The Inter-American Court of Human Rights released its ruling in the case of Pérez Lucas et al v. Guatemala on Thursday, finding the State responsible for the forced disappearance of four indigenous human rights defenders in 1989. The court determined that Guatemala violated multiple rights under the American Convention on Human Rights when state agents [...]

Croatia’s anti-corruption authority, Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK),  on Thursday launched an investigation against the former health minister Vili Beroš, in addition to two other companies, for allegations of corruption through the public health system.  USKOK initiated an investigation against three Croatian citizens on suspicion of participating in a criminal [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice Edwards on Thursday called on Ecuador to investigate and prosecute the alleged torture of its former vice president Jorge Glas. The Special Rapporteur raised alarm over the conditions of Glas, who has shown signs of physical and psychological torture. According to medical reports provided, Glas has suffered “dislocated thumbs, [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Friday directed the newly formed Jammu & Kashmir union territory government to frame a policy for the premature release of prisoners. The Supreme Court directed the Jammu & Kashmir administration to develop a policy on the premature release of prisoners after a former security personnel who was convicted of [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that Poland violated the right to a fair trial enshrined in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights by quashing and modifying the sentence of a prisoner who had already served the majority of his sentence. The applicant, Łukasz Zakrzewski, contended that the [...]

The Supreme Court of India ruled on Wednesday that individuals cannot invoke the right to equality to claim benefits that were unlawfully granted to others, even if they were unfairly denied similar advantages themselves. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Augustine George Masih delivered the judgment. The court noted that Article [...]

France risks breaching the UN arms embargo on Sudan by allowing French-manufactured military technology to be incorporated into armored personnel carriers (APCs) currently being used in war zones in Darfur, Amnesty International reported on Thursday. The Nimr Ajban APCs used by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are manufactured in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [...]

Israel’s forced displacement of civilians in Gaza could constitute a war crime, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report alleges that Israel’s military operations have left nearly the entire population of Gaza displaced, with evacuation orders issued under conditions that prevent safe passage and access to essential resources amid [...]

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has condemned the Taliban’s latest public execution of a convicted murderer, which took place at a sports stadium in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktya province on Wednesday. The execution marks the sixth known public execution since the Taliban’s return to power, reigniting international outrage over the group’s use of [...]

The Viasna Human Rights Center, a human rights organization based in Belarus, reported Tuesday that imprisoned Belarusian activist Maryia Kalesnikava resurfaced after more than 18 months without contact. Kalesnikava met her father in the prison hospital. Kalesnikava, a well-known opposition activist in Belarus, was the head of presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka’s 2020 campaign team. She [...]