Articles Tagged with Radovan Karadzic

China’s National People’s Congress on Thursday adopted a new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, a measure state officials say will strengthen national cohesion but critics argue will further erode the cultural, linguistic and religious rights of ethnic minorities. The law, which takes effect July 1, passed with 2,756 votes in favor, three against, [...]

Prominent Iraqi women’s rights defender Yanar Mohammed was killed outside her Baghdad residence on March 2 by two unidentified men. No group has claimed responsibility for the assassination. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has ordered an investigation into the killing. International human rights organizations are urging authorities to identify the perpetrators and halt a [...]

The UN confirmed Thursday the findings of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (the Commission) regarding the deportation and transfer of 1,205 children from Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine. The Commission was established in 2022 by UN Human Rights Council resolution 49/1 to urgently investigate a range of allegations in Russia. The mandate of [...]

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled Thursday that EU member states must update identity documents to reflect the gender identity of transgender citizens who have transitioned in another member state, finding that refusal to do so may violate the bloc’s guarantee of freedom of movement. The court said discrepancies between a [...]

Eswatini authorities confirmed on Thursday that four additional third-country nationals deported from the United States arrived in the southern African kingdom as part of an agreement between several African nations and the US. The arrivals are part of a broader Trump administration practice of transferring migrants to countries that are not their state of origin.  [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in an effort to block the state from enforcing carbon dioxide (CO2) and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates, on the grounds that federal law prohibits state regulation in this area. The federal lawsuit [...]

Fiji, Hungary, Namibia and the United States on Thursday filed a declaration of intervention to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case against Israel in relation to the situation in the Gaza Strip. The interventions highlighted the legal issues the court will be facing at trial. One such key issue is what constitutes [...]

UN experts urged member states on Thursday to support the General Assembly (UNGA) resolution endorsing the  advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last year, which mandates that states comply with their legal obligations to mitigate climate change. The statement comes amid concerns over attempts to obstruct discussion of the proposal. The [...]

The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Canada’s House of Commons ended the debate on the Combating Hate Act on Wednesday. Several groups criticized the push for passage, claiming that the bill is poorly drafted and would violate the freedoms of speech and religion. The Combatting Hate Act, Bill C-9, would criminalize the [...]

The Trump administration appealed to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking it to uphold on attempt to end temporary protected status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitians. The appeal came five days after the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an order denying the administration’s request to end TPS for [...]