Israel court sentences two minors for Palestinian teenager's death
An Israeli court on Thursday sentenced two minors for the murder of a Palestinian teenager. The court sentenced one of the minors to life in prison while the other received 21 years as they were believed to have had a...
UN report: 'shocking' crimes committed by all sides in South Sudan conflict
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported Thursday that "shocking crimes" have been committed by all sides in the war-torn South Sudan. The report said that extra-judicial killings, disappearances, gang-rapes, sexual...
UN rights expert resigns over denial of access to Occupied Palestinian Territory
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Makarim Wibisono , resigned from his position Monday, saying that Israel has not granted him access to the Occupied Palestinian Territory after repeated...
An Islamic State (IS) fatwa was released on Tuesday that provides rules for when "owners" of women enslaved by IS may have sex with those captured women. The ruling was issued by IS theologians and includes...
Charges to be raised against Jewish extremists suspected of deadly arson
Months after a deadly July arson attack that left an 18-month old Palestinian and his parents dead, the Israeli government is making moves to prosecute the Jewish extremists suspected to have...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights Office (OHCHR) announced on Friday that it has received reports that human rights violations against Sunni Arab communities by Iraqi and Kurdish security forces are...
UN SG condemns human rights violations against children in Iraq
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned rights violations against the of children in Iraq by the Islamic State (IS). Ban stated, "I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the continuous grave...
JURIST guest columnist Warren Binford of Willamette University College of Law discusses the Children's Bill of Rights... Earlier this month, three House Democrats in the US Congress introduced a resolution calling for the establishment of a Children's Bill of...
African Union: War crimes committed by both sides in South Sudan conflict
The African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) released its report on the South Sudan conflict Tuesday concluding that both sides committed war crimes. The commission found that the South Sudan government and rebels...
Amnesty International (AI) announced Tuesday it is setting up an office in Nigeria to investigate human rights abuses. In a showing of "solidarity with the victims of human rights violations," AI has established a permanent...
