Human rights groups on Monday urged the Liberian president should renew his executive order to establish a war crimes court for crimes committed in the two Liberian civil wars. Adama Dempster, the secretary-general of the Civil Society Human Rights Platform of Liberia, demanded the establishment of a war crimes court, stating: Liberia’s quest to bring [...]
Amnesty International released a report on Tuesday highlighting a general decline in human rights around the globe since Donald Trump took office, due to a rise of authoritarianism and corporate greed emboldened by the Trump administration’s policies. The organization noted both positive and negative trends in the sphere of international justice, applauding the enforcement of [...]
Human Rights Watch issued an report on “killer robots,” automated AI weapons which can kill people without human instruction or oversight, ahead of the first United Nations General Assembly meeting on autonomous weapons systems in New York. HRW noted “the call, supported by at least 129 countries, for the urgent negotiation and adoption of a [...]
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) launched the Victims of Terrorism Associations Network (VoTAN) on Monday. A key outcome of the first United Nations Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism, the initiative seeks to foster stronger collaboration among victims’ associations worldwide, enhance advocacy, and ensure that victims’ rights and needs are at the center of counter-terrorism [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday strongly condemned the 11-hour detention and potential prosecution of two journalists in Macao, calling the move a “disturbing escalation” in the ongoing suppression of independent journalism in China’s special administrative region. According to the news outlet All About Macau, the two reporters were detained for 11 hours [...]
French police on on Monday arrested 25 people who were reportedly involved with coordinated attacks against several prisons and prison officers across the country since April 13. According to local media Franceinfo, the arrests follow an investigation conducted by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) into charges of “terrorist criminal association” and “organized gang-related damage [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit remanded Colorado’s air quality plan back to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday because it failed to account for emissions from drilling, fracking and well completion. Colorado must submit permits that align with national air quality standards, which include regulations for stationary sources that emit pollutants. A [...]
A Palestinian envoy accused Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday of killing and displacing civilians and targeting humanitarian workers in Gaza, amid mounting international legal scrutiny of Israel’s conduct. Speaking before the court, Palestinian envoy to the Netherlands Ammar Hijazi charged that “Israel is starving, killing and displacing Palestinians while also targeting [...]
Standing Rapporteur on Human Rights for the Council of Europe, Gudrun Mosler-Törnström, on Friday denounced the recent demolition of Roma houses in the Zaharna Fabrika area of Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in spite of an interim order from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that ordered Bulgaria to stop the forced evictions. According to NGO [...]
An association of more than 700 partners at major American law firms filed a brief on Friday in support of firm Susman Godfrey’s lawsuit against the Trump administration. The partners argue that recent executive orders exceed the president’s authority and violate the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments of the US Constitution. Law Firm Partners United [...]
