Human rights organizations in Latin America issued a joint statement on Friday, expressing deep concerns about the systematic non-compliance of several Latin American states with international human rights, sexual rights, and reproductive rights (SRHR) obligations. SRHR are fundamental rights protected by a range of international and regional human rights treaties and in national laws and [...]

The Republic of Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated on Thursday at the regular cabinet meeting that the government has approved a bill to launch the European Union accession process,. The Cabinet also proposed some amendments to keep the bill in line with the law on normative legal acts. The bill will be debated in [...]

The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated on Thursday that Israeli warplanes bombed a van belonging to journalists who worked for the Al-Quds Al-Youm television channel in front of Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat town of the central Gaza Strip overnight, resulting in the death of five journalists. Although the vehicle was visibly marked with the press [...]

The UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday issued an investigation report on a massacre carried out by the Wharf Jérémie criminal gang in Port-au-Prince between December 6 and 11. They noted at least 207 people (134 men and 73 women) were [...]

UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo on Wednesday expressed deep concerns about the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, emphasizing that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) is continuing to carry out a five-year military plan launched in January 2021 rather than complying with its international obligations. DiCarlo noted that the constant nuclear program includes [...]

France’s supreme court, the Cour de Cassation, upheld a Paris Court of Appeals ruling on Wednesday, confirming the conviction of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, sentencing him to a year under electronic monitoring. Sarkozy, who served as France’s president from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty in March 2021 by [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday reported ongoing threats against Afghan women who had served in the police under the former government. While the current Taliban authorities are held responsible for these threats, the report also notes that policewomen faced sexual abuse and harassment while serving under the former government. The report urges countries that [...]

The leader of Hungary’s largest opposition party, Péter Magyar, organized a protest in Budapest on Saturday at the headquarters of the country’s public broadcaster (MTVA) against the government’s influence over media in Hungary. The organizers, including many followers of Magyar’s Tisza party, played an audio recording and a documentary which alleged that journalists were threatened [...]

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that multiple provisions of the country’s Federal Criminal Police Office Act (BKA Act) are unconstitutional because they infringe upon citizens’ privacy rights. The Society for Civil Rights e.V. (Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V. or “GFF”), a German donor-funded organization, challenged the act in court, asserting that the anti-terrorist surveillance and [...]

Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig said in an interview on Monday that he suffered psychological torture during his detention by Chinese authorities. Kovrig and Canadian businessman, Michael Spavor, were arrested in December 2018, shortly after the arrest and detention of Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou, at a Vancouver airport by Canadian officials became public. In 2020, The [...]