The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) informed the UN Security Council on Monday that phase one of the departure of the UN-DRC peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, had been completed on June 25, but the DRC’s representative stressed that the next withdrawal phase will be addressed when conditions permit, with no further information on the timeline [...]

Another mass grave is reported to have been found in the desert along the Libya-Tunisia border, UN Human Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk confirmed in an address to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday. The mass grave would be the second found in Libya this year. During his address, Türk committed [...]

The United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced Monday a resolution agreement with Brown University to ensure compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for alleged harassment of students with Jewish, Palestinian, Arab, and or/Muslim ancestry. Brown University named four key priorities under which it would revise policies [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Russia’s termination of a foster parents’ custody agreement due to the foster parent’s sexual and gender identity violated the European Convention on Human Rights. The court determined that the right to privacy of family life, as protected by Article 8 of the European Convention [...]

Indian local authorities detained two anti-dam activists as a precautionary measure on Monday Hours before Union Minister of Power and Housing and Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal, embarked on his maiden state visit to Arunachal Pradesh, a state in north-eastern India. During the Union Power Minister’s visit to Itanagar, authorities held activist lawyer Ebo Mili and Siang [...]

United Nations (UN) experts as part of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council declared on Tuesday that famine has undoubtedly spread throughout the Gaza Strip. The expert declaration follows the deaths of three more Palestinian children in May and June. Six-month-old Fayez Ataya, 13-year-old Abdulqader Al-Serhi, and nine-year-old Ahmad Abu Reida were all [...]

Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that a Saudi Arabia court sentenced 47-year-old Saudi teacher Asaad al-Ghamdi to 20 years in prison over charges relating to his social media activity. Asaad al-Ghamdi is the brother of Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, a government critic living in the UK. Human Rights Watch said that Saudi authorities often [...]

The missile attacks that hit Ukraine on Monday morning were likely caused by a direct hit from Russia, the head of the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Danielle Bell, said on Tuesday. Although video footage was analyzed and an assessment was made at the site of the incident, further investigations are necessary. Bell stated [...]

Russia’s Basmanyy District Court issued an arrest warrant for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, on Tuesday, accusing her of being part of an “extremist” group. Navalnaya, who is currently residing outside Russia, would face immediate arrest should she decide to return. Navalnaya was charged under part 2 of Article 282.1 of [...]

New York University (NYU) announced a settlement reached in a federal antisemitism lawsuit brought by Jewish students in a joint statement issued on Tuesday. NYU juniors Bella Ingber, Sabrina Maslavi, and Saul Tawil filed the lawsuit on November 14 in Manhattan federal court, accusing the university of fostering an environment of antisemitism and failing to [...]