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The United States on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that called for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza, citing concerns that the measure failed to link a truce to the release of hostages held by Hamas. The veto blocked the...
A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday urged the Belarusian government to stop targeting independent trade unions and comply with international labour standards.
The experts — a group of five Special Rapporteurs — called on Belarus to cooperate with the UN and the International Labour...
The advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said Hungary infringed European law by restricting access to LGBTQ+ content in an advisory opinion published Thursday.
Tamara Ćapeta stated that Hungary has deviated from the EU’s values and recommended the CJEU find that...
Amnesty International published a briefing on the Kisangani War Thursday, urging the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to prosecute those responsible for crimes committed against civilians during the conflict. The organization recounted how, in the 25 years since the war’s...
A United Nations human rights expert called on the Kenyan government to immediately stop ongoing land demarcation activities in the Eastern Mau Complex Wednesday, warning that the process threatens the ancestral lands of the Ogiek Peoples and breaches binding judgments of the African Court on...
During a press conference Tuesday, The UN World Food Programme (WFP) raised concerns about the humanitarian situation worsening in Haiti with the coming hurricane season. The WFP said that political instability, violence and food shortages in the country may be escalated by a single storm.
WFP...
In a press briefing Tuesday, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General forewarned that Syria’s health system “remains under severe strain,” leaving almost 16 million people in urgent need of humanitarian support amid continued threats posed by explosive remnants of war (ERWs).
Stéphane...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed on Tuesday that both Israeli and Houthi attacks against airports must be investigated as war crimes. The rights organization alleged that the continued attacks between Israel and Yemen against their respective airports can amount to “unlawful indiscriminate or...
Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday authorized the tribunal’s landmark in absentia hearing, paving the way for trial proceedings against the fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony to move forward despite his continued evasion of arrest.
Judicial proceedings at...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged China on Tuesday to address the Tiananmen Massacre, including halting censorship, allowing commemorations, compensating the victims’ families, and holding the perpetrators accountable. This follows the 36th anniversary of the killing of numerous peaceful...
Libya’s justice sector is cracking down on fundamental freedoms, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced on Monday in their report “Injustice By Design: Need for Comprehensive Justice Reform in Libya.”
HRW stated that the North African country is reluctant to investigate serious human rights...
The UN issued a statement, on Tuesday, expressing strong condemnation of Israeli attacks against civilians attempting to access humanitarian aid, following reports of attacks and deaths around a US run aid distribution site in Gaza.
The reported attacks, which have taken place for three...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report Tuesday identifying Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians as war crimes and crimes against humanity. Attacks are executed using modified commercial drones. The report compiles information from survivors, witnesses, and videos from Russian...
The Berlin administrative court on Monday ruled that the new government’s policy of rejecting asylum seekers at the border is incompatible with European Union law.
In the urgent decision, the court found that the forced return to Poland of three Somalian asylum seekers, two men and one woman...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced people, Paula Gaviria, said Monday that the resolution of the internal displacement crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requires the implementation of government-led strategies and policies that address the...
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