A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday urged the Belarusian government to stop targeting independent trade unions and comply with international labor standards. The experts—a group of five Special Rapporteurs—called on Belarus to cooperate with the UN and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to protect the rights of trade union leaders and members, [...]
In an advisory opinion published Thursday, the advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said Hungary infringed European law by restricting access to LGBTQ+ content. Tamara Ćapeta stated that Hungary has deviated from the EU’s values and recommended the CJEU find that the nation infringed Article 2 of the Treaty [...]
Amnesty International on Thursday published a briefing on the 2000 Kisangani War, urging the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to prosecute those responsible for crimes committed against civilians during the conflict. The organization recounted how, in the 25 years since the war’s end, the Congolese still strive for justice and wait [...]
Pennsylvania officials filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday over its termination of the Local Food Purchase Assistance 2025 Cooperative Agreement (LFPA25 Agreement). The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) provides federal funding to states to purchase local food from regional producers for distribution through food banks [...]
US Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday barring the Federal Bureau of Prisons from implementing an executive order that would deny gender-affirming care to transgender inmates. The judge reasoned that enforcing the order could cause irreparable harm to the inmates by denying them medically necessary treatment. He found that the plaintiffs were likely [...]
A US federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida cannot enforce a law that requires social media companies to block children 14 years or younger from using their platforms. Chief US District Judge Mark Walker for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, granted a preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of the law passed by the [...]
A group of 33 civil society groups, trade unions, and human rights organizations called on Tuesday for the creation of a new treaty that would enshrine labor protections and legal standards for “gig” workers in international law. The joint statement, which was signed by organizations including Human Rights Watch and Privacy International, called for member [...]
The Italian Senate voted to pass a controversial security bill into law on Wednesday, expanding powers for police and introducing stricter laws around protest-related offenses. The Security Decree was passed by a vote of 109 to 69. It was introduced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government, and approved in the lower house of Parliament [...]
In a press briefing Tuesday, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General forewarned that Syria’s health system “remains under severe strain,” leaving almost 16 million people in urgent need of humanitarian support amid continued threats posed by explosive remnants of war (ERWs). Stéphane Dujarric and the UN reported that ERWs have caused over 1,000 casualties since [...]
During a press conference Tuesday, the UN World Food Program (WFP) raised concerns about the humanitarian situation worsening in Haiti with the coming hurricane season. The WFP said that political instability, violence and food shortages in the country may be escalated by a single storm. Following a visit to Haiti, WFP regional director in Latin America [...]
