In a statement given Monday, a UN special rapporteur warned that despite global efforts, children continue to face a serious risk of sale, sexual exploitation, and sexual abuse.  In her report, Special Rapporteur Mama Fatima Singhateh stated that child sexual exploitation is rapidly evolving amid new digital technologies and global crises. Rates of technologically-driven sexual abuse [...]

The UN independent expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism called on member states Monday to take further steps to promote employment rights for persons with albinism through more progressive laws, policies, and implementation. Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond, in her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, explained: The right to employment is a [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed Tuesday that an al-Qaeda-linked armed group summarily executed 10 long-haul truck drivers and two teenage apprentices in late January in southwestern Mali as part of the group’s attack on a fuel convoy, and deemed the acts “apparent war crimes.” HRW called on the Malian government to “seek assistance from the [...]

The chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) published a statement Monday condemning attacks in the Persian Gulf that he said violate international law and threaten regional stability. Chairperson HE Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed “deep concern” over attacks on energy and transportation infrastructure, including an incident that occurred Saturday, when Israeli airstrikes hit Iranian oil [...]

British Columbia’s attorney general introduced two bills on Monday that would effectively ban protests near schools and places of public worship in order to preserve public access and maintain public safety. In a press conference, BC Premier David Eby said the bills come in response to “disturbing events targeting Jewish and other religious communities.” Currently [...]

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic sued the US Defense Department (“Department of War”) Monday after the Department declared the company a “supply chain risk” and threat to national security. Filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the complaint alleges that the designation violated the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), First Amendment, [...]

Istanbul mayor and Turkish opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu went on trial Monday, accused of establishing an “İmamoğlu Criminal Organization for Profit” that operated parallel to and was concealed by his official duties. İmamoğlu faces charges including corruption, defrauding public institutions, bribery, extortion, and laundering proceeds of crime. His case is part of a mass trial [...]

A federal judge ruled Saturday that all of Kari Lake’s official actions in her brief appointment as CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) “shall have no force or effect.” The motion for summary judgment ruling was a victory for the employees of Voice of America, a government-funded media broadcaster that sued after [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Israel to halt the use of white phosphorus munitions, reporting their use over civilian homes in Yohmor, a southern town in Lebanon, on March 3. HRW’s accusation of white phosphorus use is backed by seven images of airburst chemical munitions, which the rights group verified and geolocated. In one [...]

Amnesty International’s secretary general Agnès Callamard on Monday urged UN member states to step up collective resistance against global attacks on gender justice and women’s rights during the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Leading Amnesty’s delegation, Callamard spoke on the global backlash against gender equality gains. She pointed to [...]