The UN human rights office stated Tuesday that Israeli strikes on homes and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon could constitute war crimes, as Israel intensifies its military campaign against its northern neighbor amid the broader conflict spreading across the Middle East. Thameen Al-Kheetan, spokesperson for the UN high commissioner for human rights, said that Israeli strikes [...]

A US federal appellate court upheld a lower court decision on Monday, finding that President Donald Trump’s administration’s “sweeping” suspension of funding for administrative agencies in 2025 was likely unlawful. In the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit opinion, authored by Chief Judge David J. Barron, the court blocked the vast suspension of [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published findings Thursday that Yemeni government-aligned forces appeared to have used excessive force and arbitrarily detained protestors in February. HRW’s investigation focused on protests in three Yemen governorates (administrative divisions): Aden, Shabwa, and Hadramout. In clashes with protestors in Aden and Shabwa, government forces allegedly killed at least six people and [...]

The UN stated on Monday that there is still hope to improve the situation in Haiti and restore national security amid shifting gang frontlines, emphasizing the UN commitment to monitor human rights and support authorities in combating gang violence. The statement followed the liberation of territory from gangs through heightened police presence, indicating progress in [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Monday granted the government’s motion to stay a lower court order, pending appeal, which prohibited the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from removing migrants to third countries. The court did not explain its order, stating only that “Defendants’ emergency motion for stay pending appeal is [...]

Myanmar’s parliament convened for the first time in five years Monday, marking a formal restoration of legislative proceedings in the country following widely contested national elections held by the military junta government. The reopening of the legislature has raised important legal questions regarding the constitutional framework of governance, the legality of the elections held under [...]

Ecuador has failed to comply with key provisions of an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) order to protect the Tagaeri and Taromenane Indigenous peoples from oil facilities in Yasuní National Park, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. José Rodríguez Orúe, practitioner-in-residence at HRW, called for the immediate halt to drilling activities in the area, stating: [...]

At the 2026 Green Growth Summit on Monday, UN experts took the opportunity to promote renewable energy in the midst of the global oil panic, urging Europe to not miss an opportunity to invest in green energy. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, reiterated the accessible and stable aspects [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday raised concerns that El Salvador’s government is forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the US a year ago.   HRW reported that between mid-March and mid-October 2025, 11 Salvadoran men deported from the US to El Salvador were immediately held without contact from relatives or lawyers. Interviews with [...]

The Toronto Al-Quds Day rally proceeded as planned on Saturday after the Ontario Superior Court rejected the Ontario attorney general’s request for an injunction against it. In his ruling, Judge Robert Centa held that: The right to assemble and speak freely must be maintained in times of global conflict. Perhaps at no other time is the [...]