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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the escalating violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, near the border with Venezuela, where armed groups have committed severe human rights abuses and displaced tens of thousands of residents. The organization called for immediate measures to protect civilians and ensure accountability for the atrocities committed by these groups, including [...]

UN experts urged the Colombian government on Thursday to protect its civilians and called on the non-state armed groups to cease their attacks against the civilians, after the escalation of the conflict in the Catatumbo region of the Department of Norte de Santander. The experts noted that the conflict, which began on 16th January, has [...]

Edited by: James Joseph | Managing Editor for Long-Form Content In this article for International Women’s Day,  Alexis Boddy – JURIST UK correspondent, reports on the Equality Now report which highlights the persistence of sexist laws worldwide, thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, with significant rollback of women’s [...]

The EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) reported on Monday that asylum applications across the EU+ (the EU member states plus Norway and Switzerland) decreased by 11 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year. The decline interrupted a three-year trend of applications exceeding one million annually. The report attributed the drop primarily to a shift [...]

Seventy-nine member states of the Rome State of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reaffirmed their “unwavering support” for the court’s operation, in a joint statement issued on Friday. The statement said that “the court serves as a vital pillar of the international justice system by ensuring accountability for the most serious international crimes, and justice [...]

Delegates of nine nations on Friday gathered to form the Hague Group and coordinate legal, diplomatic and economic measures against Israel’s violations of international law in the State of Palestine. These countries include Belize, Cuba, Namibia, Honduras, Senegal, South Africa, Colombia, Bolivia and Malaysia. The group in their inaugural joint statement affirmed their position to [...]

Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared a state of emergency in Catatumbo region Friday in response to escalating violence between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and “dissident” factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The declaration grants Petro special powers for 90 days and allows the government to impose curfews and traffic restrictions to [...]

Human rights organizations, including the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), have urged an immediate end to the violence between illegal armed groups in the northeast Colombian region of Catatumbo. WOLA joined the Colombian movement “Defendamos la Paz” in a call for armed groups in Catatumbo to end their conflict. In a statement issued Sunday, [...]

Various diplomatic premises of the Republic of Venezuela were attacked in several countries, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto said on Monday. Images of the apparent vandalism released by Yvan Gil Pinto show a Venezuelan flag hanging from a building spray-painted with the word “Edmundo,” the first name of the opposition candidate Edmundo González. González [...]

Ireland officially submitted a declaration of intervention on Monday in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case initiated by South Africa against Israel, concerning allegations of genocide in Gaza. In its declaration, Ireland condemned the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, labeling them as reprehensible acts of terror and severe breaches of international law. [...]