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Experts for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said Monday that countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) must advance human rights and negotiate in good faith to fulfill their legal duties under international law. The experts’ statement asserts that climate action is “essential to prevent and redress [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case that could dramatically impact mail-in voting practices in over two dozen states. The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, challenges a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots postmarked by election day to be counted if received within five business days after an election. The [...]

Following reports that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) may announce a ban on transgender women in female competition for the upcoming winter Olympics, the IOC stated Monday that it has not yet made a decision on the matter. A report in The Times on Monday stated that the committee will likely ban transgender athletes from [...]

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on Monday that sought to overturn the decade-old landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage. The appeal was filed by Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015, defying a court order. Davis asked the Supreme Court to [...]

US officials demanded Sunday that states “undo” full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that were paid out last week under court orders. Patrick Penn, deputy under secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), released a memorandum that called for states to “immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday warned that by 2050, the hottest refugee camps could face nearly 200 days of extreme heat stress per year, posing serious risks to health and survival.   Filippo Grandi, outgoing UN Commissioner for Refugees, said “extreme weather is putting people’s safety at greater risk; it is disrupting access to [...]

A US federal judge has ruled that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment by changing the out-of-office email messages of several employees without their consent. The emails set by the agency included partisan language that blamed the Democratic Party for the government shutdown. In his decision, issued Friday, US District Judge Christopher Cooper [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over reports about dozens of abductions and enforced disappearances in Syria during a press briefing on Friday. In his statement, spokesperson Thameen Al-Keetan stated that OHCHR documented at least 97 people missing since the ousting of former president Bashar Assad. He also [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called for Iranian authorities to release an arrested newspaper editor, saying that his detention is part of a deliberate effort to restrict dissenting speech in the country. The CPJ claimed that the arrest of Parviz Sedaghat and several other dissenting voices in Iran is an attempt to [...]

Reports published Friday revealed that environmental protesters in the United Kingdom were released from prison under “licence conditions” designed for terrorist or extremist criminal offenders, raising concerns about the sentencing proportionality and expressive freedom. Under UK law, individuals released before completing their sentences remain “under licence,” meaning they must comply with behavioral restrictions determined by [...]