“I don’t give a shit what you call it,” US Vice President JD Vance replied last year to suggestions that killing Venezuelan civilians without any due process would be described a war crime. That comment was in relation to the US bombing boats suspected of drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Pacific in over 30 strikes, [...]

Rwanda announced on Tuesday that it filed a legal complaint in the Hague against the United Kingdom, due to unmet payments from a canceled migration treaty. The Rwandan government filed a Notice of Arbitration in November 2025 to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, under Article 22 of the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Rwanda [...]

UN experts raised serious concerns on Tuesday over the criminal prosecution of several students who protested against the research partnerships of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) with Israel. A group of UN Special Rapporteurs, including Francesca Albanese and other UN independent experts, openly disagreed with the ETH Zurich board’s decision [...]

Thousands of foreign nationals recently released or escaped from Cambodian scamming compounds urgently need humanitarian aid, Amnesty International said Tuesday. Many of these people were reportedly trafficked into the compounds, and their testimonies highlighted the immediate dangers faced by them following their release, with no money, passports, medical care, or ways to reach safety. Amnesty [...]

Three Alberta chief justices said the separation of powers is crucial for a healthy democracy in a rare statement issued on Tuesday. The judges said that their role is to interpret and apply the law, including the Constitution and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, when disputes come before the courts. They stated that [...]

The formal US withdrawal from the landmark Paris Climate Accords sets a disturbing precedent that will “instigate a race to the bottom,” Amnesty International said Tuesday. Marta Schaaf, Amnesty’s program director for climate and corporate accountability, stated that that the move may dramatically hinder or reverse global efforts to mitigate consequences of climate change: The [...]

Norwegian prosecutors on Monday indicted two Norwegian nationals and a Norwegian company for allegedly paying bribes to leaders in the Republic of the Congo in exchange for offshore oil drilling rights. Authorities announced that the individuals and oil company Hemla Africa Holding, subsidiary of Norwegian oil group Petronor E&P, were indicted of gross corruption and [...]

As the  trial of six Italian officers in a 2023 shipwreck is set to begin Friday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called the proceedings a crucial opportunity for asylum seekers and migrants killed at sea to receive justice. The officers, including two Italian Coast Guard and four Customs Police officers (Guardia di Finanza), are [...]

UN experts on Monday cautioned against the escalating use of arrests and criminal process against agricultural trade union activity in France, after authorities detained 52 farmers during peaceful protests in Paris this month. On January 15, union leaders and members of the Confédération Paysanne held protests in opposition to the EU-Mercosur Deal, signed in December [...]