Switzerland’s Federal Council announced Friday that it is proposing a ban on Nazi symbols following a rise in antisemitism. In a press release, the Council said that it is opening a consultation on a new law that will first consider Nazi symbols but may extend a ban other extremist symbols in the future. According to [...]

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concern Friday over Israel’s disregard for its international legal obligations. CERD called for urgent measures to address the violence and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. CERD released the statement under its Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedures, which aim to [...]

A senior UN aid official called Friday for inclusive governance, the rule of law, and robust humanitarian measures to steer Syria toward a stable transition. Adam Abdelmoula, the UN resident humanitarian coordinator in Syria, emphasized the critical need for unity, humanitarian assistance, and reconstruction in the wake of the Assad regime’s fall. He urged the [...]

The Hague District Court in the Netherlands on Friday rejected a motion by 10 Palestinian and Dutch NGOs to halt arms export to Israel. The judge ruled that the state has room to assess whether its arms export policy violates its international law obligations. The court observed that applications for export have been rejected regularly, [...]

The South Korea National Assembly Saturday passed an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol with 204 votes in favor, surpassing the two-thirds majority of 300 lawmakers necessary to initiate impeachment proceedings. Under Article 66 of the South Korean Constitution, an impeachment motion requires support from at least 200 members of the National Assembly. The [...]

Three human rights groups — Human Rights Watch, the Platform for Families in Pursuit of Justice, and the Citizens’ Assembly — called on the Turkish authorities Friday to disclose information about civil servants under investigation for the collapse of buildings during the 2023 earthquake. Human rights groups are demanding that the perpetrators be brought to [...]

The human rights situation in Ukraine has worsened significantly as intensified hostilities and systematic Russian aerial strikes target critical infrastructure, according to a report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Friday. The Sixth Interim Report on violations of international humanitarian and human rights law covered developments from June to November [...]

A Georgia state judge on Friday shut down an effort by former Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro to undo his guilty plea in the state’s election interference case involving President-elect Donald Trump and his allies. Judge Scott McAfee of the Fulton County Superior Court denied Chesebro’s motion on multiple grounds, calling it “rocedurally defective in more [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk announced Friday that his office will resume operations in Venezuela. Türk’s office was forced to leave the country earlier this year following his statement on the enforced disappearance of human rights defender Rocío San Miguel. Speaking at a Human Rights Council meeting, Türk stated: “The Office can [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a court-enforceable agreement with the city of Louisville, Kentucky, following a sweeping investigation into the Louisville Metro Government. The investigation was prompted by the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor and a 2023 DOJ report detailing a pattern of racial discrimination by the police force. The agreement, [...]