On January 22, the White House released a statement on its website: “Today, in an (sic) historic ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald J. Trump formally ratified the Charter of the Board ...

I don’t give a shit what you call it,” US Vice President JD Vance replied last year to suggestions that killing Venezuelan civilians without any due process would be described a war crime. That ...

UN experts raised serious concerns on Tuesday over the criminal prosecution of several students who protested against the research partnerships of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ...

Three Alberta judges said the separation of powers is crucial for a healthy democracy in a rare statement issued on Tuesday. The judges said that their role is to interpret and apply the law, ...

The formal US withdrawal from the landmark Paris Climate Accords sets a disturbing precedent that will 'instigate a race to the bottom,' Amnesty International said Tuesday. Marta Schaaf, Amnesty's ...

UN experts on Monday cautioned against the escalating use of arrests and criminal process against agricultural trade union activity in France after authorities detained 52 farmers during peaceful ...

The global security system is creaking under the weight of crises it can’t seem to manage. Wars grind on in Ukraine, Gaza, ...

During the very week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Israeli Knesset continues to debate a ...

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday expressed concerns over 'highly inflammatory' rhetoric, accompanied by troop movements, by senior military officers in South ...

Two media outlets reported on states' abuses of Interpol red notices to target political dissidents and human rights defenders on Monday. Amnesty International urged Interpol to address this 'grave ...

A US federal appellate court on Monday declined to reinstate an lower court injunction on federal agent-tactics at protests in Minnesota. The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit refused to ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) concluded on Monday that former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial. Following the assessment by a three-expert panel, the chamber ...