United Nations experts on Friday condemned the criminal prosecution of 10 members of the Istanbul Bar Association and its president, İbrahim Kaboğlu, as well as the arrest of board member Firat Epözdemir, after the Bar issued a statement calling for an investigation into the deaths of two journalists in a conflict zone. The two journalists [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter said on Friday that Rwanda needs to better distribute its wealth to protect populations that are still living below the poverty line, especially vulnerable rural populations. Although De Schutter praised Rwanda for its marked progress in reducing poverty, he warned that much could [...]

The US Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on Thursday, effectively narrowing the scope of the statute’s required environmental review of major infrastructure projects. NEPA is an environmental impact review statute that was passed in 1970, among the most important of a slew of environmental protection statutes [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey held Wednesday that the law used to deport Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil may be unconstitutionally vague. However, the court also found that the vagueness of the law as applied does not entitle Khalil to a preliminary injunction. The judge believes Khalil [...]

The EU ratified the UN Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) on Wednesday, joining a global effort to protect the ocean, curb environmental damage, tackle climate change, and preserve biodiversity. Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Portugal, and Slovenia are among the 29 Member States to ratify BBNJ, making it the largest ratification by a group of countries [...]

The US Supreme Court granted an application for stay made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday, allowing for the revocation of status for around 500,000 migrants who came through the parole program for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan nationals. Justice Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson and Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented on several grounds, [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to continue imposing sweeping tariffs on Thursday, granting an emergency motion to stay a lower court decision. The US Court of International Trade had granted a motion to block the Trump administration’s global tariffs on Wednesday. The trade court held that [...]

Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for Israel and Hamas to fully respect international humanitarian law. Speaking during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, the pontiff decried the ongoing violence and the suffering of civilians, particularly children. “In the Gaza Strip, the intense cries are reaching Heaven [...]

Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that his tenure as a US special government employee at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is over, according to a post on X (formerly Twitter). Musk stated in his post: “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on separatist insurgents in Thailand’s southern border provinces to end all attacks on civilians and comply with international humanitarian law. This comes after reports of renewed attacks and escalating violence by separatist groups in the region. Reports show that separatist groups in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and parts of [...]