US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order directing President Donald Trump’s administration to expand and sanitize holding areas for ICE detainees at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, following a lawsuit filed by Peruvian immigrant Sergio Alberto Barco Mercado, citing cramped, unsanitary, and inhumane conditions. Judge Kaplan mandated that, by [...]

The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates on Monday adopted Resolution 509, affirming that no government actor should punish or threaten lawyers, law firms, or other organizations for representing, or having represented, a client or cause disfavored by the government. The resolution further emphasizes that the legal profession must ensure counsel remains available, especially to [...]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on the international community to “break down barriers and restore fairness in global development,” during opening remarks at the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) in Awaza, Turkmenistan. The conference, held from August 5 to 8, brings together representatives from the 32 landlocked developing [...]

Iran executed at least 612 people in the first half of 2025—more than double the number put to death during the same period last year—prompting the UN’s top human rights official to demand an immediate halt to what he called a “disturbing escalation” in state killings. In his statement, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [...]