United States Sanctions Corrupt Actors in Paraguay
The imposition of sanctions is a weak punishment, which is ignored by the authoritarian and corrupt nations. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned…
G7 Leaders Ask Taliban to Protect Human Rights in Afghanistan
The leaders said that Afghanistan must never again become a safe haven for terrorism, nor a source of terrorist attacks on others. Under the Presidency of the United Kingdom, the…
Flawed Criminal Justice System in India Causes Human Rights Violations: NHRC
Justice A.K. Mishra, Chairperson, NHRC said that the digitization of documents will help in fair and speedy investigation and trials. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India organized the…
Lack of Quality Debate in Parliament: Chief Justice Ramana
While Ramana has been making remarkable comments outside the court, he must bring his preaching to practice in the court to restore the Indian democracy which has assumed the form…
UN Experts Call for End to Police Brutality Worldwide
A group of UN human rights experts* has expressed alarm at what they describe as a “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide” and warned States of the grave danger…
Spyware Scandal: UN Experts Call for Moratorium on Sale of Surveillance Technology
International human rights law requires all States to adopt robust domestic legal safeguards to protect individuals from unlawful surveillance. A group of UN human rights experts* called on all States…