The US Supreme Court on Monday revived a case on the fate of “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain,” a painting by French impressionist Camille Pissarro now worth millions. The court ordered that the case be reconsidered under a recently-passed California law intended to make it easier for Holocaust survivors and their families [...]
The spokesmperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, warned on Monday that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to worsen as the conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) escalates. Dujarric emphasized that humanitarian funding cuts have significantly contributed to the already dire humanitarian situation and stressed that the cessation [...]
Human beings rarely participate in world politics directly, but they do get involved as individual members of separate sovereign states. Normally, the expected costs and benefits of such indirect participation remain tangible expressions of secular considerations. Though far less decipherable and recognizable, these expressions may also include implicit promises of personal immortality. There is meaningful [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk informed attendees of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday of the continuous accessibility barriers that people with disabilities face, especially women. Volker Türk contended that the international community failed to uphold Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that [...]
The Kurdish Human Rights Network in Syria, along with several Kurdish human rights organizations, issued a strong condemnation of the ongoing violence in Syria’s coastal region, calling for an immediate halt to ethnic cleansing and sectarian-based atrocities. The country is witnessing violence between the new government and the supporters of the former Assad regime, following [...]
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student and legal US resident, who was transferred to a Louisiana detention facility following his arrest by immigration officials. The case has garnered intense media scrutiny due to Khalil’s legal immigration status in the US, and his arrest in the [...]
The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide on the constitutionality of state and local governments’ bans on “conversion therapy,” in a case from Colorado. Conversion therapy refers to the effort used to convert someone’s gender identity and sexual orientation. Conversion therapy was found by a Court of Appeals to be harmful, unsafe and [...]
UNRWA released a report Sunday on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories from February 26 to March 4, in which the agency demanded that Israel lift its Gaza blockade to allow essential humanitarian access in compliance with its international humanitarian law (IHL) obligations. The report also noted that the ongoing Israeli Defense Forces [...]
UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts on human rights expressed concerns Monday about the ongoing erosion of fundamental freedoms in the Slovak Republic, including the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. They urged the government to stop surveillance of political opponents and other actions in breach of international law. The experts pointed out [...]
INTERPOL Manila arrested the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, on Tuesday for the alleged crimes against humanity committed during his “war on drugs” campaign between 2011 and 2019. According to the Philippines Presidential Communication Office, INTERPOL Manila arrested Duterte at the airport upon his arrival from Hong Kong, after receiving an arrest warrant [...]
