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“Fools, visionaries, sufferers from delusions, neurotics and lunatics have played great roles at all times in the history of mankind…Usually, they have wreaked havoc.” – Sigmund Freud, Thomas Woodrow Wilson: A Psychological Study US President Donald Trump’s policies are not just matters of domestic law, but also international law in that the Trump administration’s harmful [...]

When I read CNN’s piece about  a pro-Israel group sharing with the Trump administration a Palestine activist “deportation” list, I immediately thought of Edwin Black’s foreword in IBM and the Holocaust, in which he questioned where the Nazis got their lists in the first place. That got me thinking about Occupied France during World War [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed deep concern on Monday over the continued detention of Taiwanese publisher Li Yanhe in China since 2023, citing violations of freedom of expression, access to information, and the right to a fair trial. For nearly two years, no official information was released about his case until Chinese authorities revealed in [...]

  “In the end, we must depend upon creatures of our own making.” Goethe, Faust It’s clear and straightforward: the United States must avoid nuclear war or all other national obligations will become moot. It follows that all available fiscal and intellectual resources should be vested in this obligation. Prima facie, during the self-inflicted chaos [...]

UN officials called for an immediate ceasefire in Myanmar on Monday, three days after two powerful earthquakes struck the country, killing approximately 2,000 people and overwhelming the already fragile infrastructure. UN Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Marcoluigi Corsi issued a statement on behalf of the UN Country Team, expressing condolences to the victims and underscoring the [...]

The United Nations condemned Monday the killing of eight Palestinian paramedics, five civil defense first responders, and a UN staff member by Israeli forces in Rafah, southern Gaza. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher demanded “justice and answers,” calling the attack an unacceptable violation of international law. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reportedly recovered [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday for a Wisconsin Catholic charity requesting a religious exemption from an unemployment insurance tax. Catholic Charities Bureau, the petitioners, argued that Wisconsin law disfavored Catholic Charities because the organization served and hired non-Catholics and did not proselytize, meaning that they did not engage in typical religious activities. Justice [...]

Voice of America employees filed an emergency motion on Monday to obtain a temporary restraining order to halt the Trump administration’s efforts to implement sweeping cuts at the federally funded broadcaster. The plaintiffs allege in the motion that the layoffs violate the First Amendment by targeting Voice of America’s editorial independence and claim that the [...]

Facing recurrent cycles of terror-violence in a “state of nature,” Israel must defend itself in both law and strategy. Though generally unacknowledged, this dual-level defense could prove gainful not just for Israel, but also for other “civilized nations” in world politics. A patently core obligation, it is universal in scope and justice-seeking in objective. Multiple [...]

Amnesty International submitted on Monday its input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights regarding the effects of toxic exposure and access to justice. The report emphasized on the right to access to justice and effective remedies in the context of environmental degradation. Amnesty International’s report considers four cases of human rights [...]