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International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan announced his plans to complete the investigations into war crimes committed in Libya by the end of 2025 on Wednesday at the Security Council. During his speech, Khan outlined a clear “roadmap” and a plan of action for the following months to provide meaningful steps towards justice for [...]

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) awarded partial satisfaction to Georgian protesters on Tuesday, citing procedural flaws in the government’s handling of a 2019 protest. The case concerned the excessive use of force by Georgian police during the dispersal of a protest in front of the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi on June 20 and 21, 2019.  In [...]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged UN member states to press the Cambodian government to enact significant reforms amid the ongoing deterioration of the human rights situation in the country. According to the organization, Prime Minister Hun Manet’s government continues to impose increasing restrictions on freedom of expression and of the press, labor rights [...]

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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in five provinces through Executive Decree No. 250, within the framework of the persistence of an internal armed conflict. This marks the second time Ecuador has faced a state of emergency this year amid escalating violence throughout the country. The official document has four [...]

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Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky was released from custody on bail for UAH 75.7 million Friday amid accusations of involvement in a scheme to illegally acquire state-owned land. A statement by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine further specified that the bail amount had been set by the [...]

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Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution sponsored by the US and Japan on Wednesday, which called on all nations to contribute to the peaceful use of outer space and to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race. Furthermore, the resolution would have urged all nations “to refrain from actions contrary to that objective and to [...]

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