The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on Tuesday has alerted the public that the use of data-intensive technologies, specifically artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, is growing faster than the current electricity infrastructure can handle. While a data centre facility can be built and connected to the grid and the general public within two [...]

The UN expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, George Katrougalos, on Tuesday called on world leaders to strengthen human rights through “embedded multipolarity,” warning that increasing unilateral coercive measures and geopolitical fragmentation were weakening the UN Charter. In his latest report presented to the Human Rights Council, Katrougalos described the [...]

A UN expert on Monday warned that Israel’s ongoing rubble-clearing operations in Gaza involve the removal, relocation and crushing of debris in a manner that could serve to obscure evidence of potential human rights violations atrocity crimes. Commenting on the importance of exercising caution in large-scale efforts to remove rubble, Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk on Monday warned that AI could become impossible for humans to control without proper protective measures, suggesting that the technology may become so powerful on its own that developers would gradually lose control over it. In his opening statement to a global update delivered at the 63rd session [...]

US Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh on Tuesday denied Missouri’s emergency request to use a redrawn congressional map for November’s midterm elections, leaving in place a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that bars the new districts from taking effect until voters weigh in. Kavanaugh issued the order in Hoskins v. von Glahn, without referring the matter to [...]

UN experts on Monday issued a press release strongly urging both the governments of the United States and the state of Tennessee to call a halt to the execution of Christa Pike, a woman who, at the age of 21, was sentenced to death row for a crime she committed as a teenager. In highlighting [...]

The UN announced on Monday that addressing air pollution and climate change concurrently can save lives, reduce global warming, and generate around $15 in economic benefit for every dollar invested, based on a report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and Clear Air Coalition (CCAC). The CCAC’s assessment indicated that coordinated efforts to [...]

Human Rights Watch on Monday called on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to publicly challenge the United Arab Emirates’ human rights record and its role in fueling atrocities in Sudan ahead of UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s scheduled visit to Berlin on September 10, 2026. The visit was expected [...]

The Trump administration on Sunday appealed for the third time to the US Supreme Court, asking the justices to approve the president’s plan for mail-in ballots under the United States Postal Service (USPS) “Ballot Mail for Federal Elections” rule. In the emergency application, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to allow USPS to [...]

Germany on Monday challenged Nicaragua’s claims that it has breached international obligations by supplying weapons to Israel, asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss the case brought against it. Germany responded to proceedings instituted by Nicaragua in 2024 alleging that Germany breached the Genocide Convention, multiple Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols, and other [...]