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Human Rights Watch pushes UN leaders to defend international accountability at upcoming General Assembly

Human Rights Watch on Monday called on world leaders attending the UN General Assembly in New York this week to defend international human rights institutions and uphold accountabi...

An Update on the Relationship Between IHL and IHRL, Lex Specialis and Recent Developments

The past couple of years have seen a substantial number of new developments regarding the relationship between international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights l...

Experts Declare International Law Principles Supporting Women’s Resistance to Gender Apartheid

A declaration signed by leading international law and human rights experts calls for codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and outlines key principles. The post Ex...

Rights experts call for new international regulation of ‘devastating’ white phosphorus munitions

Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Harvard Law School released a report Wednesday documenting 23 verified incidents of Israeli use of white phos...

US Sanctions on ICC Put Global Justice at Risk

Click to expand Image Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hagu...

Treatment of miners in the DRC by M23 rebels violates international humanitarian law, Amnesty International says

Amnesty International on Monday condemned the March 23 Movement (M23) over human rights abuses committed in the mines they control in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Commen...

UN: Commit to Human Rights, Justice for Grave Crimes

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate calls on people to defend international law

South African jurist, Navi Pillay, was honoured for her lifelong commitment to human rights, justice, and accountability.

UN high commissioner warns of escalating Ukraine human rights crisis, urging international community to take urgent acti...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stated Friday before the UN Human Rights Council that the ongoing war in Ukraine has become an escalating “human rights catastroph...

Rights group raises concerns over Hezbollah’s usage of cluster munitions in northern Israel

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday raised concerns surrounding Hezbollah’s alleged unlawful use of cluster munitions in attacks on Metula in northern Israel on March 4 and March 15 of...

UN Rights Chief condemns global silence and urges solidarity amid worsening Afghan crisis

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Wednesday that worsening repression, poverty and forced returns were deepening Afghanistan’s crisis, criticizing the intern...

White Phosphorus: Recent Use, Inhumane Effects Require New Law

(New York, September 9, 2026) - Recent use of white phosphorus munitions by Israeli forces in Lebanon underscores the need for new international law to regulate these devastating w...

Rights groups raise concerns over Houthis prosecuting civil society workers for espionage

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Tuesday issued a joint statement condemning the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen for having sent at least eight people involved...

EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 46: Protection of Civilians: Crisis, Commentary and Compliance

The number and extent of today’s armed conflicts, and the crisis of compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL), are well-recognized. In his annual report on the Protectio...

Under the Gaza Peace Plan, Who Is Responsible for the Treatment of Protected Persons and What Does That Require?

An analysis of the obligations that the Board of Peace and International Stabilization Force must fulfill with respect to the civilian population of Gaza. The post Under the Gaza P...

Iranian authorities’ execution of protesters and political dissidents violate international law, Human Rights Watch says

Human Rights Watch and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran said in a joint report Thursday charging that Iranian authorities are unlawfully executing proteste...

ICJ Judge calls for stronger global commitment to human rights and peace

NHRC Urges Legislatures to Make Human Rights Impact Assessment Mandatory in Lawmaking

Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on Nigeria’s legislative institutions to institutionalise Human Rights Impact Assessment (HR...

Rights groups tell court ICC sanctions stifles advocacy and blocks victims’ path to justice

Thirty-eight civil society organizations won leave Wednesday from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to file a brief telling the court that sanctions targe...

Burundi set to win UN Human Rights Council re-election amid rights violations, HRW says

Human Rights Watch (HRW) noted in a press release on Monday that Burundi is set to win re-election to the UN Human Rights Council in a vote on October 13, with no competition. Addr...

Standing Up for International Law

When academics, business and law firm heads, and leaders of international associations like the ABILA defend the rule of law, those ripples can build into a wave of change. The pos...

Africa: Israel/OPT - South Africa ICJ Submission Must Spur States to Press Israel to End Its Genocide in Gaza

[AI London] The Republic of South Africa's submission of evidence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) documenting Israel's non-compliance with legally binding provisional o...

ISIL and UNHCR Mark 75 Years of Refugee Convention, Discuss Global Displacement and Refugee Protection

ISIL and UNHCR organised a seminar in New Delhi marking 75 years of the Refugee Convention, discussing refugee protection, displacement and international law.

UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights

Activists, lawyers and others who cooperate with the United Nations on human rights continue to face intimidation and reprisals, according to a new report issued on Wednesday by th...