The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Wednesday called for an end to attacks directed against or indiscriminately affecting civilians in Lebanon. Acting under its Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure, the Committee warned that no derogation from the prohibition of racial discrimination is permitted during armed conflict. Under the International [...]

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Thursday expressed concern about the rise in violence and racist hate crimes targeting migrants in South Africa, urging authorities to implement urgent measures to address this issue. CERD reported a range of attacks perpetrated against migrants, including killings, displacement, abductions, looting, destruction of property, [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned the deadly gang attack that occurred in Haiti’s Kenscoff commune earlier this week, leaving at least 47 dead, 22 injured, and dozens more apparently abducted. According to the human rights organization, many of those attacked were people seeking refuge in a church following violence. “Sadly, we are once again witnessing [...]

US District Judge Indira Talwani on Wednesday canceled her earlier ruling granting a preliminary injunction to prevent the US Postal Service (USPS) from implementing President Trump’s mail-in voting executive order (EO) on or before this year’s midterm elections. This latest development in the tumultuous legal battle over the EO directly follows a request by the [...]

Two UN peacekeepers on Monday were killed in an ambush in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei state, in an attack that the organization has stated may constitute a war crime under international law. The attack was the latest in a region shaken by renewed military conflict. The attack comes amid a re-inflammation of civil conflict in [...]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday his government’s decision to impose retaliatory tariffs on an annual $20 billion in US goods, beginning on September 8. This move comes after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs over the weekend on Canadian goods, following the collapse of trade negotiations. The failure of last-ditch trade negotiations [...]

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday sanctioned three organizations and two individuals, accusing UK-based Palestine Action, the Italy-based Autistici Inventati, and the Masar Badil network of ties to “violent far-left extremism.” The designations were made under Executive Order 13224, the post-9/11 authority allowing the US to block the property of [...]

A divided panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver can face prosecution on two of three charges over a scrum with federal agents at Delaney Hall, rejecting her argument that the Speech or Debate Clause and separation-of-powers principles immunize her conduct during a legislative oversight [...]

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Türkiye’s detention of Mehmet Osman Kavala since 2017 is unlawful in nature, finding that the country’s government has deprived him of his rights to free speech, peaceful assembly, fair trial, and liberty. A majority judges criticized the Turkish domestic courts for not “even attempting to [...]