A human rights watchdog in the Philippines on Monday declared its “full support” for the passage of a proposed internet safety education bill protecting children from online sexual abuse and exploitation. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), an independent National Human Rights Institution, expressed its approval of the newly introduced Senate Bill (SB) 2934. The [...]

The Constitutional Court of Romania unanimously decided on Tuesday to deny the candidacy of independent leader Călin Georgescu in the upcoming election. This decision irrevocably rejects Georgescu’s appeal of the nullification of his candidacy by the Central Election Bureau (BEC) two days earlier. The reasoning cited by the court was a failure in his constitutional [...]

A group of US probationary government employees who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal workforce filed a lawsuit Tuesday, claiming the mass firings were illegal and should be reversed. The lawsuit was filed by employees from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of the Treasury, the Department [...]

The High Court of Australia rejected the Commonwealth of Australia’s appeal in a historic case concerning a native title compensation claim, ruling in favor of the Indigenous Gumatj Clan on Wednesday. The High Court delivered its decision in the Commonwealth of Australia v Yunupingu (on behalf of the Gumatj Clan or Estate Group) & Ors. [...]

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a set of decisions on Tuesday for the Russian authorities to follow concerning the situation in Crimea. The Committee of Ministers issued the decisions following meetings between March 4 and 6, 2025. In the meetings, the Committee of Ministers urged Russian authorities to restore Ukrainian [...]

A federal judge in Boston granted a temporary restraining order on Tuesday, requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to reinstate the hundreds of millions of dollars of canceled funding earmarked for teacher training programs  across the US. In his opinion, US District Judge Myong J. Joun found that cuts ordered by the Department of Education (DOE) in [...]

The UN Human Rights spokesperson on Syria confirmed the deaths of 111 Syrian civilians in recent mass killings, in a Geneva press briefing on Tuesday. The spokesperson remarked that the true number is believed to be “significantly higher.” The spokesperson, Thameen Al Kheetan, said that the office is currently working on verifying and documenting civilian [...]

An UN spokesperson announced Tuesday that USAID funding cancellations have resulted in the closure of a UN human rights program intended on helping torture victims and the families of missing persons in Iraq. Speaking to the media at a Geneva press conference, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani stated, [...]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned about the increasing backlash against women’s rights worldwide on Tuesday. At the ongoing 69th Commission on the Status of Women, Guterres called for urgent action to safeguard hard-won progress. Guterres warned: Women’s organizations and civil society played a major role in securing those gains. I applaud your efforts. Yet, [...]

A group of 20 human rights organizations said on Monday that Bulgarian authorities should suspend plans to deport Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi to Saudi Arabia and allow his resettlement to a third country. Al-Khalidi has been a human rights defender and prisoners’ rights advocate for over a decade. After fleeing Saudi Arabia in [...]