In June, Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, called for an “all tools” approach to challenge and dismantle the Taliban’s institutionalized system of gender oppression and hold those responsible accountable in his report to the Human Rights Council. Despite international efforts and pressure on the Taliban to reverse [...]

Amnesty International has condemned the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) in a Tuesday report for authorizing the Internal Security Agency (ISA) to increase crackdown on dissidents. Amnesty International interviewed detainees, including family, lawyers, and activists, and stated that the suppression of political rivals and activists has resulted in human rights abuses and two suspicious deaths [...]

The New Zealand government on Wednesday revealed its plans to move forward with drafting a controversial bill that would redefine the nation’s founding document, te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi, despite official advice opposing the policy. Associate Justice Minister David Seymour, leader of the ACT New Zealand Party who secured support for the Treaty [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Tuesday that Libya’s authorities have not provided proper support to those affected by last year’s floods in the city of Derna. According to the organization, this has severely affected compensation and rebuilding efforts, as infrastructure remains unbuilt and thousands of people are unable to return home. Floods struck the [...]

Three journalist organizations filed a complaint against German authorities with the country’s Federal Constitutional Court, local media reported on Wednesday. The complaint concerns investigators’ wiretapping of phone calls between journalists and climate activists. This constitutional complaint follows two previous verdicts issued by Munich’s District Court and Munich’s Regional Court. The three associations that filed the [...]

Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced on Tuesday the suspension of 30 permits for arms sales to Israel and the unprecedented blocking of a contract with the US Government to send Quebec-made ammunition to the Israeli Defense Forces, according to local, media. The Canadian arm of General Dynamics, a US-based corporation, had produced the [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that Russia had violated an citizens’ right to freedom of assembly and free speech on Tuesday. The applicants in the case were subject to administrative sanctions for violating the Public Events Act. Russian courts convicted all parties for holding public events without prior approval from municipal authorities. [...]

Iran marked two years after the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising on Wednesday, with rights organization Amnesty International issuing a statement commemorating the anniversary and highlighting human rights abuses that have occurred in the protests’ aftermath. The “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests began as a response to police brutality against women after Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old [...]

The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) condemned the US House of Representatives on Wednesday for using its Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act to “slander laws on safeguarding national security” and “smear the human rights situation” in Hong Kong. The bill, which passed the House 413-3, seeks to [...]

The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal found that social media platform Facebook violated statutory obligations for data protection and meaningful consent created by Canada’s primary legislation on the use of personal information by corporations, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Following an investigation into Facebook’s personal data-sharing practices, the Privacy Commissioner of [...]