http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/tags/international-law.htm Latest news stories from around the world. Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-09-22T22:17:37+11:00 2008-09-22T22:17:37+11:00 Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has filed an appeal against his detention in Thailand, ahead of extradition hearings that could send him to the United States to face terrorism charges.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2371360.htm2008-09-22T22:17:37+11:00The international watchdog for the protection of children wants laws strengthened in South Asia to stop the trafficking of children.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2349860.htm2008-08-29T11:03:19+11:00Taiwan's alleged attempt to buy Papua New Guinean's official recognition has claimed another high-ranking figure.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2343986.htm2008-08-22T20:37:37+11:00France has been accused of playing an active part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2325827.htm2008-08-06T14:34:18+11:00The former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, has made his first appearance before the UN War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2320993.htm2008-08-01T09:18:54+11:00The United States has restored the status of a group of tiny islands, claimed by both South Korea and Japan, as territory belonging to South Korea.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2320102.htm2008-07-31T18:47:49+11:00Australia says it will support the actions of the International Criminal Court if it chooses to indict the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, over the conflict in Darfur.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2303672.htm2008-07-15T07:46:45+11:00The United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia has dismissed a bail request by former Khmer Rouge cabinet minister, Ieng Thirith.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2298967.htm2008-07-09T22:16:28+11:00British police have arrested more than 500 suspects in an operation against human trafficking in the sex industry.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2292880.htm2008-07-03T07:48:04+11:00Fiji's immigration director, Viliame Naupoto, has criticised a US report condemning the county's supposed inaction on human trafficking, sex trade and forced labour.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2273781.htm2008-06-13T16:36:14+11:00Traditional chiefs in Vanuatu have accused Australian police working in the country of overstepping their authority and failing to show proper respect to community leaders.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2269236.htm2008-06-09T21:05:30+11:00The United States' most senior official on human trafficking says too few Asian countries are imposing strict enough punishments for human trafficking and forced labour.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2239685.htm2008-05-09T11:25:28+11:00The New Zealand government has denied an Australian newspaper report, it has given up a plan to fight Japan in the international court over whaling in the Southern Ocean.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2239212.htm2008-05-08T20:18:32+11:00Australia says it hasn't ruled out taking Japan to the international court over whaling, despite reports New Zealand has abandoned its plans for legal action.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2238788.htm2008-05-08T12:05:27+11:00http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2233104.htm2008-05-01T20:00:23+11:00An American anti-slavery campaigner says Australia should be leading the world in the fight against the problem.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2213809.htm2008-04-11T05:14:58+11:00The Australian government says 16 people have been detained on an Indonesian boat allegedly fishing illegally in Australian waters.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2212206.htm2008-04-09T22:16:03+11:00