On April 7, Australian police arrested Ben Roberts-Smith, a decorated Australian soldier who stands accused of committing five counts of war crimes in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.

A Belgian court ruling on March 17 has paved the way for the last surviving former Belgian official, Étienne Davignon, to face a criminal trial for alleged involvement in the killing of Patrice Émery ...

The US president has hit out at Britain several times since the US launched strikes on Tehran

Expressions of regret have not translated into enabling return or providing reparations.

On January 20, a Belgian court held a closed-door hearing to determine whether to pursue a criminal case against the last living former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the 1961 assassi...

Um mês após a operação policial mais letal da história do Rio de Janeiro, o Comando Vermelho, a facção que era alvo da operação, continua controlando os complexos do Alemão e da Penha. Enquanto isso, ...

A polícia do Rio de Janeiro não adotou medidas investigatórias cruciais para determinar as circunstâncias da morte das pelo menos 121 pessoas, incluindo quatro policiais, mortas durante uma operação n...

Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income,...

Last week, German federal, state, and local authorities adopted Common Guidelines on the handling of cultural assets and human remains from colonial contexts. Despite the welcome efforts to regulate t...

This week Brazil is hosting the 4th National Conference on the Rights of LGBTQIA+ People, an ambitious effort to chart new directions for public policy on equality and inclusion.

Esta semana, o Brasil celebra a 4ª Conferência Nacional dos Direitos das Pessoas LGBTQIA+, um esforço ambicioso para traçar novos rumos para as políticas públicas de igualdade e inclusão.

O governador do estado do Rio de Janeiro deveria vetar as disposições de um novo projeto de lei que daria à Polícia Civil um incentivo econômico para matar suspeitos e enfraqueceria a perícia criminal...

Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a human rights-based approach to reparations, Human Rights Watch said today. ...

In this Q&A, Human Rights Watch examines the application of the right to reparation to redress past and present harms stemming from colonial atrocities, including enslavement, systemic racial inequali...

While the UK government claims its moves “will protect the most vulnerable,” in reality its plans to cut £4.5 billion in disability-linked benefits by 2030 will have a devastating impact on people’s r...

If the UK has any spine on Gaza, it must at least use its political leverage and impose a total arms embargo on Israel, writes Yasmine Ahmed.

Libya’s fragmented justice sector is suppressing fundamental freedoms and obstructing accountability for abuses.

Hungary should deny entry to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or arrest him if he enters the country. Netanyahu’s office announced that he is planning to travel to Hungary on April 2, 2025 fo...

Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care.

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The 66-page report, “‘There’s Just No More Land’: Community-led Planned Relocation as Last-resort Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Solomon Islands,” documents why Walande community members made the dif...

What are the legal definitions of war crimes and genocide?

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