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 [...]
Saudi Arabia faced a second consecutive defeat on Wednesday during the United Nations General Assembly’s election for the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2025-2027 term. The kingdom’s bid for a seat was thwarted due to widespread concerns over its human rights record, with member states voting against its candidacy. The election process involved selecting 18 new members from [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada reserved its decision on Wednesday in a case challenging the constitutionality of Saskatchewan’s prison disciplinary procedures, which were said to violate inmates’ rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The John Howard Society of Saskatchewan (JHSS) challenged section 68 of the procedural rule, which allows correctional workers to [...]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether the murder conviction of Richard Glossip, a death row inmate in Oklahoma, should be set aside due to a witness having given false testimony in court and state prosecutors having failed to disclose key information about the witness. In 1997, a hotel maintenance worker named Justin Sneed [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that Spanish authorities failed in their duty to adequately investigate allegations of human trafficking made by a Nigerian woman. The case, T.V. v. Spain, centered on the victim’s claims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation between 2003 and 2007. The ECHR unanimously found a violation [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday there was no violation of human rights in a corruption case against former Romanian Member of the European Parliament Adrian Severin. In 2011, the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Romania initiated an investigation against Severin, who was suspected of accepting a payment of 100,000 euros for [...]
A majority of Colombia’s National Electoral Council has approved an investigation into the 2022 election campaign of President Gustavo Petro over alleged violation of financing limits, the council confirmed in a statement Tuesday. Nine out of the Council’s 10 magistrates voted in favor of the investigation. The investigation was set in motion by a report [...]
Several international human rights organizations opposed the election of Ethiopia to the UN Human Rights Council through an open letter released on Tuesday. These organizations include CIVICUS, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, the Organization of Justice and Accountability in the Horn of Africa, and Victim Advocates International, among others. Elections to the [...]
