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A key part of that lofty aspiration was the drafting of a convention that codified and committed nations to prevent and punish a new crime, sometimes called the crime of crimes: genocide. Now, in response to Israel's devastating military offensive in Gaza that was triggered by murders and atrocities perpetrated by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, South Africa has gone to the International Court of Justice and accused Israel of genocide. The ICC prosecutes individuals and is separate to the International Court of Justice, which rules in disputes between nations. At public hearings earlier this month and in its detailed written submission to the ICJ, South Africa cited comments by Israeli officials that it claimed demonstrate intent. Both Gambia and South Africa have filed ICJ cases in conflicts they are not directly involved in.

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☆ ‘Break Point’ Just Might Be the Best Way to Watch Tennis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jake Nevins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“By the way,” Tomljanovic says at one point, “do we have a room?” Shortly after his daughter sealed her spot in the final eight of the world’s pre-eminent tennis tournament, Ratko was seen on booking.com, extending their stay in London. This is not the stuff of your typical sports documentary, but it is the life of a professional tennis player. “Break Point,” executive-produced by Paul Martin and the Oscar-winning filmmaker James Gay-Rees, arrived this year as a gift to tennis fans, for whom splashy, well-produced and readily accessible documentaries about the sport have been hard to come by. Perhaps this is because the narrative tropes of the genre tend toward triumphs and Gatorade showers, while the procedural and psychological realities of professional tennis lie elsewhere. The 10 episodes of “Break Point” render tennis unromantically: This is the rare sports doc whose primary subject is loss.

Persons: Ajla, Ratko, Chris Evert, ” Tomljanovic, Taylor Fritz, Paul Martin, Oscar, James Gay, Rees, splashy, Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic —, Michael Jordan’s, Nas, Isiah Thomas, “, ” Barack Obama, Andre Agassi’s, ”, Stefanos Tsitsipas Organizations: Netflix, Tennis, Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, Gatorade Locations: London, Chicago

☆ ‘A problem in the political culture": Serbians call for more than disarmament to end violence after mass shootings
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Despite having one of the world’s highest rates of gun ownership in the world, mass shootings like this are extremely rare in Serbia. Most people simply inherited weapons from their parents and grandparents – remnants of the sort of violence that no longer plagues the region. While the two “gratuitous” acts of violence that shocked the country this month were without precedent, O’Donnell said, other types of violence are more banal. ‘Serbia against violence’Since the shootings, tens of thousands of Serbians have taken to the streets in opposition-led “Serbia against violence” marches, demanding the resignation of several government ministers. Against this public demand for a mellowing of the political culture, Vučić has seemed unsure how to respond.

"We started making a film on the last war in Europe and then a new war broke out," Sicin-Sain told reporters. "It's about the resilience of all of us and that's a wonderful thing to put out into the world, particularly now," Damon told Reuters. His production company is in the early stages of researching a film about the war in Ukraine, he added. Footage of Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic - now serving a life sentence for genocide - denying war crimes makes the parallels with today's war inescapable. Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Additional reporting by Hanna Rantala; Editing by David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Meta's successive quarters of dismal earnings show just how much of a chokehold Apple has on Facebook. All signs suggest it's going to keep squeezing harder.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Apple this week updated its terms to require Meta cede 30% of the sales of some ads to the iPhone maker. The company posted its second successive quarter of revenue decline and again pointed to Apple as a major culprit. And just this week, Apple revised its App Store Review Guidelines. "Apple previously said it didn't take a share of developer advertising revenue, and now apparently changed its mind." To be sure, Apple's ad revenue is currently largely derived from search ads within its App Store, which don't necessarily directly compete with Meta's social ads.

☆ Fostul comandant sârb Ratko Mladic, condamnat pe viață pentru masacrul de la Srebreniţa
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Fostul comandant sârb Ratko Mladic a fost condamnat definitiv la închisoare pe viață pentru rolul pe care l-a avut în masacrul de la Srebrenița din 1995, când au fost uciși peste 8 000 de bărbați și băieți musulmani. Astfel, tribunalul ONU a respins apelul făcut de avocații lui Mladic în urma condamnării pentru genocid și crime împotriva umanității din 2017. În urma sentinţei din 2017, fostul comandant sârb, supranumit ”Măcelarul din Bosnia”, a refuzat să recunoască autoritatea tribunalului, numindu-l un copil al puterilor vestice. Ratko Mladic fost arestat în 2011, după ce a fost căutat timp de 16 ani. Masacrul din localitatea bosniacă Srebrenița a fost cea mai gravă atrocitate produsă în Europa după cel de-Al Doilea Război Mondial.

Persons: Mladic Organizations: ONU Locations: Bosnia, Ratko, Europa

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