A UNICEF report revealed on Thursday that over 19 percent of children globally live in extreme poverty, with the majority concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The organization urged governments worldwide to implement effective policies to address child poverty and secure improved futures for children. The report found that one in five children worldwide [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned Brazil’s Congress for advancing the General Environmental Licensing Bill, calling on lawmakers to support negotiations at COP30 and ratify the Escazú Agreement. The bill contains controversial provisions that would simplify environmental licensing requirements through developer self-certification and revoke protections for human rights defenders. Brazil’s Senate is scheduled to [...]

The UN body responsible for nuclear energy policy issued a resolution on Thursday ordering Iran to disclose its stockpile of enriched uranium and allow inspections of nuclear sites bombed by the United States and Israel five months ago. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is a 180-member international organization accountable to the UN General Assembly [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development on Wednesday released a statement urging the German government to promote inclusivity, sustainability and protection of human rights, following a visit to the country. Special Rapporteur Surya Deva visited Germany this month to assess the nation’s commitment to human rights, sustainable development goals, and local democratic [...]

The General Court of the European Union ruled on Wednesday that US retail giant Amazon must comply with Europe’s strictest online-platform rules following the company’s designation as a “Very Large Online Platform” (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). Amazon claimed that its VLOP designation infringed on fundamental rights guaranteed under the Charter of Fundamental [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday denounced Chad authorities for their failure to protect victims of armed clashes between herders and farmers. The group documented seven instances of herder-farmer violence in four provinces between 2022 and 2024, which resulted in 98 people dead, at least 100 injured, and 600 left without homes or sources of income. The [...]

Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday in a report documenting the forced displacement of approximately 32,000 Palestinians from three refugee camps beginning in January 2025. The report charges that Israeli forces carried out mass forcible displacements as part of a [...]

UN experts warned on Wednesday that El Salvador is misusing Interpol law enforcement mechanisms to further its political agenda by issuing red notices against two Salvadoran human rights defenders in exile. The experts say that the charges and red notices against Ivania Cruz and Rudy Joya, who are in exile in Spain, “appear to be [...]

Amnesty International called on Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of two former members of parliament in the southern African nation of Eswatini, Mthandeni Dube and Bacede Mabuza. The statement comes in response to news of a conditional royal pardon granted earlier this month to MP Dube, resulting in his supervised release.  “Mthandeni Dube’s [...]

UNICEF condemned on Tuesday the armed attack on a Government Girls School in the Maga community of Kebbi State in Nigeria, which led to the death of the vice principal and the abduction of 25 students. In a statement, UNICEF urged: “Students, education facilities, and their personnel should be protected under international law from any [...]