Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday submitted several participation forms requesting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow Palestinian journalists who are victims of Israeli war crimes to participate in the court’s proceedings. RSF submitted several victim forms to Philipp Ambach, chief of the Victims Participation and Reparations Section in the Registry of the ICC. [...]

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Donald Trump’s attempt to punish an elite law firm associated with his political opposition was unconstitutional and directed the government not to enforce Executive Order 14250 signed in March. US District Judge for the District of Columbia Richard Leon granted summary judgement for Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale [...]

France’s National Assembly on Tuesday voted in favor of adopting a bill providing a right to assisted dying. During the parliamentary session, MP Philippe Vigier said that the bill aims to give people the right to an “ethical path” to assisted dying. He clarified that the option will not apply to “residents of nursing homes,” [...]

National Public Radio (NPR) and three Colorado public radio stations filed suit against US President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday, challenging the legality of an executive order that called for a cessation of federal funding to NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The order, titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media,” directs the Corporation [...]

Legal professionals issued an open letter Monday, urging the UK government to take “concrete action” against Israel and meet its obligations under international law to prevent war crimes and other violations against the Palestinian people. The letter, addressed to the UK primemMinister, outlined the current violations of international law by Israel against Palestine. It warned [...]

A news report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday indicated that the Ugandan government has perpetrated violence against LGBTQ+ people, their families, and supporters since Uganda’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act was enacted. The report highlights abuses instigated and enabled by Uganda’s government, its institutions, and parliamentary members. The report found that these abuses by the [...]

Amnesty International reported on Tuesday that the March 23 Movement (M23) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has committed human rights violations against Congolese civilians amid ongoing armed conflict that may amount to war crimes. The organization interviewed 18 former detainees held in detention sites controlled by M23 fighters, who confirmed that they either [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement highlighting concerning conditions of migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the UK government proposed that the country serve as a “return hub.” Return hubs are locations where asylum seekers whose claims had been rejected in other countries would be held while waiting to be returned to their countries [...]

The Higher Regional Court of Vienna (Oberlandesgericht Wien, or OLG) acquitted former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Monday of having made false statements during an inquiry before parliament. The court’s three judges relieved the conservative of a 2024 conviction, which charged Kurz with giving false evidence during the so-called “Ibiza” proceedings. It overturned the former [...]

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday released its review of the fifth to seventh periodic reports on Brazil’s state programs under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its first report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. [...]