UN racial justice experts on Tuesday found broad impunity persists for officials who have used excessive force against Africans or people of African descent around the world, preventing victims from receiving justice or reparations and enabling the repetition of these behaviors. The Human Rights Council-mandated panel of experts analyzed information compiled in the recent annual [...]
California became the fifth state in the US to ban universities from admitting students based on family connections or donations after Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had signed AB 1780 into law. The law, proposed by Democratic state assemblyman Phil Ting, would prevent independent institutions of higher education from giving preferential consideration for legacies [...]
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) filed an application before the Inter-Amercian Court of Human Rights against Paraguay for violation of the right to freedom of expression and judicial guarantees of Paraguayan journalist Aldo Zuccolillo Moscarda, according to a press release published on Monday. The application is related to a case that started in [...]
Fulton Superior Judge Robert McBurney of the Georgia Fifth Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit ruled on Monday that the ban on abortions six weeks into pregnancy is unconstitutional. Judge McBurney overturned Georgia’s 2019 Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act, which was passed in April of 2019 and barred abortions past six weeks. Exceptions existed [...]
Two Ontario First Nations bands — Oneida of the Thames and the Sandy Lake First Nation — have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Ontario provincial government alleging discriminatory underfunding of fire protection services. Per a CBC report, the lack of proper funding is cited by the bands as being responsible for the disproportionately high [...]
The Supreme Court of India criticized current Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in an order on Monday for making public statements about a case pending before the court. The CM claimed that animal fat instead of ghee (clarified butter) was used in laddoos (an Indian sweet) offered at the Tirumala Tirupati Hindu temple. [...]
Iran launched scores of ballistic missiles into Israeli territory on Tuesday, in what it described as an exercise of its “legitimate right to self-defense under the UN Charter.” The attack came hours after Israel announced a ground incursion into Lebanon, and as UN experts warned of the dire consequences of regional hostilities. In a statement, [...]
HRW denounced the pre-trial detainment of prominent activist and former president of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission, Sihem Bensedrine, in a press release on Monday calling for her immediate release. Bensedrine was detained in Manouba prison by order of an investigative judge on August 1, 2024, for her work as president of the Commission. Her [...]
The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated on Tuesday that urgent action from the UN Security Council is needed to prevent death on migration routes to Europe, noting that the enforcement of humanitarian law is no longer providing migrants with reliable protection from violations of their human rights. The IOM noted that ever [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Hampshire filed a complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief in the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire on Monday challenging the state’s new voter identification law. The legal action targets legislation requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration and photo identification for casting [...]
