Amnesty International urged the Argentinian government on Friday to guarantee adequate living standards and pensions for elderly people following the government’s refusal to extend the pension moratorium that expired last week. Amnesty noted in its press release that the government’s failure to act would directly harm older people and violate their rights under international law, [...]

Amnesty International voiced its support on Friday for a report issued by the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA), stating that it “fully supports” a more detailed draft UN declaration seeking to address the “respect, protection and fulfilment” of human rights for people of [...]

Amnesty International urged the Mexican Senate on Friday to renew the Citizen Council of the National Search System, which has been vacant since May 2024. Amnesty International stated that: the Council’s inability to operate effectively hinders the right of people searching for victims of disappearance to participate in decision-making and overseeing the government’s plans and [...]

A US federal court in Massachusetts ordered on Friday that Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk not be removed from the US until the court has had an opportunity to determine whether it has subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case. Judge Denise Casper noted precedents confirming that the court has the authority “to preserve [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Friday that it would hear a case brought by Sudan seeking emergency measures against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the crime of genocide. Sudan alleges that the UAE has violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) by enabling [...]

A second US federal court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting yet another law firm — Jenner & Block LLP. This order comes the same day Judge Richard Leon of the same federal court blocked Trump’s executive order targeting Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale). Judge John Bates has granted [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demanded an investigation on Friday into the murder of Guatemalan journalist Carmen Ismael Alonzo Gonzalez, who was shot last week. In the background of a surge in violence against journalists, RSF urged the government to install legal safeguards. RSF Latin America director Artur Romeu stated: The murder of Ismael Alonzo González [...]

A US federal court partially granted Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP’s request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and injunctive relief on Friday, blocking §§ 3 and 5 of President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Addressing Risks from WilmerHale.” The executive order in question criticized the firm’s employment of former Special Counsel Robert [...]

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan expressed deep concern on Friday over the shrinking space for civilians in Gaza, stating the Israeli army is forcibly displacing Palestinians from vast areas of land. Al-Kheetan stated: We call on all parties to reach a permanent ceasefire as soon as possible. [...]

An all-too-familiar federal judge to President Donald Trump ordered his administration on Thursday to preserve a set of text messages exchanged between high level government officials on the Signal messaging app, which contained sensitive military and strategic information that included targeted strikes in Yemen. The messages were exchanged over a period of four days between [...]