As we all know, climate change is an unprecedented challenge to our civilization, in the face of which it is imperative that our common action be guided by international law. The proposal to request an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in respect o…
Switzerland abstained in the voting on draft resolution S/2023/212, submitted by the Russian Federation, on the damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines. Switzerland is concerned about those incidents, which according to the information available were the result of sabotage. We reiterate our …
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Acting Executive Director Chen and
Ms. Praxl of the Global Centre on Cooperative Security for their briefings.
Terrorism fundamentally amounts to a denial and destruction of human rights, an…
The Court is “a gift of hope to future generations”, whom it should protect from the terrible crimes suffered by their ancestors. It was in those terms that Mr Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, hailed
the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This year mar…
