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United States skips UN review of its human rights record
US joins Israel as only other country to not show for mandatory process scrutinising rights record of UN member states.

Rights groups demand end to asylum seeker detentions in Guantanamo
Dozens of rights groups have urged the United States government to stop holding asylum seekers at a detention facility at its Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba, claiming its conditions are illegal and inhumane.

Canadian court to consider when minors can be sentenced as adults
Canada's highest court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday on when a young person can be considered an adult for sentencing purposes.

Camera surveillance at peaceful protests in the Netherlands violates rights
In the Netherlands, the police monitor peaceful protesters with highly advanced cameras such as drones and video surveillance cars; says Amnesty International.

Phoenix police's violent arrest of deaf Black man with cerebral palsy criticized
Civil and disability rights advocates expressed outrage on Tuesday after body camera footage was released showing Phoenix, Arizona, police violently arresting a Black man who was deaf and has cerebral palsy.

Gharibabadi Meets WIPO Director-General in Geneva
The Legal and International Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs met with Daren Tang Heng Shim, the Director General of the International Intellectual Property Organization.

Iran calls for ICRC’s condemnation of Zionist crimes
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs has referred to a recent bombing of an Iranian Red Crescent field hospital in Lebanon by the Zionist regime, urging the need for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) t...

Iceland's “abusive use” of solitary confinement even for children
Iceland has been criticized by the UN Committee against Torture for its failure to criminalize torture as a specific crime in domestic legislation or to adopt a definition that is consistent with the Convention against Torture.

CED expressed concerns over enforced disappearance of 369 minor asylum seekers in Norway
The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) issued its findings on Norway.

Israeli attack on Iranian Red Crescent facility ‘a war crime’: Envoy
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani has strongly condemned Israel’s airstrike on the Iranian Red Crescent’s humanitarian aid depot at the Syrian-Lebanese border, saying that the attack constit...

How many people in the UK are in ‘hunger and hardship’?
Food bank network Trussell has developed term to define deep poverty – but what does it mean, who is affected by it, and why
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