A UN expert on Wednesday warned that Argentinian President Javier Milei’s temporary judicial appointment by presidential decree would undermine the country’s judicial independence, democracy, and gender equality. UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite urged the Argentinian government to comply with its binding international human rights obligations, stating: “The Executive [...]

UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts on human rights expressed concerns Monday about the ongoing erosion of fundamental freedoms in the Slovak Republic, including the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. They urged the government to stop surveillance of political opponents and other actions in breach of international law. The experts pointed out [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected a request to overturn a Romanian court’s annulment of the presidential election, declaring the application inadmissible on Thursday in the case of Călin Georgescu v. Romania and ruled that the decision was final. The application was submitted on December 16, 2024, by Călin Georgescu, the main ultra-nationalist [...]

UN Human Rights Office expressed grave concerns on Monday concerning attacks on hospitals and abductions of patients by the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 during the ongoing armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Ravina Shamdasani, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson, stated that M23 rebels on February 28 raided CBCA Ndosho Hospital and [...]

Amnesty International urged Mozambique’s FRELIMO-led government on Thursday to launch investigations into alleged severe human rights violations committed amid the ongoing post-election crackdown and ensure effective reparation to victims and survivors. Violent confrontations between protesters and security forces broke out due to the announcement by Mozambique’s Constitutional Council that FRELIMO candidate Daniel Chapo had won [...]

Amnesty International and several civil society organizations jointly released a petition on Monday addressed to the National Assembly of Kenya, urging the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations to acknowledge and end abductions and renditions in Kenya. Petitioners recalled that in November 2024, prominent Ugandan opposition figure and former presidential candidate for the [...]

UN special rapporteurs on Friday called on all parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to treat the bodies of the deceased with respect and dignity and ensure proper documentation before burial. The experts stated: “We are deeply concerned about the reported burial of over 2000 bodies without proper identification [...]

The president of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís Nation (GTANW) in Peru on Monday denounced the use of local children as “human shields” to protect illegal mining activities and demanded the declaration of a state of emergency, according to local media. The Wampis Indigenous Nation has more than 10,000 inhabitants. In 2015, the [...]

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General welcomed Wednesday the release of the 25-member crew of the commercial vessel the MV Galaxy Leader by Yemen’s Houthi rebels after a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, stressing the importance of ending all maritime attacks and ensuring the freedom and safety of navigation [...]

Human rights organizations in Latin America issued a joint statement on Friday, expressing deep concern 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 [...]