ActionAid Ireland welcomes government approval for Ireland’s intervention in ICJ case against Israel

  • Date: 11/12/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland welcomes the decision by the Government today to approve Ireland to intervene in a case against Israel under the Genocide Convention currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case was initiated following Israel’s response to the October 7th 2023 attack by Hamas and the blatant violations of International Humanitarian Law, war.....

Decisions on the planet’s future rest on the shoulders of Ministers who arrive at COP 29 for a second week of crucial negotiations

  • Date: 18/11/2024
  • Author: Karol Balfe

It’s been a week of intense negotiations in Azerbaijan for COP29. Billed as the finance COP, discussions on the New Collective Quantified Goal (a financial target to support developing countries in their climate actions after 2025) are at the heart of what needs to be agreed before this crucial climate summit concludes. These coming days.....