In Geneva on 9 February, the United Nations deputy human rights chief gave an alarming update on the dramatic impact of the financial crisis on the UN’s ability to promote and protect human rights ...

JURIST, the student-powered international legal news organization, is proud to launch its 30th Anniversary celebration throughout 2026 with a special webinar series focused on the rule of law, human ...

UN rights chief urges probe as new report details mass killings, sexual violence and targeted attacks against civilians.

Newly released documents from the US Department of Justice’s Epstein files reveal disturbing email exchanges between Emirati diplomat Hind Al-Owais and convicted paedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey ...

From February 23 to 27, 2026, judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will hear evidence against former ...

More than 6,000 people were killed in over three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group unleashed “a wave of intense violence … shocking ...

Under the Taliban's new penal code, women have less legal protection than animals. What's happening in Afghanistan has a name ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has addressed world leaders at the Munich Security Conference alongside NATO boss Mark Rutte. Elsewhere, the UK says Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison in ...

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently pointed out that although a “Peace Council” of technocrats exists, its actual powers ...

By Hillel C. Neuer, Executive Director, UN Watch February 14, 2026 | Geneva In back-to-back outrages that expose the depths ...

Thousands of people were killed by Iranian security forces in days of protests in January 2026. Meanwhile, in the same month, ...

The UN meets in Geneva for the first session of a new group tasked with drafting a legally binding instrument on the rights of older people.