On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is set to award the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, in a world increasingly beset by armed conflict, climate crisis and food insecurity. For Western audiences, the grinding war in Ukraine has dominated headlines, but with the prize going to Russia-linked figures for the past two years, it is likely the committee will turn elsewhere., the Nobel Peace Prize is chosen by a five-member Norwegian committee selected by that nation’s parliament.
On the anniversary of Amini’s death, Mohammadi and others staged a protest from inside Evin prison, burning their headscarves, according to a post to one of her social media accounts. She “has come to embody the very problem that she has been documenting as a special rapporteur: the criminalization of indigenous activists,” the
In March 2022, the court made headlines for ordering Russia to stop its military operations in Ukraine. Last month, Russian lawyers told judges that Ukraine’s case against Moscow was an “abuse of process.” The case is pending.