A UN report released Thursday documented Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities and medical personnel in the Gaza Strip in violation of international human rights laws, calling the attacks war crimes and crimes against humanity. The report, written by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, also [...]

The UN Human Rights Council on Monday renewed the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan, stressing its condemnation of the ongoing conflict between the parties and its concern about the humanitarian crisis in the country. The resolution was adopted by a recorded vote of 23 to 12, an uptick from last year’s [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday called on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to commence negotiations on a global treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity. The group said UNGA must attempt to solidify and strengthen the existing international framework in order to deliver justice more efficiently. Although specific crimes such as genocide are covered [...]

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 [...]

US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday approved the release of redacted evidence against former President Donald Trump in his federal election interference case. The order’s timing is significant; it comes less than one month prior to the 2024 elections, in which Trump is the Republican candidate, and in the aftermath of a US [...]

The Fukuoka High Court of Japan upheld the constitutionality of a law that forces Japanese citizens to give up their citizenship if they acquire citizenship in any other country on Thursday. The case was heard on appeal from the Fukuoka district court, after the petitioner Yuri Konto’s failed challenge against the Japanese Nationality Law. The [...]

The US Department of Justice announced Thursday that TD Bank has pled guilty to violations of the Bank Secrecy Act for “willful failure to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering program.” The guilty plea acknowledges TD Bank’s fundamental failures to uphold its legal obligations and the harm caused to the public and the US financial system. [...]

The United Nations and the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) raised concerns in a press release on Thursday over Guinean civil society activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah’s disappearance, as experts say they could face torture, mistreatment, and even extra-judicial execution. The UN and ACHPR experts stressed that Guinea authorities’ failure to [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday criticized a recent United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution regarding Afghanistan, joining other rights groups in asserting that the resolution fails to hold human rights abusers in the country accountable. Amnesty International’s Regional Director for South Asia Smriti Singh criticized the resolution for failing to establish an “independent international accountability [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered a judgment on Thursday finding a violation of the right to life in the case of a 45-year-old woman suffering from an intellectual disability who died while residing in a state-run Hungarian care home. The court cited an inadequate response to alarming conditions in its decision. The [...]