The UN reported Thursday that the World Food Program (WFP) and its humanitarian partners had delivered food and essential supplies to more than 600,000 people in Gaza this month. However, agencies such as the WFP warn that severe hunger continues to worsen across the territory despite the ongoing relief efforts. The UN and its partners [...]

Taiwan’s Central Election Commission on Friday refused to put judicial caning to a referendum, with all seven members unanimously deciding that the referendum proposals were inconsistent with its international obligations. The commission reasoned that there is no criminal penalty similar to judicial caning on the island. According to the island’s Referendum Act, citizens cannot vote on [...]

Human Rights Watch on Thursday criticized Ecuador’s newly enacted adoption law, which took effect on August 14 after lawmakers approved it 118-0, saying that provisions restricting adoption by lesbian, gay and bisexual persons and permitting the loss of parental authority over certain medical decisions involving transgender children violate equality and child-rights protections. The Organic Reform [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned Kuwait’s new counter-terrorism law that may have grave repercussions for the freedoms of assembly and expression. Enacted against the backdrop of US-Israel attacks, Decree No. 47 of 2026 on Combating Terrorism Crimes was issued on March 15, 2026. The new law relies on a vaguely broad definition of terrorism, extends the [...]

Brazil’s federal government on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Discord, Inc., accusing the messaging platform of violating national child protection laws. The Brazilian attorney general’s office, the Advocacia-Geral da Union (AGU), brought the lawsuit in the federal court seeking roughly R$500 million ($97 million) in damages. The AGU alleges violation of Brazilian laws regarding age [...]

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Wednesday called for an end to attacks directed against or indiscriminately affecting civilians in Lebanon. Acting under its Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure, the Committee warned that no derogation from the prohibition of racial discrimination is permitted during armed conflict. Under the International [...]

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Thursday expressed concern about the rise in violence and racist hate crimes targeting migrants in South Africa, urging authorities to implement urgent measures to address this issue. CERD reported a range of attacks perpetrated against migrants, including killings, displacement, abductions, looting, destruction of property, [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned the deadly gang attack that occurred in Haiti’s Kenscoff commune earlier this week, leaving at least 47 dead, 22 injured, and dozens more apparently abducted. According to the human rights organization, many of those attacked were people seeking refuge in a church following violence. “Sadly, we are once again witnessing [...]

Two UN peacekeepers on Monday were killed in an ambush in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei state, in an attack that the organization has stated may constitute a war crime under international law. The attack was the latest in a region shaken by renewed military conflict. The attack comes amid a re-inflammation of civil conflict in [...]

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday sanctioned three organizations and two individuals, accusing UK-based Palestine Action, the Italy-based Autistici Inventati, and the Masar Badil network of ties to “violent far-left extremism.” The designations were made under Executive Order 13224, the post-9/11 authority allowing the US to block the property of [...]