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The human rights picture emerging from the Iran war is severe: civilians have been killed in large numbers, thousands more injured, and millions uprooted from their homes. Beyond the battlefield damage, the conflict has also deepened restrictions on civil liberties, increased arbitrary detention, and raised serious questions about compliance with international humanitarian law and the […]

Strategic Amicus Briefs have become a hallmark of modern asset recovery initiatives, especially in the context of politically exposed individuals and transnational corruption networks. With governments and courts operating under more complicated financial systems, the transition to general sanctions to an asset freeze with legal backing has grown more evident. What is difficult is not […]

The spillover effects of the 2026 Iran war on Gulf civilians with grave concern. Triggered by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran starting February 28, 2026, Iran’s retaliatory drone and missile attacks have struck civilian targets across Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, resulting in at least 38 deaths—including 19 civilians—and hundreds injured as of late […]

The ongoing U.S.-Israel-Iran war, triggered by joint strikes killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has shattered Gulf states’ neutrality pledges and unleashed widespread violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights norms. Civilian casualties, attacks on protected infrastructure, and the militarization of neutral territories underscore a crisis where geopolitical maneuvering trumps protections for […]

Sudan has turned out to be one of the most perilous countries for human rights defenders around the globe. Against the backdrop of a prolonged and vicious war between the armed forces of Sudan and the RSF, which has entered its third year as of January 2026, human rights defenders are threatened with targeted killings, […]

Afghanistan gender apartheid intensified at the end of 2025 when the Taliban tightened their grip on the participation of women in humanitarian and civilian activities. Since September 7, security forces have refused to allow Afghanistan women national staff and contractors to enter all United Nations compounds. At facilities in Kabul, Herat, and Mazar-i-Sharif, the enforcement […]

The harsh limitations to humanitarian activity in active war zones in 2025 indicate the expanding disconnect of the international obligations to humanitarian law and the reality of people trapped in conflict. Aid agencies working in Gaza, the western corridor in Sudan, and northern Myanmar report an increasing number of hindrances including bureaucratic delay to intentional […]

Transgender representation and support in Australia

The rollback of gender rights in 2025 demonstrates the complex and overlapping effects in the most marginalized communities around the world. Although legal changes may seem gender-neutral, their results are very different based on the subject: their results vary radically based on the race, the class, the geography, or the disability status of the individual. […]

Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria in 2011, the Syrian observatory on human rights (SOHR) has continued to be referenced as one of the most used civilian-led groups in recording human rights violations in Syria. SOHR still collects data concerning deaths, arbitrary arrests, and detentions, through a network of decentralized sources, such as […]

The ruling of the United States Supreme Court on September 8, 2025, to permit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to conduct race-based and occupation-centered immigration raids in Los Angeles, was consequential 6-3. This ruling struck down a restraining order of a federal district court that had stopped such practices as unconstitutional. The decision has […]

In 2025, Belarus stepped up its crackdown on human rights attorneys and shifted disbarments and surveillance to criminalization of them. Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers (BAHRL) was declared by the government as an extremist formation, so it was a punishable crime to communicate or defend this organization. This action exposes members to prison terms […]

In 2025, it is estimated that the human rights record in North Korea contains among the most drastic transgressions in the world, which not only do not occur randomly, but are not hidden. The state under the leadership of Kim Jong Un has had a highly regulated system that operates through surveillance, reprisal, and retribution […]

The timeline of transgender rights in the US did not run in a straight line. In the last decade, the clash over legal rights, access to health care, and the openness of the military has become national discourse. The political legacy of former President Donald Trump left quite an unequivocal mark on the debate around […]

Many countries of the world with transgender rights have shifted in recent decades to be more inclusive and non-discriminatory of differences in gender. In some areas of the world, gains have been made in legal recognition of gender, in the right to healthcare and non-discrimination. However, in tandem with these gains, there has been a […]

The civil society remains the major stakeholder in influencing European human rights law by filing amicus curiae briefs before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). They are commonly based on the documents completed by non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and lobbying groups that submit them with expert knowledge and contextual information to help judges sift […]

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte approved a controversial amnesty law protecting members of the Peruvian armed forces, police and self-defense militias against prosecution on human rights violations during the internal armed conflict between 1980 and 2000. The decade was characterized by a conflict against the Shining Path and Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement as the state underwent […]

The civil society remains the major stakeholder in influencing European human rights law by filing amicus curiae briefs before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). They are commonly based on the documents completed by non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and lobbying groups that submit them with expert knowledge and contextual information to help judges sift […]

Myanmar has been in deep unrest since the military takeover in February 2021 with violence erupting and repression rising. This was followed by a brutal anti-dissent campaign and concentration of power with mass attacks by government forces on civilians. According to statistics gathered by the United Nations and a number of human rights organizations, the […]

The problem of confronting inhuman rights violations in the U.S. immigration system can be even better understood in the context of the situation in Louisiana in 2025 in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. With the second-largest population of detainees in the country behind Texas with more than 7,000, Louisiana is the root […]

The yearly human rights reports published by the U.S. State Department in 2025 revealed a crucial shift of the former course of work as the instances of violence, discrimination, and abuse of the LGBTQ + community were fully removed. These reports have been used in the past decades as an extensive documentation of the human […]

History was created in Bangladesh when the administration of Sheikh Hasina was ousted by massive demonstrations in 2024. The rise of a Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus to become the head of an interim government brought with it a new dawn of democratic restoration and protection of human rights. Nonetheless, almost 1 year into this […]

On April 16, 2025, the UK Supreme Court unanimously decided that the terms “woman,” “man,” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 are not based on legal gender identification, but rather on biological sex at birth. This decision overruled previous interpretations that had allowed transgender individuals with Gender Recognition Certificates (GRCs) to be recognized legally […]

In June 2025 the Philippine Court of appeals ordered the immediate freeing of 81-year-old Prudencio Calubid jr., retired technician who had spent six months in jail on the basis of charges in a gross case of mistaken identity. In December 2024 he was arrested in his house in Olongapo City with a government bounty of […]

The fresh wave of evictions that is hitting Assam in the middle of the year 2025 has sparked renewed debate regarding the constitutional protection and the properties rights and citizen rights of the aboriginal and minority groups. During June and July alone, thousands of state residents were evicted off properties, which were declared as encroachments […]

In its Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Kuwait’s human rights record was examined officially under international scrutiny on May 7, 2025, by the UN Human Rights Council. Kuwait is in the fourth cycle of the UPR session and the meeting highlighted the advances, backsliding and opposition on the current reforms. The Kuwaiti representatives at Geneva were […]

In 2025, Afghanistan is still recovering after one of the biggest mass returns in the recent past. More than 1.4 million Afghans have been coming back, involuntarily in most cases, both Iran and Pakistan. Such returns are not occurring in a flash of quietness or optimism. They are taking place against the background of a […]

In July 2025, the Inter-American court of human rights released one of the most significant decisions it could ever make: an advisory opinion that sees the climate crisis as an official human rights emergency. The opinion holds that states, for the first time in the Americas, have a positive law duty to mitigate and adapt […]

Russia started an unprecedented and quite doubtful step; on July 3, 2025, an official recognition of the Taliban as the legitimate Afghan Government was made. In a ceremony described by the Russian Foreign Ministry as “normalization of diplomatic procedure,” the Taliban flag was raised over the Afghan embassy in Moscow. The Taliban envoy Jamal Nasir […]

It was one moment which sparked the protests gripping Serbia in 2025. November 1, 2024 happened when a newly repaired train station canopy in Novi Sad collapsed and this resulted in the deaths of 16 people and an additional injury. The first response of the government was to say that the incident was a technical […]

On 4 July 2025, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted by wide margin against the resolution by Eritrea to end the mandate on the human rights situation in Eritrea. It was a clear indication that the world will not allow one of the long-running human rights crises in Africa to go unnoticed as […]

On July 6, 2025, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)’s offices based in Nairobi had been violently disrupted. A group of armed men, numbering about 20 entered the compound, beat up activists and journalists as well as looting the equipment as a press conference was about to begin. The KHRC was about to give voice […]

The Syrian war, which started in March 2011, is now in its fourteenth year, a time during which this psychological and physical scar left quite an imprint on the nation and its population. The marks of the war have been entrenched in Syria society even after the downfall of the Assad regime in December 2024. […]

In June 2025, Ipsos released its annual global survey on public attitudes toward refugees, coinciding with World Refugee Day. The findings arrive at a moment of unprecedented displacement, with more than 122 million people forcibly uprooted worldwide. Despite deepening geopolitical fragility and significant cuts in humanitarian aid, the survey reveals that public support for the […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is celebrated globally for its rapid economic development, glittering cities, and cosmopolitan image. Yet, beneath the surface lies a starkly different reality for the country’s vast migrant workforce, which constitutes nearly 89% of the population. Despite their indispensable role in building and maintaining the nation’s infrastructure and prosperity, migrant workers—primarily […]

On the night of June 13, 2025, the quiet farming village of Yelwata in Guma County, Benue State, Nigeria, was plunged into unspeakable horror. Over 200 Christians, including women, children, and displaced families, were brutally murdered in a coordinated attack by heavily armed Fulani jihadists. This massacre stands as one of the deadliest recent atrocities […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2024 presented a stark duality: while projecting an image of economic dynamism and global engagement—hosting high-profile events and maintaining international partnerships—it continued to intensify repression at home. The year was marked by mass trials, suppression of dissent, expanded fossil fuel production, and systemic neglect of migrant workers’ rights. This […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has long sought to project an image of modernity, tolerance, and global engagement. In 2023 and 2024, this strategy was on full display as the UAE hosted COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and continued to invest in high-profile international partnerships. However, beneath this progressive façade, the UAE has […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2024 continued to present a complex picture marked by economic ambition and international diplomacy, notably hosting the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), while simultaneously facing serious criticism for its human rights record, treatment of migrant workers, and climate policies. This analysis explores the multifaceted challenges the UAE faces, […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has rapidly positioned itself as a global leader in renewable energy, launching ambitious projects like the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park and hosting COP28 to showcase its environmental commitments. Yet, behind the gleaming solar panels and wind farms lies a troubling reality: UAE migrant workers, who are the […]

As global temperatures rise due to climate change, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman—face an escalating occupational health crisis. Millions of migrant workers, who form the backbone of the Gulf’s construction, service, and delivery sectors, are exposed to extreme heat conditions that threaten their health […]