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Challenges to the norms that give force to the rule of law
Kurt Shillinger
Two of our stories today address norms of law. In the United States, a rare case pitting the federal government against all 15 judges serving on the U.S. District Court in Maryland strikes directly at the separation of powers between the executive branch and the judiciary. Farther afield, a U.N.-backed declaration of famine in parts of Gaza has accused Israel of restricting the entry of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave. Israel rejects that charge and blames Hamas for interfering with food delivery and distribution. Both sides accuse the other of perpetuating the war. International law prohibits the use of starvation as a weapon of war. Regardless of where the blame falls, the acute hunger now gripping the enclave is 鈥渁 moral indictment, and a failure of humanity itself,鈥� says U.N. Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres.
