The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) warned in a statement issued Tuesday that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia continue to face systemic racial discrimination within the country’s criminal justice system. The committee urged the state to intensify efforts to eliminate racial discrimination against Indigenous children, including the institutional [...]

The UN Human Rights Committee determined Monday that Sweden violated the rights of a child with severe disabilities by deporting him to Albania without ensuring access to essential medical care. The finding concerned E.B., an Albanian national diagnosed with multiple complex and life-threatening conditions, including autism, grave developmental disorder, spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and [...]

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday adopted a resolution by consensus, condemning Iran’s ongoing military strikes against Gulf states and Jordan at its 44th meeting of the 61st session. The UNHRC denounced the attacks as “egregious,” “unprovoked and deliberate,” and demanded that Tehran provide full and prompt reparations to victims.  The decision [...]

A Thailand court on Tuesday held Akara Resources PLC, operator of the Chatree Gold Mine in northern Thailand, liable for environmental damage and adverse health impacts suffered by surrounding communities, in what stands as the nation’s first environmental class action suit. The case was brought by more than 300 villagers from Phichit and Phetchabun provinces, who [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Thursday that Bahrain authorities have arrested dozens of individuals for participating in peaceful protests amid the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran. The organization underscored the suppression of dissent through modes of arbitrary detention, denial of due process of law, and the potential imposition of the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Pakistan authorities on Thursday to quash the conviction of Junaid Hafeez, who was sentenced to death in 2019 under the country’s blasphemy provisions after being arrested in March 2013. The rights group described his prolonged detention and years in solitary confinement as “emblematic of the unjust and abusive nature” of [...]

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed into law an amnesty measure that interim authorities say is intended to ease political tensions and accelerate the release of political prisoners. The law, titled the Amnesty Bill for Democratic Coexistence, authorizes a “general and full” amnesty for people prosecuted or convicted for political or related offences. [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged the Syrian transitional government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to protect civilians and comply with the international human rights law following renewed fighting in northeast Syria. The group warned that civilians have borne the brunt of the escalation and discouraged both sides from obstructing humanitarian assistance [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday called on Kazakhstan to immediately drop criminal charges against 19 activists affiliated with the local Atajurt human rights movement who face up to 10 years in prison for participating in a peaceful protest near the nation’s border with China. Marie Struthers, Eastern Europe and Central Asia director at Amnesty International, condemned [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights stated on Sunday in Port Sudan that Sudanese civilians experience “horror and hell” as the country’s civil war approaches three-years, condemning use of child soldiers and diversion of resources into advanced weaponry, including drones. Commissioner Volker Türk criticized the practice of procuring weapons with humanitarian funds and further [...]