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UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned the recent actions of threats and coercion by the United States against Cuba, asking the Security Council and the General Assembly to discuss the matter urgently. Stressing US contraventions of Article 2 of the UN Charter, the experts called out the international community for its lack of action, [...]

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 [...]

The Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) voted Friday to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan from office over sexual misconduct allegations from 2024. Khan’s lawyer, Tayab Ali, denounced the vote in a statement. He said that the investigation found no misconduct, including sexual misconduct, against Khan. Ali’s statement also claimed that [...]

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 [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested on US soil, President Donald Trump declared Monday, an assurance that underscored a widening gap between international criminal law on paper and its enforcement in practice as Washington escalates its campaign against the court seeking his arrest. “Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, [...]

The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) on Friday released a statement defending the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the announcement of a campaign by the United States Department of State that seeks to paralyze and ultimately dissolve the Court. The network reiterated that the ICC, created by the 2002 Rome Statute, is an independent [...]