Amnesty International on Wednesday named 87 Iranian security and Interior Ministry officials who it says should face criminal investigation for crimes against humanity committed during the 2022 crackdown on the Woman Life Freedom protests, and urged the UN Security Council to refer Iran’s situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The 1,161-page report, titled “Architects of Atrocities,” [...]

The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran on Monday called on all parties to the conflict to immediately cease hostilities and comply with international humanitarian law following reported US airstrikes that killed and injured civilians in southern Iran. The Mission said that recent strikes in Hormozgan province raise serious questions about whether the United [...]

The Associated Press on Tuesday sued the Administrative Office of the US Courts, arguing that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) violates the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Under Rule 5.2(c), “remote access to electronic files” in an action relating to “an order of removal” or “immigration benefits or detention,” among other actions, is [...]

US President Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court on social media Tuesday, following the court’s denial of his administration’s emergency petition to allow the US Postal Service (USPS) to heighten mail-in ballot requirements before midterm elections. “These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a [...]

Representatives for both Cambodia and Thailand on Tuesday delivered opening statements during the first meeting of a United Nations-sanctioned arbitration process intended to resolve a long-running maritime dispute between the neighboring countries. The meeting, which was held in Singapore, served as the first step in the compulsory conciliation process under the UN Convention on the [...]

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned that South Sudan’s hunger crisis is worsening amid ongoing armed conflict, diminishing international aid, and a “super El Niño” set to impact the nation and greater region. At a press briefing, WFP’s assistant executive director for program operations, Matthew Hollingworth, stated: “Conflict, displacement, economic hardship, climate [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, on Monday voiced concern over the conditions in which female inmates were experiencing at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF), saying that after reporting alleged sexual harassment, privacy violations, threats, and violence, they were now facing retaliation. In June 2026, the Special Rapporteur [...]

Newly appointed UN expert Bethanie Carney Almroth on Monday warned that pollution in the form of “forever chemicals,” or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), poses severe risks to the basic human right of a healthy and safe environment. Almroth referenced a recent UN report conveying that as PFAS spreads and accumulates in the environment, it has the [...]

15 September 2026: International Day of Democracy For those who live in countries where democracy remains functional, it is unfortunately easy to take the associated liberties for granted. In this position of privilege, one only knows through the exercise of imagination what it is truly like to face the oppressive possibility of arbitrary execution, disappearance, [...]

Two new legal challenges seeking to block the Trump administration’s revised public charge rule arose on Monday, one filed by a coalition of 22 states and the other by a group of cities and counties that includes Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. The challenges come as the rule, which is set to take effect [...]