A UN expert warned on Tuesday that policies on border protection and migration cannot nullify the absolute ban on returning a person to torture as set out in international law. The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, published a position paper on the principle [...]

Amnesty International Malaysia on Tuesday has condemned Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s direction for authorities to take stringent measures against more than 100 Rohingya asylum seekers, who said they were forced from their homes by local residents and subsequently detained after assembling outside of the UN Refugee Agency office in the nation’s capital.  In commenting on [...]

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday expressed concerns that the mass destruction and displacement caused by Israeli strikes against Lebanon could amount to international crimes. Türk spent two days in Lebanon documenting the effects of the regional war on Lebanese citizens and concluded the trip with a press conference detailing his findings. While [...]

President Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to allow the administration to implement an executive order issued by him in March. On Saturday, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled in favor of 23 states that sought to block the executive order which was entitled, “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in [...]

The Trump administration announced on Monday that it will pursue enforcement action against a Maryland school district, and potentially taking similar action against a Michigan district, over policies governing the disclosure of transgender students’ information to their parents. In commenting on this issue, US Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said: “School districts [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned Israel’s announcement of plans to accelerate the authorization of settlement outposts under Israeli domestic law in the occupied West Bank, warning that the move constitutes a “flagrant violation” of international law. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the measures on Friday following a clash that left four Palestinians [...]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called for greater cooperation among African states in tightening immigration enforcement regimes. The speech was part of the opening address to the Pan-African Parliament. Based in Midrand, South Africa, the Parliament serves as the legislative body of the African Union. Ramaphosa spoke extensively on the need to harmonize [...]

Police in Delhi can now detain people for up to 12 months without charge, legal representation, or notice of the grounds for their arrest, after the city’s lieutenant governor invoked Section 3(2) of India’s National Security Act on July 15 and extended the order through October 18. The move, which suspends ordinary due process protections [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the First District on Friday denied the Trump administration’s appeal of a US District Court ruling that blocked the president’s proclamation of a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. The three-judge panel found that the administration was unlikely to succeed on appeal. H-1B visas are employer-sponsored non-immigrant visas issued [...]

On Thursday, Amnesty International warned that South Korea’s abortion framework did not go far enough to protect women’s reproductive health and rights. Amnesty International’s call for improved protections for women came in response to an appellate decision by the Seoul High Court that acquitted a 26-year-old woman who had been charged with murder, overturning an [...]