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The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday delivered an order on reparations for the victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz (Al Hassan) in Timbuktu between April 2, 2012, and January 29, 2013.
Presiding Judge Kimberly Prost, in ICC’s...
A US soldier pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of using classified intelligence on the raid and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolàs Maduro to win $400,000 on prediction market betting site Polymarket.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke is a 38-year-old US special forces soldier who was involved in...
The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a landmark bill creating protections for cats and dogs.
The bill, first proposed in December 2023, establishes regulations for “EU standards for the breeding, housing, traceability, import and handling of cats and dogs.” It was adopted on Tuesday with...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday on the Israeli government’s plan for settler transfers into the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, calling the decision a “clear statement of intent to commit war crimes.”
The $334 million (USD) plan was adopted on April 17, 2026, proposing development by...
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia unanimously upheld the criminal contempt conviction against Chief Dsta’hyl on Tuesday. He was found in breach of a court injunction when protesting against a pipeline project in the territories of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation.
At issue in the appeal is...
A Russian court in St. Petersburg held Monday that the Russian LGBT Network is an “extremist organization,” followed by a nationwide ban on its activities. Amnesty International condemned the ruling as a misuse of anti-extremism legislation to target sexual minorities.
According to the group...
Attacks against National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) weaken their ability to fulfill their mandates to protect human rights and hinder access to justice and accountability for all, UN experts warned Monday, noting an increase in reported attacks.
The experts said, “NHRIs in compliance...
The UN Human Rights Committee determined Monday that Sweden violated the rights of a child with severe disabilities by deporting him to Albania without ensuring access to essential medical care.
The finding concerned E.B., an Albanian national diagnosed with multiple complex and...
Several UN rights experts raised serious concerns on Monday in a joint statement over the increasing use of intrusive surveillance technologies globally and their normalization in everyday life, calling for the urgent strengthening of human rights safeguards ahead of the RightsCon summit on...
Human Rights Watch warned Monday that the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup risks unfolding against a backdrop of abusive immigration enforcement, threats to media freedom, and discrimination, releasing a 79-page reporter’s guide documenting human rights conditions across all three host countries ahead...
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