UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini on Monday expressed deep concerns about the dire state of health facilities in Gaza, stating that the local health system is collapsing under the strain of continuous “Israeli bombardments and ground operations.” Highlighting the increasing pressure on the agency due to the large-scale destruction of UN premises, Lazzarini said that the [...]

Israel’s Supreme Court issued an order on Sunday demanding the government provide an update on prison conditions in the Sde Teiman detention facility, where the government has been holding Palestinian detainees from the war in Gaza. The court gave the government until June 30 to provide its update. As the court was ruling on a [...]

The Constitutional Council in Mozambique on Saturday rejected an appeal filed by Ossufo Momade, the presidential candidate of the Renamo Party. Momade had challenged the electoral symbol, a pigeon, used by the Democratic Alliance Coalition (CAD) and its presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane. Momade contended that CAD’s symbol of a pigeon could be readily mistaken with [...]

The US Supreme Court announced Monday it will review the legality of state efforts to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors — a contentious issue in a nation deeply divided over transgender rights and the role of medical intervention in youth gender identity. The case, US v. Skrmetti, centers on a Tennessee law enacted in [...]

The European Commission informed Apple on Monday that it preliminarily found App Store Rules to be in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Apple is accused of preventing app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative channels for offers and content. The Commission also opened a non-compliance procedure against Apple, concerned that its new [...]

INTERPOL revealed on Monday that national authorities from 39 countries coordinated a large-scale operation targeting the criminal networks behind human trafficking which resulted in 219 arrests and the identification of 1,374 potential victims including 153 children. The operation, codenamed GLOBAL CHAIN, was led by Austria and involved coordination with Romania, FRONTEX, Europol, and INTERPOL. This [...]

Human rights organization Amnesty International issued a note of recommendation Monday urging the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to implement human rights pledges made by President Felix Tshisekedi and highlighting five priority rights issues in the African country. The note implored the DRC government to address the safety of civilians and unpunished war crimes in [...]

David Odero is a law student at Kisii University and a special correspondent for JURIST. He filed this dispatch from Nairobi.  Friday through Sunday, 21st – 23rd of June, were marked in Kenya by a series of abductions of anti-Finance Bill 2024 activists while the number of those who died as a result of the Thursday [...]

Iran has announced an indictment targeting the US government and 73 military officials concerning the death of General Qassem Soleimani, according to Iranian state media reports on Sunday. Soleimani was killed in a drone strike ordered by former US President Donald Trump on January 3, 2020. Tehran’s judiciary chief announced that a 164-page indictment has [...]

The Economic Offences Unit of the Bihar Police in India arrested 5 more suspects in the NEET paper leak case on Sunday. This increases the total number of people detained in the case to 18. This development followed the filing of a First Information Report by the Central Bureau of Investigation, concerning the controversy around [...]