The UN expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, George Katrougalos, on Tuesday called on world leaders to strengthen human rights through “embedded multipolarity,” warning that increasing unilateral coercive measures and geopolitical fragmentation are weakening the UN Charter. In his latest report presented to the Human Rights Council, Katrougalos described the [...]

A UN expert on Monday warned that Israel’s ongoing rubble-clearing operations in Gaza involve the removal, relocation and crushing of debris in a manner that could serve to obscure evidence of potential human rights violations atrocity crimes. Commenting on the importance of exercising caution in large-scale efforts to remove rubble, Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk on Monday warned that AI could become impossible for humans to control without proper protective measures, suggesting that the technology may become so powerful on its own that developers would gradually lose control over it. In his opening statement to a global update delivered at the 63rd session [...]

The UN announced on Monday that addressing air pollution and climate change concurrently can save lives, reduce global warming, and generate around $15 in economic benefit for every dollar invested, based on a report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and Clear Air Coalition (CCAC). The CCAC’s assessment indicated that coordinated efforts to [...]

Human Rights Watch on Monday called on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to publicly challenge the United Arab Emirates’ human rights record and its role in fueling atrocities in Sudan ahead of UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s scheduled visit to Berlin on September 10, 2026. The visit was expected [...]

Germany on Monday challenged Nicaragua’s claims that it has breached international obligations by supplying weapons to Israel, asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss the case brought against it. Germany responded to proceedings instituted by Nicaragua in 2024 alleging that Germany breached the Genocide Convention, multiple Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols, and other [...]

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) released a report Friday finding that Israeli security forces forcibly displaced more than 33,000 Palestinians from the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and February 2025. The OHCHR stated that the forces widely destroyed homes and infrastructure during Operation Iron Wall [...]

Human Rights Watch urged Philippine authorities on Thursday to drop charges against 11 Indigenous rights protesters arrested during a police operation to clear an anti-mining barricade in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya province. At the center of the dispute is a gold and copper exploration permit by the North Luzon Mineral Resources Corp (NLMRC) and competing claims concerning [...]

A group of UN experts called on Honduras Friday to immediately halt evictions of peasant, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities taking place under Decree No. 107-2026, also known as the Law for the Strengthening and Protection of the Agro-Industrial Sector, Energy Projects, Tourism, Livestock and Small Agricultural Producers. The experts wrote: “We cannot stand by and [...]

UN experts on Friday raised alarm over the alleged enforced disappearance, torture and extrajudicial killing of Imran Ali, a student from Balochistan province, calling it part of a state-sponsored pattern of targeting ethnic Baloch people and urging Pakistan to conduct an urgent investigation. In commenting on the importance of transparency and accountability in shedding light [...]