Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged Argentine authorities to investigate security forces’ “excessive” use of force in quelling a protest led by pensioners advocating for greater access to pensions, medical care, and other social safety nets. HRW Americas Director Juanita Goebertus stated: “There is strong evidence that members of the security forces responded with [...]

Massachusetts state and local elected officials, including Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, joined Tufts University on Thursday in calls for the immediate release of doctoral student, Rumeysa Ozturk. The university maintains that Ozturk did not violate any Tufts’ policy while Massachusetts officials have accused the federal government of violating Ozturk’s free speech and due process rights. [...]

UN human rights experts on Friday called on Pakistan to stop displacing Afghans from the cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and further urged authorities not to deport individuals to Afghanistan. The UN experts urged the Pakistani government to continue its role as a neighboring host country for Afghan refugees. The experts stated: “We urge Pakistan [...]

During the War on Terror, force drift was explained to me as the concept that increasing levels of force are seen to be reasonable and there is an almost unstoppable drifting toward the use of more and more force.  Absent clear rules of engagement and without strong leadership, force drift is inevitable. Maybe these days [...]

A US federal judge on Thursday refused to block the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from denying funding to projects deemed to “promote gender ideology,” saying the agency has temporarily abandoned those prohibitions and is in the midst of re-evaluating them. In a 47-page ruling, Senior US District Judge William E. Smith denied a [...]

Nicaragua withdrew its application to intervene in the proceedings of South Africa v Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday without citing any reason behind its decision. The initial application was made under Article 36, paragraph 1 and Article 62 of the Statute of the Court. The case, which was related to [...]

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a press conference on Thursday with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Hungary will leave the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Former Defence Minster Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity, namely using “starvation as a method of warfare” and [...]

UK Attorney General Richard Hermer on Wednesday expressed concerns over personal attacks on judges, stating such actions pose a threat to the rule of law and judicial independence. His remark concerns the tension with the home secretary over how the right to private and family life free from interference from the state under Article 8 [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a bid by South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid coverage since it performs abortions. The petitioners, South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services, raised several issues of interpretation of the federal Medicaid Act. They argued that the provision did not use [...]