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Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that governments negotiating a new global treaty on gig work should strengthen the draft text to ensure fair wages and social security for these workers and protect them from exploitative management. The call to action was issued alongside a formal briefing submitted to the International Labour Organization (ILO), which [...]

The UN Security Council on Thursday announced its adoption of Resolution 2799, which removes two individuals, including Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, from its sanctions list for figures associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda, a move widely celebrated as presaging a revival of Syria’s economy. Fourteen members of the [...]

In an interview with JURIST’s Divyabharthi Baradhan, Professor Manlio Graziano,* an expert in geopolitics at Sciences Po Paris, explores whether the two-state solution is an effective means of bringing lasting peace between the two states, taking into account the historical context, power dynamics, as well as lessons learned from other state partitions in the past. [...]

A UN expert on Friday called for urgent and specialized protection measures to address the widespread and systematic conflict-related child trafficking that has arisen from the failure to ensure their rights. In her recent report to the General Assembly, Siobhán Mullally, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, stated: Despite consistent and credible evidence of [...]

JURIST’s Sarisha Harikrishna interviews Dr Carrie McDougall, Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School on the prosecution of the crime of aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The prosecution of the crime of aggression, enshrined under Article 8bis of the Rome Statute has gained renewed interest within the international community [...]

UN experts on Thursday welcomed the adoption of a landmark declaration promoting development and peace by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The move came at the 47th ASEAN Summit, held October 26 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development Surya Deva praised the declaration, calling it an “affirmation [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Columbia Law School’s Prevention of Crimes Against Humanity Project on Monday released a report promoting the adoption of a treaty on crimes against humanity, to ensure effective prosecution of the most serious crimes. According to HRW, “momentum builds” for the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity. [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday released Left Behind in the Storm, a report showing that Bangladesh is failing to ensure equal access to safe water and sanitation for Dalit women sanitation workers in Khulna and Satkhira as climate impacts intensify. The report cited April–June field interviews with 22 workers, site visits to reverse-osmosis points and tube [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday condemned the adoption of a constitutional reform in Chad, stating that it could pose a significant setback to democracy and the rule of law by empowering current President Mahamat Idriss Déby to remain in power for generations to come. HRW Central Africa director Lewis Mudge commented on the severity [...]

The University of Pennsylvania announced this week that it will not sign the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” Interim university president J. Larry Jameson stated that Penn has provided “focused feedback” outlining areas of alignment and “substantive concerns.” The compact offers funding advantages in exchange for policy changes that align with [...]