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The UN on Tuesday warned that strikes on civilian infrastructure, including on active classrooms and school buildings, are endangering residents in Gaza and putting humanitarian efforts to educate children under immense pressure. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), military attacks and strikes are persisting across Gaza, including on classroom [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday warned that India’s weapons exports to Israel may violate international law and contribute to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. In an investigative report, Amnesty International examined public trade data to assess the scope of  India’s material support for Israel and for “international crimes committed against Palestinians in Gaza.” It found that, [...]

The UN Security Council lent Chapter VII authority to a body it cannot oversee when it adopted Resolution 2803 on Nov. 17, 2025, and the entity that emerged, the Board of Peace, is chaired for an indefinite term by Donald Trump personally rather than by the US government.   That raises a question international lawyers [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned Israel’s announcement of plans to accelerate the authorization of settlement outposts under Israeli domestic law in the occupied West Bank, warning that the move constitutes a “flagrant violation” of international law. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the measures on Friday following a clash that left four Palestinians [...]

Five UN specialized agencies reported on Tuesday that global hunger rates declined for the third consecutive year in 2025, but the distribution of these improvements remained uneven across regions, and also noted the persistence of significant impediments to progress due to energy shocks and armed conflicts. The UN agencies released a report entitled “The State [...]

Israel has ignored three binding International Court of Justice (ICJ) orders on Gaza for more than two years, a United Nations commission of inquiry concluded June 18, finding that it “continues to blatantly disregard” measures issued in January, March and May 2024 (A/HRC/62/CRP.2, para. 330). The finding is not just another entry in a long [...]

An aggravating circumstance is any factor surrounding a criminal act that increases the severity of the harm or the culpability of the offender. When present, an aggravating circumstance elevates the charge to a higher classification. The result is a harsher penalty at sentencing. The International Criminal Court should consider designating evidence of drugged action (combatants [...]

International criminal law has no crime that squarely covers the deliberate, large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure—a gap a recent white paper proposes to close by recognizing ‘Mass Destruction’ as a new crime against humanity. Its author, Professor David M. Crane, is the founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and an internationally [...]

A UN report published on Tuesday found that Palestinian civilians are systematically subjected to human rights violations by both Israeli settlers and security forces and by Hamas. The report, conducted by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, found that both Israeli settlers and Hamas-affiliated forces are creating hostile and [...]

The Palestinian Prisoner Society called Sunday for Israel to be held accountable for what it described as the “systematic” use of sexual violence and torture against Palestinian detainees. While welcoming the UN’s decision to place Israel on its blacklist of parties credibly suspected of conflict-related sexual violence, the organization argued that additional action is necessary. [...]