Monday, July 6, 2026

UN Human Rights Council

July 31, 2024

Rights experts urge nations to comply with ICJ ruling on Israel

The ICJ issued an advisory opinion on July 19, which said that Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, “is unlawful.”

Israeli-Gaza war
April 23, 2024

UN experts fault airlines’ role in UK-Rwanda asylum transfers

The UK and Rwanda created the new bill, declaring Rwanda a safe country, among other stipulations.

UK/ Rwanda flags
March 9, 2024

UN torture expert urges states to review prison management practices

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, on Friday called on states to review prison management practices and policies to ensure compliance with human rights

United Nations
February 26, 2024

Gaza Conflict: German foreign minister urges Israel to adhere to international law

She said this was in view of the catastrophic situation of the civilian population in Gaza.

Annalena Baerbock
January 31, 2024

Rights experts condemn U.S. execution of inmate by nitrogen gas

Fifty-eight-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed in the southern state of Alabama on January 25.

U.S flag
January 20, 2024

Rights experts urge France to protect children against  sexual abuse

The experts urged the authorities to establish an effective child-friendly complaint handling system.

United Nations
October 12, 2023

Sudan largest protection crisis with six million people displaced: UN

UNHCR says the Sudan crisis is one of the largest crises the agency has faced, with many children and women displaced.

DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SUDAN
August 31, 2023

UN asked to declare second decade for people of African descent

“This demands political will to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, inequality and stratification at both the domestic and international levels.”

LOCAL AFRICANS
May 26, 2023

ICC urged to probe Taliban for ‘crime against humanity’ over women mistreatment

“These are international crimes. They are organised, widespread, systematic,” Amnesty International secretary general Agnès Callamard said.

Taliban government and Afghanistan women
May 13, 2023

Malian anti-terrorist troops killed 500 people in 2022 operation: UN

Malian authorities described it as an anti-terrorist military operation against an al-Qaeda-affiliated group known as Katiba Macina.

Malian troops in action