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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged Pope Francis to encourage world leaders, especially Christian governments, to stop Israeli atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon and help establish a ceasefire.

France moves closer to banning headscarves in sports competitions

The French Senate has voted in favor of banning the wearing of headscarves in sports competitions, arguing that neutrality is a requirement on the field of play.

French Far-Right Candidate Convicted for Inciting Racial Hatred

Éric Zemmour, a pundit whose presidential run has upended French politics, had called unaccompanied migrant children “murderers” and “rapists” on television.

UK Borders Bill increases risks of discrimination, human rights violations

A new bill being debated by lawmakers in the United Kingdom increases the risk of discrimination and “serious human rights violations” and breaches the country's obligations under international law, five independent UN human rights experts said on Fr...

Legacy of the “Dark Side”

This report was published on January 9, 2022 by Costs of War, a project at the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University

Army judge rules that sex-assault case requires unanimous verdict for officer to be found guilty

A U.S. Army officer facing sexual assault charges will require a unanimous guilty verdict to be convicted in an upcoming court-martial, a judge ruled this week ahead of a potentially groundbreaking case.

French police face disciplinary hearings amid high numbers of femicide

Six French police officers face disciplinary hearings starting Tuesday accused of “administrative failings” in the gruesome case of Chahinez Daoud, who was killed by her husband last May. Daoud was one of 113 femicides in France in 2021, a number tha...

US Politicization of Human Rights Erodes Foundation of Human Rights Governance: Report

A report published on Monday revealed that the United States has brazenly resorted to human rights politicization to maintain its political interests and global hegemony.

Swiss-Based Rights Organization Urges UN Probe into Human Rights Abuses in Saudi Arabia

A human rights organization voiced serious concern about grave human rights violations in Saudi Arabia, calling on the United Nations to hold Saudi authorities to account over various forms of torture being perpetrated in the kingdom.

370 European Parliamentarians call for an end to forced dispossession of Palestinians, referencing inequality and apartheid

370 European Parliamentarians from 21 countries and respective Parliaments from across Europe and the European Parliament (including from the UK) have written to European Foreign Ministers and the European Union's High Representative of the Union for...

Gharibabadi blasts US for voting against HR resolutions at UN

The secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council Kazem Gharibabadi has lambasted the United States for voting against two human rights resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.