On December 3, according to Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, the first public execution since 1936 will take place in the US. #doodstraf #executie #mensenrechten (translated)
In 2026, thirty people have already been executed in the U.S., with the first public execution since 1936 planned for Nidal Hasan, who will be executed by a firing squad, while the number of death sentences worldwide reached its highest peak in 2025 since 1981. #doodstraf #executie #mensenrechten (translated)
The Minister of the Interior, Bernard Quintin, defends his stance on a new law against radical organizations, despite criticism from the Federal Institute for Human Rights, and states that a previous law could have prevented Sharia for Belgium from recruiting young people for jihad in Syria. #radicalisation #libertésfondamentales #sécurité (translated)
"Trying to paralyze the work of the Court denies victims a path to justice, and puts those responsible for the most serious crimes beyond reach," said Prévot. #Trump #Nobelprijs #mensenrechten (translated)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that the execution of Hasan should be viewable by 'everyone'. #Trump #Nobelprijs #mensenrechten (translated)
The Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten called the idea 'absurd'. #Trump #Nobelprijs #mensenrechten (translated)
Thank you very much. When Pillay was told in court in Nuremberg on Friday that the award was going to her this year, she said, "Thank you very much," and then joked, "If you applaud a little more, I might share this award with Trump." #Trump #Nobelprijs #mensenrechten (translated)
The Nobel Peace Prize has been permanently brought into disrepute by a handful of radical ideologues who are against democracy and are in fact enemies of civilization. And we will not forget that, Norway," said Trump. #Trump #Nobelprijs #mensenrechten (translated)
Donald Trump has labeled the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize this year to Navanethem Pillay as 'embarrassing' and 'shameful', claiming that 'nobody knows her'. #Trump #Nobelprijs #mensenrechten (translated)
President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on whether or not to livestream the controversial execution of American soldier Nidal Malik Hasan by a firing squad on December 3. #Trump #executie #mensenrechten (translated)
The American decision was condemned on Friday evening. The European Commission expressed that it "deeply regrets" the step taken by the U.S. UN human rights chief Volker Türk called it "unacceptable." #InternationaalStrafhof #VSsancties #internationalerechtsorde (translated)
"Trying to paralyze the work of the Court denies victims a path to justice and puts those responsible for the most serious crimes beyond reach," said Prévot. #InternationaalStrafhof #sancties #mensenrechten (translated)
At the initiative of Belgium, the European ministers of Foreign Affairs will meet on Monday to discuss the recently announced American sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), which Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot regards as a serious threat to justice. #InternationaalStrafhof #sancties #mensenrechten (translated)
Kirsten Verdel wrote that the United States was not part of the ICC, but according to her, it wanted to dismantle the body that prosecuted crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. She asked how far the country had morally declined and in what deeply sad state it found itself. #ICC #mensenrechten #oorlogsrecht (translated)
"I grew up with a strong sense of injustice all around me," she said in December 2003 in an interview with the Volkskrant in Tanzania, her then-base as president of the Rwandan tribunal. "As a child of 4, I was told that I could not go to the beach to swim. I felt my parents' fear, saw how they were treated by the whites. I noticed that at school we received old books and desks, the cast-offs from the white schools." #NaviPillay #Mensenrechten #Apartheid (translated)
The choice of Pillay as a Nobel Prize winner is a 'tribute to courage, integrity, and lifelong commitment to justice,' said Cyril Ramaphosa, president of the country where Pillay grew up and took her first steps on the path of law, South Africa. #NaviPillay #Mensenrechten #Apartheid (translated)
Nobel Prize winner Navi Pillay, shaped by the injustice of apartheid, has built an impressive career in international law and is praised for her lifelong commitment to human rights and justice. #NaviPillay #Mensenrechten #Apartheid (translated)
"This is not only an appreciation of her work, but an acknowledgment for everyone working globally for peace and justice." The mayor of The Hague, Jan van Zanen, praises Pillay as "one of the shapers of international law in The Hague and a champion of peace and justice worldwide." #Nobelprijs #Vrede #Mensenrechten (translated)
American President Donald Trump said at the time that he believed he should have received the award. #Nobelprijs #Vrede #Mensenrechten (translated)
"Peace requires justice," said chairman Frydnes. #Nobelprijs #Vrede #Mensenrechten (translated)
