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The European Council on Thursday adopted measures against extremist Israeli settlers, in an effort to curb human rights abuses against Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank. The restrictive measures were issued under the EU Global Human Rights Sanction Regime, which allows the EU to “impose sanctions on individuals and entities in response to human rights [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday scheduled the trial of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to begin on November 30, marking the first time an Asian former head of state will face the court for alleged crimes against humanity. Presiding Judge Joanna Korner announced the date following a request from the prosecution, which plans [...]

The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously voted to repeal texts codifying slavery. MP Max Mathiasin sponsored the bill to repeal Code Noir, which was first tabled on September 16, 2025. Code Noir is “a set of texts promulgated between 1685 and 1724 that regulated and codified slavery in the French colonies.” The code was [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada refused on Thursday to hear an appeal of the six Wolastoqey communities in New Brunswick, seeking to assert Aboriginal title over private lands. The issue before the court is whether First Nations can assert Aboriginal title over privately-owned lands, a fee simple interest in land. The top court’s refusal to hear [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese was added back to the list of sanctioned people by the US Department of the Treasury on Wednesday, according to a notice by the Office of Foreign Asset Control. The move comes following a recent district court decision to temporarily block sanctions against the UN [...]

Amnesty International reported on Thursday that tech companies have used unlawful web scraping to collect large volumes of online data for the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, in violation of the right to privacy and other human rights standards. The organization called for the prohibition of such data collection systems and urged governments [...]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa filed ​a claim in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday, challenging a panel report alleging he violated the constitution during his “Farmgate” scandal. In 2020, thieves broke into President Ramaphosa’s farm and stole over half a million dollars from inside one of his couches. In 2022, one of his private [...]

In a ruling released Thursday, US District Judge Carl Nichols denied requests to block President Trump’s executive order placing restrictions on the guidelines for voting by mail. The decision, delivered by the Trump-appointed Judge Nichols, states that the plaintiffs, seeking preliminary injunctive relief, may renew their claims in the future only if they can demonstrate [...]

Human Rights Watch welcomed Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty on Wednesday. The group described it as a positive development in addressing the severe humanitarian and social crises caused by the existence of anti-personnel landmines, especially during armed conflict. Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty, which was formally ratified in 1999, forbids the [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 on Wednesday, expanding the state’s election security protections by restricting unauthorized law enforcement access to polling places, banning military personnel from voting locations, and making it a felony to seize ballots ahead of the June 2 statewide primary election. The bill, authored by state Senator Sabrina Cervantes [...]