living

The Independent UK

‘More and more desperate measures’: Climate protesters target another priceless artwork

A climate activist glued his head to the glass protecting Johannes Vermeer's world-famous painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague on Thursday while a second glued his hand to the panel holding the work.

France 24

Just Stop Oil activist tries to glue own head to Girl with a Pearl Earring

Protester at The Hague’s Mauritshuis says Vermeer painting protected and fine unlike ‘future of our children’

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Activist glues his head to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' painting in The Hague

A climate activist glued his head to glass covering the world-famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting at a museum in The Hague on Thursday, though the artwork was not damaged, gallery staff said.

Reuters

‘It’s 23C in the evening’ – readers’ best autumn breaks in Europe

Hot chocolate in the Hague, Halloween fun in Transylvania, nights out in Málaga – our tipsters share their best trips

The Guardian - UK

Mexico activists file Hague case over disappearances

Mexican activists have filed a criminal complaint at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, arguing authorities cooperated with or allowed drug cartels to abduct people who were never seen again

The Independent UK

Princess forced out of uni accommodation over fears gangsters could kidnap her

Amalia, 18, who is next-in-line to the Dutch throne, had moved into an Amsterdam apartment with other students, but her monarch mum and dad now fear for her safety and have moved her back to the royal palace at The Hague

Daily Mirror

Dutch princess Catharina-Amalia moves back to palace after student accommodation considered unsafe

Princess Catharina-Amalia has moved back to The Hague

Evening Standard

Dutch crown princess moves out of student flat after security threats

The eldest daughter of King Willem-Alexander has moved back to the Huis ten Bosch royal palace in The Hague

The Guardian - AU

Hague trial of alleged moneyman of Rwandan 1994 genocide

As one of the alleged last masterminds of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda goes on trial in the Hague, survivors of the mass killings speak of their memories of the brutality that Felicien Kabuga is accused of having bankrolled. Also children from across Cameroon's war torn Anglophone regions escape to…

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Prosecutors visit Dutch tax office in EU budget probe

Prosecutors on Wednesday visited the Dutch tax office in The Hague as part of an ongoing budget probe in several EU states, an official said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dutch Rally to Support Iranian Protests

Thousands of people held a demonstration Saturday in The Hague in support of protesters in Iran who have taken to the streets since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini following her arrest by the morality police. Protesters - gathered on a central park in the city - waved flags and…

The Conversation

Kenya and the ICC: law expert answers 4 questions following death of a key lawyer

Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru, one of the people accused of interfering with witnesses in the case involving President William Ruto before the International Criminal Court (ICC), was recently found dead at his home in Nairobi. He was awaiting the ICC’s verdict.

France 24

Rwandan suspect Félicien Kabuga had key genocide role, trial hears

In tonight's edition: One of the men accused of funding and supporting the genocide in Rwanda goes on trial in The Hague. Prosecutors say Félicien Kabuga played a crucial role in the mass killings, in which 800,000 people were killed over just three months in 1994. Also, South African President…

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Trial of Félicien Kabuga: Victims of genocide in Rwanda hope for answers

After more than 20 years on the run, Félicien Kabuga was arrested in May 2020 near Paris. Once rich and famous, the 87-year-old is accused of financing, training and encouraging the Hutu militias known as Interahamwe during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. As his trial opens in The Hague,…

Radio France Internationale

Trial of suspected Rwandan genocide financier Felicien Kabuga opens in The Hague

The trial of one of the last fugitives charged over the 1994 Rwandan genocide opened at a United Nations tribunal in The Hague on Thursday.

Reuters

U.S. asks World Court to dismiss Iran's claims over frozen assets

The United States on Wednesday asked judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague to dismiss claims by Tehran that Washington illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of Iranian companies.

Reuters

Dutch king: 2023 budget contains 'unprecedented' measures to combat cost of living crisis

A "painful" cost of living crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine is hitting the Netherlands and the government plans an "unprecedented" package of measures aimed at restoring purchasing power, Dutch King Willem-Alexander said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Iran tells World Court U.S. illegally froze Iranian assets

Iran on Monday told judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague that the United States had created an "industry of litigation" against Tehran in breach of international law.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran to Open UN Fight to Free Billions Frozen in US

Iran opens its legal battle before the UN's top court Monday to unfreeze billions of dollars in US assets, which Washington says must go to victims of terrorist attacks blamed on Tehran. The case before the International Court of Justice comes as hopes fade of reviving a landmark deal --…

Al Jazeera

Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic in hospital in ‘poor health’: Son

Former Bosnian Serb military chief, serving a life sentence in The Hague, has been hospitalised for a week.

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