The UN warned on Thursday that women and girls in Sudan are facing a “gender emergency” as the North Darfur state capital of El Fasher remains under siege, facing starvation, violence and a cholera outbreak. The UN Women representative in Sudan, Salvator Nkurunziza, warned that this leaves women and girls more vulnerable to abuse and [...]

The UN on Tuesday called for dismantling the US/Israeli-backed aid distribution group in Gaza to allow experienced humanitarian organizations to provide unfettered aid to Palestinians, citing reports of war crimes at distribution points. UN experts have warned that Israel is committing war crimes through Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) operations and is in breach of international [...]

The UN expressed concern on Monday over Sudan’s worsening humanitarian crisis, amid rising starvation, displacement, and violence against civilians resulting from ongoing civil war. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that the current humanitarian situation is critical. Armed violence between Sudanese government troops and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [...]

Amnesty International published a report on Wednesday that revealed alleged failures by Madagascar authorities to protect the indigenous Antandroy peoples from climate-related displacement since 2017, asserting that the failures violate fundamental rights. The report, titled “That Suffering Haunts Me Even Here,” detailed the displacement of the Antandroy as a result of drought-induced famines. According to [...]

Amnesty International condemned the murder of a prominent Palestinian activist, Awdah Al-Hathaleen, in a press release on Wednesday, highlighting the ongoing Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and the failure of authorities to act to prevent such attacks. Amnesty International senior director for research and advocacy Erika Guevara Rosas noted that Hathaleen had “recently warned UK [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) voiced concern on Tuesday that some European Union (EU) member states may be retreating from their human rights and environmental commitments, following an agreement on a proposal that could weaken an EU directive aimed at safeguarding rights in supply chains by easing sustainability requirements. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), [...]

The UK High Court on Monday granted activist group Palestine Action an urgent hearing to challenge the Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe the group as a terrorist organization under Schedule 2 of the Terrorism Act 2000, alongside terror organizations such as ISIS and Al Qaeda. The hearing will take place at 10:30 AM on Friday, [...]

A UN expert Wednesday reprimanded Brazil over its adoption of a controversial legal doctrine to limit the land rights of Indigenous peoples. UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples Albert Kwokwo Barume reported that Brazil’s Senate has approved legislative decree No. 717/2024, which could “revoke the legal foundation for Indigenous land demarcation and [...]

The European Commission (EC) announced on Wednesday that it is adopting a landmark policy framework aimed at “protecting marine life and strengthening the blue economy,” pledging an investment of 1 billion euros to support the initiative. The European Ocean Pact is the first of its kind, aiming to establish a comprehensive, unified framework for EU [...]

A United Nations report, published on Tuesday, says that Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s cultural sites, religious sites and educational facilities amount to violations of international human rights law and that some such attacks have constituted the crime against humanity of extermination. The report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory [...]