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HRW urged the Iraqi government on Monday to repeal a new law that prohibits same-sex conduct and transgender expression as it violates basic human rights such as freedom of expression, equality and non-discrimination. The anti-LGBT law, as an amendment to existing the Iraqi “Law on Combatting Prostitution,” was passed on April 27, 2024. It criminalizes [...]

Amnesty International said Monday that a South Korea’s Constitutional Court hearing set for Tuesday regarding four landmark climate change cases could set a “human rights precedent” for climate litigation. The four cases were first heard in April by the court and involve approximately 200 people, 60 of whom are children. The plaintiffs are suing the [...]

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan announced Monday that he applied for arrest warrants against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as senior Hamas leaders, for crimes against humanity committed during the Israel-Hamas War. The officials face various crimes against humanity and war crimes charges under the [...]

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced on Sunday plans to introduce a draft law introducing temporary measures to combat instrumentalized migration at the Finnish-Russian border, in an interview with Finnish media. The controversial law which potentially breaches international law commitments on asylum, will be proposed later this week. The draft law was initially proposed earlier [...]

Ukrainian President Zelensky signed a convict mobilization bill into law on Friday that allows incarcerated people to enlist in the army for parole. The signed bill also enables foreigners and stateless people to join the Ukrainian army under the sixth part of Article 1. The bill contains exclusionary provisions prohibiting certain prisoners from service. Such [...]

Hundreds of demonstrators marched Friday in Peru’s capital Lima to call for the repeal of recent legislation that classifies transgender individuals as having a mental illness to provide them access to health benefits. The law includes transgender identities as mental health conditions in the country’s Essential Health Insurance Plan, which outlines the health conditions covered [...]

The Peruvian Congress dismissed three motions aimed at impeaching President Dina Boluarte on Friday. Motions 11507, 11508 and 11512 were introduced primarily by opposition legislators, mainly from leftist factions, with the intent of declaring Boluarte’s “permanent moral incapacity” to serve as president. The impeachment efforts were based on Article 113.2 of the Peru Constitution, which [...]

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan appeared virtually before the Supreme Court of Pakistan from jail on Thursday. Khan’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle shared the pictures from his appearance and added, “Illegally incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s pictures’ appear on social media after 285 days from a court hearing today.” According to local [...]

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Friday that it retrieved the bodies of three Israeli hostages who were killed during the October 7 Hamas-led terror attacks. The IDF identified the three individuals as Itzhak Gelerenter, Amit Buskila and Shani Louk, whose bodies were kidnapped by Hamas after being confirmed dead on October 30. The [...]

The UK government imposed a new sanction package on Friday targeting the “illicit arms-for-oil transfers between Russia and North Korea.” Three companies and one individual found “enabling” this arms-for-oil trade have been subject to the sanction package. They are the North Korean company Paekyangsan Shipping Co. Ltd, the Russian companies Vostochnaya Stevedoring Co. LLC and [...]