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January 15, 2025 Dispatches

Poland Sends Wrong Signal on Global Justice

Government Should Commit to Arresting All ICC Suspects Including Netanyahu

People protest the Polish government's decision on allowing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation, January 10, 2025.

January 14, 2025 Dispatches

North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine Spotlight Rights Crisis

Protect Prisoners of War from Torture, Inhumane Treatment

A Yonhapnews TV broadcast with a satellite image by Airbus Defense and Space of Russia's Ussuriysk military facility, where the South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said North Korean personnel were gathered within the training ground, October 18, 2024.

January 14, 2025 Dispatches

Cameroonian Political Activist Feared Forcibly Disappeared

Authorities Should Immediately Locate Yérima Djoubaïrou Tchéboa

Yérima Djoubaïrou Tchéboa, March 11, 2021, in N'Gaoundere, Cameroon.

January 13, 2025 Dispatches

Another Erroneous Airstrike Claims Lives in Nigeria

President Tinubu Should Address Military Failures, Ensure Justice for Victims

A Nigerian military aircraft, the CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder.

January 10, 2025 Dispatches

Lebanon’s New President Should Pursue Accountability

Prioritize Independent Judiciary, Accountability, and Government Transparency

Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun sits at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, January 9, 2025.

January 9, 2025 Dispatches

Cameroon Suspends NGOs, Harming Gender-Based Violence Survivors

Move at Odds with Government Goal to End Violence Against Women

January 9, 2025 Dispatches

New Ukrainian Draft Laws on International Crimes Spark Concern

Legislators Should Consult with Civil Society

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to parliamentarians at Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, November 19, 2024.

January 8, 2025 Dispatches

Jimmy Carter’s Post-Presidential Human Rights Legacy

Supported International Justice and Child Soldier, Landmine Bans

January 8, 2025 Dispatches

Turkish Government Approves Coal Power Plant Expansion

Decision Poses a Threat to Health and Climate

Afşin Elbistan A plant seen from Çoğulhan village square, Afşin, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye.

January 7, 2025 Dispatches

Vietnam Prosecutes Lawyer for Criticizing Court Actions

Latest Retaliation Against Critic of the Government

December 30, 2024 Dispatches

New UN Cybercrime Treaty Primed for Abuse

States Should Reject Ratifying Convention on Human Rights Grounds

The United Nations Headquarters building in New York City, United States, July 16, 2024.

December 24, 2024 Dispatches

Famine Spreads in Sudan as Warring Parties Willfully Obstruct Aid

Famine Review Committee Finds Famine ongoing in North Darfur, Nuba Mountains

A woman has her arm measured during a malnutrition checkup at a medical center in a camp for internally displaced persons in South Kordofan state, Sudan, on June 17, 2024.

December 20, 2024 Dispatches

Brazil Bans X from Using Children to Power Its AI

All Governments Should Protect Children’s Privacy by Regulating Artificial Intelligence

December 20, 2024 Dispatches

End Prosecutions Targeting Kurdish Language Activities in Türkiye

Case Equating Kurdish Education with Terrorism an Abuse of Law

Rıfat Roni, having spent almost 3 months in pretrial detention, is a victim of abusive use of the criminal law to target Kurdish language and cultural activities.

December 20, 2024 Dispatches

Mexico Moves to Protect Platform Workers’ Rights

Amendment Grants Platform Workers Access to Healthcare, Pension

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