Britain’s Southwark Crown Court dismissed charges against Barclays regarding agreements between the bank and Qatari investors during the 2008 financial crisis. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) , a British anticorruption government organization, charged Barclays and four of its former executives in June 2017 with conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of the Companies Act of [...]

The government of Palestine submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court , which was received by the ICC on Tuesday. Palestine urges the ICC to investigate what it deems “war crimes and crimes against humanity” carried out by Israel’s government in Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. Palestine alleges in its referral that Israel’s government [...]

In his speech marking the 25th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said, “human rights all around the world are no longer a priority to countries.” His speech was given to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action , adopted on [...]

Ongoing violence in Libya is having a devastating impact on health care, according to a Tuesday report from the UN Human Rights Office and UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) studying the effects from May 1, 2017, to May 1, 2018. The report highlights the effects of crossfire between armed groups on hospitals and other [...]

Eight senior members of Thailand’s former ruling political party (Pheu Thai) were charged Monday with sedition. The charges stem out of three members describing the “failings” of the military government. In addition, five other individuals were charged with participating in banned political activities. Tuesday marks the four-year anniversary of the coup that led to the [...]

Burundi announced on Monday that voters had approved amending the nation’s constitution to extend presidential term limits from five years to seven. According to the election commission chief, 73 percent of voters supported changing the constitution. Nineteen percent voted against the amendment. The amendment gives Burundi’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza the ability to potentially stay in [...]

The Malaysian government on Monday announced the creation of a special task force to look into whether there were criminal acts committed by the management of the 1 Malaysian Development Berhad (1MDB) . The task force is asked to identify and seize assets that were acquired from the illegal siphoning from the state fund. Former [...]

The UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution on Friday to send an independent investigation commission to examine alleged violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that occurred in response to mass protests by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and surrounding territory. A press release stated: The Council condemned the disproportionate and [...]

Human Rights Watch reported on Friday that members of Burundi’s security forces and ruling party youth league “killed, raped, abducted, beat, and intimidated suspected opponents in the months leading up to a constitutional referendum.” The referendum on whether Burundi’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza, can hold office past the two-term limit (potentially allowing him to stay in [...]

The US Department of the Treasury issued new sanctions against Iran on Thursday. The new sanctions target two individuals, Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi and Abdallah Safi-Al-Din. Both of them have been identified as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). Bazzi has been identified as a financier for Hezbollah, and Safi-Al-Din has been identified as Hezbollah’s representative to [...]