Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. In a 2–1 decision, justices found that current food rations in Israel’s prisons fell short of legal standards and that starvation could not be used as a [...]

Norwegians went to the polls Monday in an election widely seen as pivotal for the future of the country’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, and whether it should fully divest from companies that support Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and related violations of international law. The Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), which includes investments in [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called Friday on the US to immediately lift sanctions it has imposed on three prominent Palestinian human rights groups, stating the measures are “completely unacceptable and should be withdrawn.” The sanctions target Al-Haq, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights. In imposing [...]

AI company Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement on Friday, aimed at resolving a sweeping class-action lawsuit brought by authors who alleged the company used pirated copies of their books to train its chatbot, Claude. According to the proposed agreement, which is subject to judicial approval, the settlement provides roughly $3,000 to each of [...]

The People’s Republic of China on Friday called on Cambodia and Thailand to deepen dialogue and restore mutual trust following recent border clashes, emphasizing the importance of stability for the two neighbors and the wider region. Speaking during a Thursday tea gathering in Anning, Yunnan province, with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak [...]

Advocacy groups filed criminal charges against Germany’s foreign and interior ministers on Friday, accusing them of “failing to prevent” the deportation of Afghan nationals from Pakistan, despite their “having been granted admission to Germany.” The 34 Afghan nationals, who had applied for asylum in Germany, were deported by Pakistani officials just days before the lawsuit [...]

The Taliban’s systematic use of Afghanistan’s legal and judicial system to target women and girls amounts to “crimes against humanity,” a United Nations human rights expert said in a report circulated Wednesday. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, told the General Assembly that the Taliban have “weaponized” [...]

Government agency Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) reported Thursday that entrenched gender segregation in Australia’s labor market is holding back productivity and worsening long-term income inequality, particularly for First Nations and migrant women. The report, “New Perspectives on Old Problems: Gendered Jobs, Work and Pay,” is the first release in JSA’s Gender Economic Equality Study. [...]

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling Friday that tightens legal requirements for EU member states wishing to designate “safe countries of origin” for accelerated asylum processing. In its decision, the CJEU upheld the legality of expedited asylum procedures in principle but made clear that such classifications must be based on rigorous, [...]

Myanmar’s military courts sentenced 14 individuals to life imprisonment in a series of human trafficking cases involving forced marriage, sexual exploitation, and the production of pornographic content, local media reported Saturday. “The president of the military court has sentenced nine Burmese and five Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for selling Burmese women to Chinese men [...]