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  • The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Announcements: The Human Right to Peace Webinar; CfP The Daily Life of International Law
  • Rights group hails Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amidst regional conflict

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justsecurity.org /1 month ago

The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Experts argue ICESCR applies in armed conflict and caution against broad claims of international humanitarian law as lex specialis. The post The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submissio...

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ejiltalk.org /4 days ago

Announcements: The Human Right to Peace Webinar; CfP The Daily Life of International Law

1. The Human Right to Peace: Past, Present, and Future Webinar. NUS Centre for International Law is inviting registrations for the upcoming webinar “The Human Right to Peace: Past,...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

Rights group hails Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amidst regional conflict

Human Rights Watch welcomed Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty on Wednesday. The group described it as a positive development in addressing the severe humanitarian and soci...

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ejiltalk.org /1 month ago

Domestic Courts and the States’ Obligation to Prevent Genocide and Serious Violations of IHL: The Brussels Court of Appe...

On 16 March 2026, the Brussels Court of Appeal (hereafter, the “Court”) issued an interlocutory judgment in summary proceedings (référé) concerning the alleged failure of the Belgi...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

UN Chief denounces returns of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees as violation of international law

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned the forced repatriations of refugees and asylum-seekers to Afghanistan by countries in the name of concerns ov...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

HRW: Indonesia violating human rights under the guise of security measures

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Indonesia to rescind its newly implemented policies to fight street crime, citing concerns that these measures would result in excess...

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jurist.org /3 weeks ago

UN urges Peru to reject bill granting military authority to try human rights violations

UN human rights chief Volker Türk urged the government of Peru on Thursday to refrain from adopting a draft law that grants military jurisdictions the authority to investigate and...

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globalissues.org /4 weeks ago

UN urges adherence to mine ban treaty

Countries must uphold international law limiting the use of anti-personnel mines, which kill and maim civilians long after conflicts have ended, the UN human rights office, OHCHR,...

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globalissues.org /1 month ago

‘Human rights are part of our DNA’: UN launches global alliance to counter rising threats

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has launched a Global Alliance for Human Rights, a broad coalition aimed at placing the issue at the heart of decision-making, when conflict leve...

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al-monitor.com /1 month ago

UN human rights office to send investigators to Lebanon over potential international law violations in war, chief says

June 10 (Reuters) - The UN human rights office will deploy a team of investigators to Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by all parties during th...

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thenews-chronicle.com /3 weeks ago

Defence Minister Reaffirms Nigeria’s Commitment to Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law

The Minister of Defense, Gen. Christopher Musa, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to international humanitarian law and the strict observance of globally recognized human rights...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

Climate pledges will fail without human rights protections, rights group warns

Amnesty International on Friday urged states attending the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany, to turn existing climate commitments into a concrete, rights-centered action plan...

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jurist.org /1 week ago

UN body finds Israel detention of Gaza pediatrician arbitrary, calls for immediate release

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found Monday that Israel’s detention of Gazan doctor Hussam Abu Safiya violates international human rights law and called for his immedi...

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ejiltalk.org /4 weeks ago

War Crimes without a War Crimes Statute? The Shajareh Tayyebeh Minab School Attack and the Possibility of Domestic Prose...

Introduction The initiation of criminal complaints concerning the attack by the US armed forces on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab has brought a doctrinal issue of di...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

Rights group calls for release of aid workers detained by Houthi rebels in Yemen

Human Rights Watch on Sunday demanded that Houthi authorities who have systematically detained more than 70 United Nations employees in Yemen over the course of two years release t...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

Rights group calls for release of civilians held amid ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur

Amnesty International on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional release of civilians being held by armed groups in India’s Manipur state as negotiations over the fate...

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jurist.org /2 weeks ago

Australia failing to implement UN recommendations to reform human rights system: report

Australia has ignored their responsibility to implement UN-recommended changes to their human rights policies in areas such as the criminal justice system, indigenous rights, and c...

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globalissues.org /1 month ago

Right to strike protected under key labour treaty, says UN World Court

The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled that the right to strike is protected under a core International Labour Organization (ILO) convention, in a landmark a...

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jurist.org /3 weeks ago

UN Human Rights Chief concerned about new EU migration law

UN Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, on Saturday expressed deep concern about the adoption of the new European Union (EU) regulation allowing deportations of migrants and asylum see...

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globalissues.org /4 weeks ago

Rights defender killings hit record high as UN pushes to shore up humanitarian action

Attacks against human right defenders have reached record levels over the past year, according to a new report issued on Wednesday by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.Read the ful...

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jurist.org /3 weeks ago

UN Rights Commissioner: attacks on rights defenders reached alarming levels in 2025

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report on Wednesday documenting record level attacks against human rights defenders in 2025. The Special Ra...

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ejiltalk.org /1 month ago

Announcements: Second World Approaches to International Law Webinar; CfP Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law; CfP...

1. Webinar on Second World Approaches to International Law. Exploring international law as a complex set of practices and ideas shaped by dominant discourses and their blind spots,...

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hrw.org /3 weeks ago

Support Builds to Protect Children from Crimes Against Humanity

Click to expand Image Children wait near the site of Okhmatdyt children’s hospital hit b...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

UN court affirms international labor treaty protects workers right to strike

The International Court of Justice opined Thursday that an international labor treaty protects the right to strike. The advisory opinion provides clarity to the treaty provisions,...

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