UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on countries to move away from fossil fuels, and implement timelines for doing so. Citing the impending climate catastrophe, Guterres pointed out that fossil fuel companies are raking in record profits “while everyday people foot the bill.” The remarks come amid High-Level Week at the UN Headquarters in [...]

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday condemned the Bangladeshi Parliament for its introduction of a new legislation that reverses human rights protections and removes existing legal safeguards against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. Elaine Pearson, Asia director at HRW, stated: Tarique Rahman came to office promising reform, after protesters risked their lives to overthrow a government that [...]

The Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday found Mahamat Said Abdel Kani guilty of crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2013. Abdel Kani, a former commander of the Séléka militia coalition, was accused of orchestrating widespread attacks against civilians during the conflict in the country—and particularly [...]

The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) brought charges against a Rwandan official on Tuesday in relation to crimes committed against the Tutsi during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Dr. Vincent Brown, formerly known as Dr. Vincent Bajinya, was the head of the Department of Family Health within Rwanda’s National Office of Population at the start of [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Bethanie Carney Almroth, on Wednesday called for targeted efforts to prevent the spread of toxic pollution, moving away from current frameworks which only address its management after harm has already occurred. At a recent dialogue with [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Venezuelan authorities to take a human-rights centered approach to its disaster response, in the aftermath of the June 2026 earthquakes. On 24 June 2026, Venezuela was struck by two earthquakes, resulting in the destruction of buildings and infrastructure in highly populated areas, including Caracas. The earthquakes exacerbated an already severe [...]

Thirty-eight civil society organizations won leave Wednesday from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to file a brief telling the court that sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) are disrupting the work of groups the government has never designated and discouraging victims of crimes against humanity from turning to the Court. The brief [...]

“I’m scared of those women in chadors.” “There’s nothing to be scared of. Not all of them are supporters of the government. Look at my aunts. They dress like that.” “Yeah, but you can’t trust them. Look at the way they’re looking at me. I feel like they’re going to come and choke me. I’m [...]

In response to a request by various news outlets to restore their access to the White House, US President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday countered that “access to the White House is a privilege—not a right.” First, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that the journalists’ argument that they have been subject to viewpoint-based discrimination [...]

A jury in Burlington, Vermont, on Monday found Jason Eaton guilty of three counts of attempted second-degree murder stemming from the 2023 shooting of three Palestinian students attending college in the Northeast. The jury deliberated for only a few hours before rendering the guilty verdict, rejecting Eaton’s insanity defense. Eaton was convicted of attempted second-degree [...]