UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, on Saturday called for senior EU officials to face prosecution for their alleged complicity in war crimes committed by Israel during its ongoing assault on Gaza. In a series of interviews and reports, Albanese has repeatedly accused EU leaders—particularly European Commission [...]

The battle over whether parents should have more control over their children’s social media accounts is far from over and may actually be heating up. On April 16, 2025, a federal judge permanently blocked Ohio’s so-called teen social media law, which had been scheduled to take effect in January 2024. Ohio is not the only [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report on Sunday urging Malaysia’s Sarawak state to protect Indigenous rights after a company logged timber without the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of an Indigenous Iban community. HRW asked Sarawak to “enforce their laws that regulate the trade of wood products” and for “international buyers of Malaysian [...]

A group of independent human rights experts on Monday urged the release of political detainees with disabilities and serious health conditions in Belarus, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported. The group of experts said the Belarusian government should consider the immediate release or non-custodial sanctions for persons with disabilities detained in the context of [...]

A recent California appellate decision has thrown into doubt one of the most fundamental principles of corporate law: that shareholders, even when passive, have legal rights that are enforceable and protected. By denying recovery to a publicly held company defrauded by its own CEO—and by treating that CEO’s fraud as the company’s own—the court effectively [...]

Hungary announced its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the beginning of April, an announcement that coincided with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the country’s capital. The visit took place amid a pending warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest issued by the ICC last November. The ICC’s Rome Statute obligates all [...]

The UK Court of Appeal upheld a ruling Friday that found 2023 protest regulations unlawful, marking a critical blow to legislation that civil liberties groups said undermined the right to protest and bypassed the will of Parliament. The case, brought by the National Council for Civil Liberties (Liberty), argued that then Home Secretary Suella Braverman [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14230, which had targeted the law firm Perkins Coie LLP with sweeping federal penalties. In a 102-page opinion, Judge Beryl Howell condemned the order as a flagrant abuse of executive power and an unconstitutional [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday condemned the violence against civilians in Syria as well as Israel’s violations of Syria’s sovereignty, following airstrikes near the presidential palace in Damascus. Through a statement from spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, the UN chief expressed concern over the violence in the suburbs of Damascus, including assassinations of local administration figures. [...]

Amnesty International (AI) urged India on Friday to immediately “implement a clear, inclusive and time‑bound plan for the safe and voluntary return of communities” displaced by two years of ethnic violence in Manipur. As of Thursday, more than 58,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from both the majority Meitei and tribal Kuki‑Zo communities remain housed in [...]