The United Nations voted to renew the mandate of the independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) on Monday. The UN Human Rights Council adopted the resolution with 29 votes in favor, 15 votes against, and 3 abstentions in its 59th session. The renewal of the [...]

Planned Parenthood on Monday sued over a provision in Congress’ recently passed spending bill that denies Medicaid reimbursement funding to the organization and its affiliates for one year, potentially limiting services for millions. The organization warned of steep consequences if the provision is enforced, claiming: he Defund Provision will devastate Planned Parenthood Members, their patients, [...]

Over 30 human rights organizations and NGOs on Monday urged the United Nations and governments worldwide to hold Chinese officials to account for the continued systemic repression of human rights lawyers. The letter warned that as a result of the systemic crackdown on the legal profession, legal professionals’ and activists’ willingness to express their views [...]

Syeda Aamna Hasan is a recent Pakistani law graduate and LLM student currently working as a legal researcher.  Torrential monsoon rains have triggered devastating floods across Pakistan in recent days, leaving at least 18 people dead and dozens missing, as the country scrambles to contain the humanitarian fallout of yet another climate-induced disaster. The worst-hit [...]

Poland officially reintroduced temporary border controls on Monday along its borders with Germany and Lithuania, as part of a more restrictive border policy toward migrants. Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed that the Polish Border Guard will conduct checks at 16 points along the Polish-German border and three points along the border with [...]

The UN criticized Germany on Friday over its plans to deport Afghans back to their country, which remains under the harsh rule of the Taliban regime. This comes after German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt unveiled his plans to speak directly with the Taliban to make deportations to Afghanistan possible. Ravina Shamdasani, speaking for the Office [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned Russia’s largest wave of drone and missile attacks in Ukraine, especially noting strikes that disrupted the power supply to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), endangering nuclear safety. Guterres, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, said: The Secretary-General is alarmed by this dangerous escalation and the [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear cases over state policies concerning the public school-funded sports teams that transgender students may join. The plaintiffs, two transgender women students named Lindsay Hecox and Becky Pepper-Jackson (BPJ), sued Idaho and West Virginia officials, respectively, on the basis of Title IX and Equal Protection Clause violations. They sought [...]

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs placed Nikolai Polozov, a lawyer currently residing in Ukraine, and Alla Konstantinova, a journalist with the dissident news website Mediazona, on a wanted list on Friday, according to local media. Both individuals have previously been marked as “foreign agents.” Charges against Polozov are not known yet. In December 2024, [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Friday that humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are escalating rapidly as over 1.4 million people, mostly returnees from Iran and Pakistan, have entered the country in 2025 alone. According to UNHCR’s Afghanistan representative Arafat Jamal, the scale and speed of these returns are straining the agency’s [...]