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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...

UN chief of human rights warns Israeli strikes in Lebanon may constitute international crimes

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday expressed concerns that the mass destruction and displacement caused by Israeli strikes against Lebanon could amount to international cr...

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,...

Rights groups take Trump Administration to court over sanctions on the International Criminal Court

Four human rights organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration challenging US sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC), alleging that th...

Marking International Justice Day

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Rights group warns India’s weapons exports to Israel may violate international law

Amnesty International on Thursday warned that India’s weapons exports to Israel may violate international law and contribute to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. In an investigative re...

Russia-linked airstrike in Mali may violate international law, rights group warns

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned a deadly airstrike by the Russia’s-Africa Corps in central Mali, saying the strike appeared to be an arbitrary attack that may have vio...

Human rights orgs. sue U.S. gov't over sanctions against ICC in The Hague

Human Rights Watch and three other human rights organizations have sued the United States government in New York over

Amnesty International calls on member states to support African Court

Amnesty International on Friday urged member states of the African Union to continue providing political, legal and financial support to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rig...

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...

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...

At the United Nations, Indigenous Human Rights Defenders Testify on Persecution and Treaties

At the United Nations, Indigenous Human Rights Defenders Testify on Persecution and TreatiesBy Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Thursday, July 16, 2026GENEVA --  At the U.N....

Amnesty International calls upon Hamas to ‘stamp out’ extrajudicial executions and ensure justice for victims in the Gaz...

Amnesty International on Friday issued a call for authorities and forces affiliated with Hamas in the occupied Gaza Strip to put an end to extrajudicial executions of suspected col...

Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Targeting ICC

Click to expand Image Thurgood Marshall United States Federal Courthouse building in low...

US Sanctions 2 More International Criminal Court Officials

(Washington, DC) – The United States government on August 18, 2026, designated two additional International Criminal Court (ICC) officials for sanctions under an executive order is...

Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Targeting ICC

(New York) - Four human rights groups filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on August 11, 2026, alleging that the Trump administration is illegally sanctioning indiv...

Human rights groups sue US government over Hague court sanctions

Four US human rights organisations have sued the Trump administration over its sanctions against the International Criminal Court in The...

Amnesty International warns EU migrant return hub plans risk human rights abuses in Rwanda and Uganda

Amnesty International warned Wednesday that plans by five European Union governments for migrant return hubs in Rwanda and Uganda risk becoming “cruel black holes for human rights....

Amnesty International calls global extreme heat a human rights emergency

Marta Schaaf, Amnesty International’s program director for climate, social justice and corporate accountability, said Wednesday in a statement that the extreme heat driving wildfir...

OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Programme 2027: Fully Funded UN Human Rights Fellowship in Geneva

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is now accepting applications for the Indigenous Fellowship Programme 2027. This prestigious, fully fund...

A Third Category of Enforced Disappearance? The Committee on Enforced Disappearances’ Article 34 Resolution on Mexico

In April 2026, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) adopted a resolution under Article 34 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced...

Sudan: To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Genev...

[HRW] Sudan: Extend the Fact-Finding Mission's mandate and ensure adequate resources for investigations and reporting