A UN expert stated on Monday that there is still hope to improve the situation in Haiti and restore national security amid shifting gang frontlines, emphasizing the UN’s commitment to monitor human rights and support authorities in combating gang violence. The statement followed the liberation of territory from gangs through heightened police presence, indicating progress [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Monday granted the government’s motion to stay a lower court order, which prohibited the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from removing migrants to third countries. The court did not explain its order, stating only: “Defendants’ emergency motion for stay pending appeal is granted.” The grant [...]

Do you approve the text of the law revising Articles 87, paragraph 10, 102, paragraph 1, 104, 105, 106, paragraph 3, 107, paragraph 1, and 110 of the Constitution, approved by Parliament and published in the Official Gazette no. 253 of 30 October 2025 under the title ‘Provisions Governing the Judicial System and the Establishment [...]

A scientist, whether theorist or experimenter, puts forward statements or systems of statements, and tests them step by step. Karl R. Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1959) In the many-sided conflict now underway against Iran (i.e., simultaneous and complementary operations led by the United States and Israel), little concern has been expressed for a [...]

Myanmar’s parliament convened for the first time in five years Monday, marking a formal restoration of legislative proceedings in the country following widely contested national elections held by the military junta government. The reopening of the legislature has raised important legal questions regarding the constitutional framework of governance, the legality of the elections held under [...]

Ecuador has failed to comply with key provisions of an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) order to protect the Tagaeri and Taromenane Indigenous peoples from oil facilities in Yasuní National Park, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. José Rodríguez Orúe, practitioner-in-residence at HRW, called for the immediate halt to drilling activities in the area, stating: [...]

At the 2026 Green Growth Summit on Monday, UN experts took the opportunity to promote renewable energy in the midst of the global oil panic, urging Europe to not miss an opportunity to invest in green energy. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, reiterated the accessible and stable aspects [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday raised concerns that El Salvador’s government is arbitrarily detaining and forcibly disappearing Salvadorans deported from the US.   HRW reported that between mid-March and mid-October 2025, 11 Salvadoran men deported from the US to El Salvador were immediately detained, and denied contact with relatives or lawyers. Interviews with 20 relatives [...]

The Toronto Al-Quds Day rally proceeded as planned on Saturday after the Ontario Superior Court rejected the Ontario attorney general’s request for an injunction against it. In his ruling, Judge Robert Centa held that: The right to assemble and speak freely must be maintained in times of global conflict. Perhaps at no other time is the [...]

The UN special rapporteur for Myanmar on Friday called on the UN Human Rights Council to increase human rights safeguards in junta-controlled country, contending that the cost of international inaction is a death sentence for millions. Rapporteur Tom Andrews spoke on continued disruptions to the international order and their repercussions, particularly when addressing human rights [...]