The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan warned Friday that senior political and military leaders are driving South Sudan toward renewed full-scale war, citing ongoing aerial bombardment, sexual violence, forced recruitment of children, and ethnically targeted attacks that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Revitalized Agreement on the [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, on Friday released a report detailing systemic restriction of access to the healthcare system for Afghan women. Bennet found that the Taliban imposed gender-oppressive policies, including limits on their rights to access education, work, and freedom of movement. The report asserts that [...]

Two transgender Kansas residents on Friday filed a lawsuit in state court, asking the judge to strike down the recent law that immediately invalidates the driver’s license of anyone whose gender on their license does not match the one assigned at birth. The lawsuit challenging bill SB 244 was filed on behalf of anonymous plaintiffs [...]

Amnesty International on Friday pressed for Algerian authorities to ensure that the retrial of 94 people in the events of August 2021 in the Kabylie region complies with international human rights safeguards, emphasizing opposition to use the death penalty and warning against any form of torture. The retrial, opening this week at the Algiers Court [...]

Editor’s Note: This op-ed was submitted to JURIST prior to the joint US-Israeli military strikes on Iran that began on February 28, 2026. The author is based in Tehran. JURIST has confirmed that he is safe. Due to ongoing internet disruptions and security conditions on the ground, he is currently unable to file. He will [...]

A UN expert called attention to the critical role of local Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) volunteers in delivering life-saving aid amid a brutal war in Sudan on Friday, stressing f0r more support. The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan has raged for approximately three years, marked by [...]

Amnesty International on Friday warned that recent flooding in Mozambique underscores widening global inequalities in climate responsibility, as major emitting states scale back both environmental protections and international cooperation. The organization said communities in Mozambique are facing repeated climate disasters, with heavy rains displacing thousands and damaging infrastructure in low-lying coastal regions, where recovery remains [...]

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Saturday condemned Israeli and US strikes across Iran and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory attacks, warning that the escalation risks a wider regional conflict and reiterating that international law requires the protection of civilians and accountability for violations. In a statement delivered in Geneva, Türk said he “deplore the military [...]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on Thursday to dismiss the human smuggling charges against him.  He accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of vindictive prosecution, saying that the Trump Administration is pursuing the case because it was ordered to return him to the United States. Abrego Garcia [...]

Amnesty International said Thursday that since December 2025, Israeli authorities have intentionally implemented measures aimed at dispossessing Palestinians in the West Bank and rendering the occupied territory’s annexation irreversible. Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns Erika Guevara-Rosas said the lack of international accountability, global impunity, and continued US support have emboldened Israeli authorities [...]