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Hungary’s parliament passed a bill that begins the country’s formal withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC). This move has drawn sharp international criticism and stirred controversy over its timing. The bill, approved on Tuesday by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called for Libyan judicial authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into claims of human rights abuses after a deadly conflict between Libyan rival armed groups and quasi-state forces.
Tensions between rival groups intensified after the May 12 murder...
UN special rapporteurs voiced concern on Wednesday over the scale of trafficking and human rights abuses related to “scam compounds” in Southeast Asia. They called for urgent international action to “protect victims and step up prevention efforts.” The joint statement stressed the severity of...
Human Rights Watch called on the government of Mali on Tuesday to “credibly and independently” investigate the extrajudicial executions of 22 men who were arrested by the army in the town of Diafarabé.
Senior Sahel Researcher at Human Rights Watch Ilaria Allegrozzi said: “The killing of at...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) sided with Equatorial Guinea on Monday in a decades-long maritime boundary dispute with Gabon concerning three islands and their potentially oil-rich waters.
The ICJ ruled that Equatorial Guinea has sovereignty over the islands and the surrounding waters...
Amnesty International on Monday called for an investigation into the US air strike on a migrant detention centre in Sa’da, Yemen, on April 28, that killed and injured dozens of migrants. This follows reports of escalating US air strikes in Yemen that have resulted in a high number of civilian...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Germany violated the right to freedom of assembly of a protester who was convicted for wearing a self-made plastic visor during a demonstration in 2015. It found that the national instances had not weighed up his freedom of...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, Astrid Puentes Riaño, urged world leaders on Tuesday to incorporate human rights in ocean governance ahead of the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3).
In her statement, Riaño emphasized that human...
Independent human rights experts on Monday urged lawmakers in the Australian state of Queensland to vote against a bill proposing the introduction of additional criminal offences, imposing adult sentences on youth offenders.
UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards and Special...
A report from the Senate of France released on Monday alleges that the French cabinet covered up the use of illegal mineral water treatment methods for mineral water by Nestlé, misleading the public.
EU law imposes strict limits on the water treatment methods that can be used for water products...
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