Category: Human Rights

(New York) – The Trump administration’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 9, 2026, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the imposition of sanctions on the ICC.  “The Trump administration has made clear its aim to destroy […]

The South African jurist was honoured “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement.  The committee said the award was going “to a person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order,” noting that she “has been […]

Today and tomorrow, Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela and Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib will be in Dublin, Ireland, to participate in the informal ministerial Council on Development under the Irish Presidency of the EU that will be dedicated to discuss the future of development. They will also meet with representatives of partner […]

Over 30 million people were violently uprooted from Africa and condemned to a life of slavery. Yet no country involved in enslavement or colonialism has fully confronted this past. Speaking at a high-level dialogue on reparatory Justice in Geneva, Mr. Türk said the transatlantic trade was an organised system of domination that treated tens of […]

Key points An estimated 664 million women were aged 60 or older in 2025, a number projected to reach 1.13 billion by 2050 A new report examines violence against older women as a distinct and intersectional issue rooted in discrimination, ageism and inequality ‘Invisible’ violence Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on the causes and consequences of […]

A lawyer in Niger faces prosecution over comments about the army on social media while a prominent journalist and critic of the country’s military junta is being held in secret, with authorities refusing to identify his alleged offense. These cases together highlight a broadening crackdown in Niger, where the space for free expression is shrinking […]

A Russian airstrike damaged a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on October 6, according to reports from local officials and media outlets. The attack injured several people, including at least two hospital workers, and also damaged residential and administrative buildings and an art school in the city center.   The strike is the latest in […]

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) verified that at least 52 women and one girl were arrested or detained in Herat and Kabul between July and September, while other women were threatened with arrest.  The true number could be far higher, the mission said in a statement, because fear and stigma stop many cases […]

Louisiana feminist activists came together on October 2 at the annual Black Birth Matters conference to demand that policy makers consider how toxic air pollution and other environmental damage negatively impact reproductive health. As part of a day-long examination of human rights in Louisiana, Kaitlyn Joshua, an environmental and reproductive rights expert, Shamell Lavigne from […]

Speaking in the UK at an AI and Human Rights Summit in Oxford on Monday, Mr. Türk said the technology could deliver dazzling advances in science, health, education – and even human rights work.  But its tools are being built and controlled by a select few, without public oversight, and are already doing things their […]