A UN expert on Friday expressed concern over increased inequalities in Hungary’s education system for underserved communities and backsliding on academic freedom. In a statement released after she visited Hungary, Farida Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, noted that while Roma individuals are given equal rights to education under the law, [...]

Israel’s Supreme Court issued an injunction on Friday, temporarily freezing the dismissal of Ronen Bar, the head of the domestic intelligence service, known as Shin Bet. This comes hours after the Israeli cabinet voted unanimously to dismiss Ronen Bar by April 10 at the latest. According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement, Ronen Bar’s “directives [...]

Over 35 human rights organizations on Friday issued an open letter, addressed to the leaders of Australia’s three major political parties, urging them to foster a “civil and respectful discourse” on the topic of refugees and asylum-seekers ahead of the upcoming federal elections in May. In the letter, local NGOs such as the Asylum Seekers [...]

A group of human rights organizations on Friday urged Bangladesh’s interim government to take decisive action to safeguard the freedoms of expression and opinion amid increasing attacks on journalists, authors and human rights defenders.  The rights groups, which included Amnesty International, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Human Rights Watch (HRW), called on Chief Advisor [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday urged Hungary to repeal the anti-LGBTQ+ legislation passed on Tuesday. OHCHR describes the legislation as a severe violation of basic rights for LGBTQ+ individuals. According to OHCHR, the legislation undermines the rights to freedom of expression and non-discrimination. It specifically targets educational [...]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift the ongoing ban on girls’ secondary education, warning that the restriction threatens the future of millions of Afghan girls who have been deprived of their right to learn since the Taliban regained power in August 2021.  In a statement [...]

A coalition of rights groups and families of victims from the deadly 2020 Beirut explosion released an open letter on Friday urging Lebanon’s new government to strengthen judicial independence and ensure an impartial investigation into the blast. The letter directly charged that state officials have impeded the investigation into the blast and other various financial [...]

The Italian Constitutional Court held Friday that the law barring single parents from adopting foreign children is unconstitutional. The matter was referred to the top court following the 2019 request from an unmarried woman, Raffaella Brogi, who approached the juvenile court to seek a declaration of eligibility for international adoption of a minor. The Court’s [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday reported that the prolonged hostilities and occupation of parts of Ukraine by the Russian Federation forces have caused large-scale human rights violations against children. Between February 24, 2022 and December 31, 2024, the OHCHR documented 669 killings of children and 1,883 injuries. [...]

UN experts urged the Colombian government on Thursday to protect its civilians and called on the non-state armed groups to cease their attacks against the civilians, after the escalation of the conflict in the Catatumbo region of the Department of Norte de Santander. The experts noted that the conflict, which began on 16th January, has [...]