The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) , a coalition of 164 human rights groups, released a statement on Monday criticizing the current draft of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) . FIDH criticized the AHRD for stating that human rights freedoms must be considered based on different regional contexts [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Kent Roach of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law says that a recent decision by the UK Supreme Court is an important step in the right direction for US detainees who seek “substitute justice” outside of US courts…

The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Sunday reported that the Government of the Republic of South Sudan has expelled a UN human rights investigator from the country. South Sudan reportedly ejected UN officer Sandra Beidas for allegedly writing false reports . It is possible that the expulsion was due to [...]

A body of UN independent experts submitted its report to the General Assembly on Friday regarding specific groups of individuals whose human rights are put at risk by transnational business activities. The Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises is a group of five independent experts established [...]

Hundreds of Sri Lankan lawyers and citizens took to the streets of Colombo on Monday to protest the impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake , the chief justice and lone woman on the country’s Supreme Court. The protesters waved placards and shouted slogans calling on the government to halt to the impeachment . Last week, a government [...]

A moratorium has been enacted on Malawi’s laws barring same-sex marriage and homosexuality, Malawi Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara announced on Monday. According to him, the laws were suspended to enable to the country consider permanently nullifying them. Section 153 and 156 of Malawi’s Penal Code stipulate 14 years or 5 years imprisonment, respectively, for [...]

The US Depatment of Justice (DOJ) filed a notice of appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit opposing a ruling rejecting the government’s argument that they should be allowed to set certain rules regarding Guantanamo Bay detainees’ access to counsel. The administration’s filing is to extend time for a [...]

Amnesty International (AI) detailed abuses against female prisoners committed by Iran officials on Thursday and called on the government to investigate the alleged mistreatment that prompted a group of prisoners to go on a hunger strike. The group of women, being held in Evin prison , claim to have been subjected to degrading searches that [...]

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) , Marzuki Darusman, expressed concern on Friday about the lack of development in human rights in the nation. The DPRK, better known as North Korea, has struggled with securing its citizens’ human rights, with no significant improvement [...]

Acapulco Mayor Luis Walton Aburto announced on Friday that he will be firing 500 of the city’s police officers after they failed a test used to weed out corrupt officers. The city currently has only 1,700 officers, and the 500 who failed the test will be fired in January. Aburto said he will be asking [...]