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Chile filed a declaration of intervention Friday in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The South American country submitted its declaration under Article 63 of the Statute of the ICJ, which gives states a right to intervene in the interpretation of a multilateral convention. Chile’s intervention emphasizes several [...]

The US and Guatemala governments announced on Thursday that Nicaragua has released 135 political prisoners on humanitarian grounds after months of negotiations between the US and Nicaragua. The US also facilitated the voluntary transfer of political prisoners from Nicaragua to Guatemala. In a joint statement, the US and Guatemala clarified that the released political prisoners [...]

A UN report released on Tuesday decries a deteriorating human rights situation from June 15, 2023, to June 15 of this year in Nicaragua. The report, issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), details events assembled through 120 interviews, primarily with victims and witnesses, as well as 106 meetings with [...]

“An intentional act of injustice is an injury. A Nation has therefore the right to punish it…. This right to resist injustice is derived from the right of self-protection.” Emmerich de Vattel, The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law 1758) Israel’s law-based conflict with Hezbollah and Hamas terrorism is grounded in the [...]

Libya’s Attorney General on Monday announced the arrest of an unnamed aviation executive for illegally transporting migrants from Libya to Nicaragua. The executive, business director for Libya’s Ghadames Air, was accused of committing activities that were “harmful to the interests” of the Libyan state. An investigation revealed that planes from Libya’s Ghadames Air were illegally [...]

The Chilean government confirmed Friday the arrest in Costa Rica of a suspect in the kidnapping and murder of Ronald Ojeda, a former Venezuelan military officer and dissident who was living as a refugee in Chile. The apprehension was executed in response to an Interpol red notice, prompting the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs to [...]

Nicaragua on Tuesday ordered the closure and seizure of assets of Radio Maria, a Catholic radio station run by prominent government critic Bishop Rolando Alvarez. Alvarez was exiled to the Vatican after being released from house arrest on treason charges. The decision by the interior ministry was announced via the government’s official gazette. Taking full [...]

Amnesty International on Friday raised alarm regarding a wave of legal initiatives across the Americas that threaten to curtail the activities of civil society organizations. These measures, currently under consideration in Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, pose severe risks to the promotion and defense of human rights in the region. Peru’s congress is rapidly advancing legislation [...]

The right to abortion has remained under threat in the US over the past two years, according to a statement released Thursday by Amnesty International. The rights group noted that millions of Americans have been deprived of the human right to an abortion in the two years since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. [...]

Germany’s Berlin Administrative Court dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday in which several Palestinian applicants sought to prohibit the German government from supplying arms to Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The motion was supported by several human rights organizations, including the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human [...]