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December 4, 2024
ABC Pacific Australia’s government is being condemned by climate action groups for discouraging the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from ruling in favour of a court action brought by Vanuatu to determine legal consequences for states that fail to meet fossil reduction commitments. In its submission before the ICJ at The Hague yesterday, Australia argued ... <a title="Climate justice: Action groups livid over Australia’s submission at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/04/climate-justice-action-groups-livid-over-australias-submission-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about Climate justice: Action groups livid over Australia’s submission at ICJ">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2024
RNZ Pacific Vanuatu’s special envoy to climate change says their case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is based on the argument that those harming the climate are breaking international law. The case seeks an advisory opinion from the court on the legal responsibilities of countries in relation to climate change, and dozens of ... <a title="Vanuatu’s landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting nations responsible for climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/04/vanuatus-landmark-case-at-icj-seeks-to-hold-polluting-nations-responsible-for-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu’s landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting nations responsible for climate change">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters was expected to arrive in New Caledonia today for a three-day visit. His schedule in New Caledonia will include meetings with “a wide range of government, political, business and civil society leaders” from December 3-5, Peters’ office confirmed through ... <a title="NZ’s Foreign Minister Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/04/nzs-foreign-minister-peters-embarks-on-three-day-visit-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Foreign Minister Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has told a media conference Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he entered New Zealand “We support the ICC [the International Criminal Court],” Luxon said yesterday. “We believe in the international rules-based system, we support the ICC, and we would be obligated to do so.” ... <a title="Luxon says Israeli PM would be arrested if he visits New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/03/luxon-says-israeli-pm-would-be-arrested-if-he-visits-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon says Israeli PM would be arrested if he visits New Zealand">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader has called for unity among his people in the face of a renewed “colonial grip” of Indonesia’s new president. President Prabowo Subianto, who took office last month, “is a deep concern for all West Papuans”, said Benny Wenda of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). ... <a title="Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s renewed ‘colonial grip’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/03/wenda-calls-for-west-papuan-unity-in-the-face-of-jakartas-renewed-colonial-grip/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s renewed ‘colonial grip’">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Despite it being illegal in Australia to recruit soldiers for foreign armies, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) recruiters are hard at work enticing young Australians to join Israel’s army. Michael West Media investigates. INVESTIGATION: By Yaakov Aharon The Israeli war machine is in hyperdrive, and it needs new bodies to throw into the fire. In ... <a title="‘Lone Soldiers’ – new Australian IDF recruits due to arrive in Israel in January" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/lone-soldiers-new-australian-idf-recruits-due-to-arrive-in-israel-in-january/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lone Soldiers’ – new Australian IDF recruits due to arrive in Israel in January">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By Doug Dingwall of ABC Pacific A landmark case that began in a Pacific classroom and could change the course of future climate talks is about to be heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The court will begin hearings involving a record number of countries in The Hague, in the Netherlands, ... <a title="ICJ to begin hearings in landmark Pacific climate change case started by students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/icj-to-begin-hearings-in-landmark-pacific-climate-change-case-started-by-students/" aria-label="Read more about ICJ to begin hearings in landmark Pacific climate change case started by students">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin will remain in a mainland French jail for the time being, a Court of Appeal has ruled in Nouméa. This followed an earlier ruling on October 22 from the Court of Cassation, which is tasked to rule on possible procedural mistakes ... <a title="Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/kanak-pro-independence-leader-christian-tein-to-remain-in-mainland-french-jail/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Twenty five Pacific civil society organisations and solidarity movements have called on Pacific leaders of their “longstanding responsibility” to West Papua, and to urgently address the “ongoing gross human rights abuses” by Indonesia. The organisations — including the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS). Pacific Network on ... <a title="Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over Papua injustices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/civil-society-groups-call-on-pacific-leaders-to-take-responsibility-over-papua-injustices/" aria-label="Read more about Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over Papua injustices">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
REVIEW: By Sam Rillstone, RNZ News Disney has returned to Motunui with Moana 2, a sequel to the 2016 hit Moana. But have they been able to recapture the magic? This time, the story sees Moana (voiced by Auli’i Cravalho) setting out from her home island once again to try reconnect with the lost people ... <a title="Moana 2: The magic is missing in this half-baked Pacific sequel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/moana-2-the-magic-is-missing-in-this-half-baked-pacific-sequel/" aria-label="Read more about Moana 2: The magic is missing in this half-baked Pacific sequel">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2024
On Papuan Independence Day, the focus is on discussing protests against Indonesia’s transmigration programme, environmental destruction, militarisation, and the struggle for self-determination. Te Aniwaniwa Paterson reports. By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News On 1 December 1961, West Papua’s national flag, known as the Morning Star, was raised for the first time as ... <a title="West Papua: Once was Papuan Independence Day, now facing ‘ecocide’, transmigration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/01/west-papua-once-was-papuan-independence-day-now-facing-ecocide-transmigration/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua: Once was Papuan Independence Day, now facing ‘ecocide’, transmigration">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has unveiled the main outcome of its congress last weekend, including its plans for the French Pacific territory’s political future. Speaking at a news conference on Thursday in Nouméa, the party’s newly-elected executive bureau, now headed by ... <a title="Tjibaou’s party unveils plan for New Caledonia’s future ‘independence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/01/tjibaous-party-unveils-plan-for-new-caledonias-future-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Tjibaou’s party unveils plan for New Caledonia’s future ‘independence’">Read more</a>
