The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) stated on Wednesday that it will monitor the Italian-Albanian protocol to ensure its compliance with human rights and international law. The protocol approved by Albania’s Constitutional Court in January of this year will permit Italy to process migrants in Albania seeking asylum in the Italian peninsula. The UNHCR has been [...]

The UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela urged Monday for the government to end the repression that began following the country’s disputed presidential elections of July 28, 2024. In its press release, the UN independent mission recognized 23 deaths during protests, most of which were caused by gunfire. Chair of the mission, Marta Valiñas, [...]

The Public Ministry of Venezuela will commence a criminal investigation against opposition leaders Edmundo González and María Corina Machado, the attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, announced on Monday. The official communication by the Ministry accuses the two opposition leaders of usurpation of official functions, dissemination of false information to cause uneasiness, instigating disobedience [...]

The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act officially enters into force on Thursday. This AI Act is the first legislation on artificial intelligence in the world. The European Commission first drafted the EU AI Act in 2021. After amendments by the European Parliament and the Council, the final version of the act or Regulation 2024/1689 [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday ruled that France’s criminalization of the sale and purchase of sexual acts/prostitution does not constitute a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The case M.A. and Others v France was ruled unanimously. A total of 261 applicants complained against Law [...]

Egyptian security forces have detained 119 people, including at least one child, since the start of July for participating in anti-government protests, human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International reported Thursday. In recent weeks, frustrations about price hikes and power cuts have fueled demonstrations and calls for revolution against the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah [...]

The Council of the European Union sanctioned extremist Israeli settlers and violent activists blocking aid efforts to Gaza under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime on Monday. The Council found five Israeli individuals who settled in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem regions and three entities responsible for systematic human rights abuses against Palestinians. [...]

The UN Security Council unanimously voted on Monday to extend the mandate of the body monitoring the ceasefire agreement in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah Governorate, the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA). The Security Council adopted Resolution 2742 (2024), allowing the mission to act until July 14, 2025. With the new resolution, it [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged allies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to “break their silence” regarding the mass trial of 84 political opponents and defenders of human rights on Wednesday. In December 2023, the UAE brought new charges against 84 activists and dissidents under its counterterrorism law. As confirmed by the Emirates News Agency [...]

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported on Monday that an estimated 84,000 people had to escape Eastern Gaza as a result of the ongoing military conflict. Heavy bombardments in the eastern Shujaiya district and denied access to an aid distribution hub aggravated the situation. According to [...]