The European Commission on Friday formally launched an infringement procedure against Slovakia over constitutional reforms seeking to preserve the country’s “national identity” in matters such as gender and family law. The Commission cited the amendments’ alleged violation of the fundamental principles of European Union law. These reforms “contravene the principle of the primacy of EU [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday denounced Chad authorities for their failure to protect victims of armed clashes between herders and farmers. The group documented seven instances of herder-farmer violence in four provinces between 2022 and 2024, which resulted in 98 people dead, at least 100 injured, and 600 left without homes or sources of income. The [...]

The UN Security Council passed a US-backed resolution on Monday, endorsing the 20-point Gaza peace plan by US President Donald Trump’s administration. The Security Council urged all parties to implement the peace plan “in good faith and without delay.” The resolution, passed by a vote of 13 members in favor, with China and Russia abstaining, [...]

Amnesty International expressed concern on Monday over the worsening plight of Rohingya Muslims both in Myanmar and foreign countries where they have sought refuge. This comes after a boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees and migrants reportedly sank near the border between Thailand and Malaysia, with at least 25 lives lost. Amnesty International’s Myanmar researcher Joe [...]

The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries warned Friday of the increasing use of mercenaries and private military and security companies (PMSCs) as “proxy actors” in both conflict and peacetime settings. These private actors reportedly facilitate violence and human rights violations worldwide. In its latest report to the UN General Assembly, the working [...]

The foreign ministers of Germany, Jordan and the UK on Saturday jointly called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, describing the humanitarian crisis there as “desperate” and “apocalyptic.” This follows the reports of the capture of El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and a sharp escalation [...]

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 [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday released transcripts of its interview with Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently imprisoned over a sex-trafficking case. According to the transcripts, Maxwell recalled that she first knew about Donald Trump, and possibly met him, in 1990 when she visited the US on a business [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on the Kazakh government Monday to reinstate accreditation for 16 journalists from the US-funded broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). This comes ahead of the outlet’s pending appeal hearing. CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator, Gulnoza Said, stated, “RFE/RL’s bold reporting has an absolutely central place in [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Monday that law enforcement officers used “excessive force and deliberate brutality” in response to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, from June 6 to 14. According to HRW, while the protests had largely been peaceful, the law enforcement officers frequently used a range of “less lethal” weapons, [...]