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Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Secretary General Jan Egeland Sunday warned of the “devastating consequences” of Afghanistan’s continued ban on women non-governmental organization (NGO) workers. The ban stems from a December 25, 2022 Minister of Economy (MoE) directive. Following a meeting with Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Khalil Rahman Haqqani, Egeland said the continued [...]

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Wednesday issued a statement condemning Afghanistan’s decision to ban women from working in humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). On Saturday, the Taliban ordered a cease in the employment of female workers in domestic and international NGOs. This decision was reportedly taken concerning complaints regarding female employees’ [...]

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk Tuesday called on Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to “revoke immediately” their latest policies that target women’s rights. Türk’s comments come in the wake of the Taliban’s ban on women attending university and working in domestic or international NGOs over the past week. Türk stated that that restrictions [...]

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UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) head Ramiz Alakbarov Monday called for a reversal of the decision to ban women from domestic and international NGO humanitarian jobs, in a meeting with Economy Minister Qari Din Mohammad Hanif in Kabul.  On Saturday, the Minister of Economy (MoE) issued a directive prohibiting domestic and international non-governmental organizations [...]

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The US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on the Capitol Thursday released its final report. The 845-page report details the committee’s findings and recommendations, including the criminal referrals voted upon by the committee during their last public meeting. The report describes events leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of the [...]

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The European Parliament Thursday condemned Qatari authorities for the alleged human rights abuses and urged FIFA and Qatar to compensate for widespread human rights abuses that migrant workers have endured while building the 2022 World Cup infrastructure. European Parliament supported migrant workers and their families, human rights organization, football associations, sponsors, political leaders, athletes, and labour [...]

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Since the February 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar, human rights conditions have continued to deteriorate throughout the country. While the current ruling military dictatorship is guilty of causing and/or perpetuating many rights violations, some — such as restrictions on labor rights — had started even before the coup. In this explainer I will look at [...]

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Justin Lindsay is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He served 10 years as an Officer in the United States Army. Threats to election safety are rising to a crescendo in the United States. The US “midterms” (called that because they occur between presidential [...]

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The new government of Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte is employing tricks and propaganda to entrench impunity and ward off the International Criminal Court’s long-delayed probe of crimes against humanity committed during former president Rodrigo Duterte’s reign of terror. The latest of these ploys is the government’s attempt, through the Office of the Solicitor [...]

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