Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that both members of a same-sex female couple can be recognized as legal parents of a child born in Italy through medically assisted reproduction conducted abroad. The court held in its Sentenza n. 68/2025 that Article 8 of Law No. 40/2004 is unconstitutional insofar as it does not allow [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday that the new World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic treaty is a landmark effort, but is flawed and inadequate in its implementation mechanisms and effectiveness to combat inequalities between countries. In its statement, HRW noted that the treaty presents a unique opportunity for countries to cooperate in times of [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Friday sharply criticized recent legislation that allows civilians in Uganda to be tried in military courts. This comes in response to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed by parliament on Tuesday. In January, the Supreme Court of Uganda [...]

Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology has instructed telecommunication service providers to block the messaging app Telegram for not cooperating in combating alleged crimes committed by its users, according to local news agencies Vietnam News and Vietnam Pictorial. According to the reports, the Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control, which claimed that [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the US to offer to return and hear the asylum claims of approximately 200 third-country nationals, including children, who were expelled to Costa Rica in February without due process. The rights group also urged Costa Rica to refuse future transfers. According to a detailed report, US immigration authorities [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep concern on Friday over the escalating hostilities in South Sudan since February, warning that the fighting could further worsen the country’s severe humanitarian crisis. In recent weeks, fighting between the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO), along [...]

Amnesty International on Friday called upon Ethiopian authorities to negotiate with striking medical professionals and release those detained for peaceful protests, urging the country to protect the right to access healthcare. The rights group condemned the detention of healthcare professionals at the Addis Ababa Police Commission headquarters for demanding adequate pay and conducive working conditions [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite on Friday stated that Guatemala’s legal system is at a turning point, stressing that the country’s democratic future depends on whether upcoming judicial appointments are handled with transparency and whether criminal law is applied fairly and without political interference. Satterthwaite raised alarm over [...]

Army-backed militias, collectively known as the “Wazalendo,” committed widespread human rights abuses against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday. HRW accused the Congolese military (FARDC) of collaborating with the militias in the South Kivu province and urged Congolese authorities to sever ties with the [...]

Amnesty International reported on Friday that women participating in protests against the government in Georgia have been subjected to intimidation, harassment, and gender-based physical and psychological violence by state authorities. In addition to searches of detained protestors, the rights group stated there has been a growing tendency of arbitrary house and office searches, stop-and-search practices [...]