The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its annual “State of the World Population” report Tuesday, revealing how social and economic barriers affect global fertility decline. The report, titled “The Real Fertility Crisis: The pursuit of reproductive agency in a changing world,” collected research from 14 countries that together represent over a third of the [...]
Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to renew its arms embargo against South Sudan. The embargo is a part of a series of sanctions that have been in place since 2015, stemming from human rights abuses carried out during the civil war. Both sides of the conflict have been implicated in [...]
The Constitutional Court of Romania unanimously decided on Thursday to reject opposition candidate George Simion’s request to annul the results of the recent election. The former mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan, was confirmed as the winner of the May 18 election and is to be sworn in on Monday, ending a long and tumultuous campaign [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) sided with Equatorial Guinea on Monday in a decades-long maritime boundary dispute with Gabon concerning three islands and their potentially oil-rich waters. The ICJ ruled that Equatorial Guinea has sovereignty over the islands and the surrounding waters pursuant to the 1900 Treaty of Paris between France and Spain, and [...]
Amnesty International (AI) said in a press release on Tuesday that Kenyan women working as domestic laborers in Saudi Arabia face extreme exploitation amounting to slavery and human trafficking The press release summarizes a 50-page report AI released the previous day, detailing the inhumane treatment of the women by their employers. Domestic workers are forced [...]
The European Commission announced Monday that the EU will end its reliance on Russian energy exports, citing security concerns. This announcement coincided with the release of the REPowerEU Roadmap, which serves as a follow-up to 2022’s REPowerEU Plan. The 2022 plan was launched in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and marked a commitment to [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on Thursday rejected Ontario’s request for an appeal on a landmark case concerning Canada’s climate policy. The SCC’s refusal to hear the appeal was celebrated by activist groups, as it affirms the Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling that the province’s climate policy is subject to the constitution, and paves [...]
Amnesty International called for Turkish authorities to lift the ban on May Day (also called Labor Day) gatherings in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Wednesday. Amnesty International’s deputy regional director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake, said the ban was “based on entirely spurious security and public order grounds and fly in the face of the 2023 Constitutional [...]
Amnesty International called for the release of Côte d’Ivoire unionist Ghislain Duggary Assy on Thursday, urging authorities to respect the right to strike. Amnesty International’s interim regional director for West and Central Africa Marceau Sivieude stated: Teachers cannot be treated as criminals for exercising their fundamental rights. The authorities must respect and guarantee the human [...]
Amnesty International warned in a press release on Tuesday that Salvadoran human rights activist Fidel Zavala faces an immediate risk of torture. Amnesty urge Salvadoran authorities to protect Zavala’s physical and psychological safety and ensure all those detained receive a fair trial with the proper procedural guarantees. Zavala is a spokesperson for the human rights [...]
