Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Armed Conflict

The UN Accuses World Leaders of Threatening Civilisational Annihilation

Türk did not name Trump, nor the other belligerents in a conflict that began on February 28th. But his meaning was plain. He said he…

7 April, 2026

Global Austerity & Sudan’s Bottomless Pit

Sudan is, by almost every measure, the world’s most acute humanitarian crisis. The 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, published by OCHA, puts the number…

7 April, 2026

Human Rights & The Middle East’s Grinding Machine

Israeli strikes across Lebanon killed at least 39 people on a single Sunday in late March, according to UN-monitored reports. In Gaza, the UN and…

7 April, 2026

Bombs, Rubble and Rising Humanitarian Need

As Israeli strikes continue across Lebanon, the human toll mounts and the prospects for peace recede

6 April, 2026

Dying in Childbirth, One Shortage at a Time

In Sudan’s only western referral maternity hospital, doctors watch patients die for want of gloves and antibiotics. The war has come for mothers too.

5 April, 2026

Nuclear Roulette

The implications extend beyond Iran. As Grossi reminded IAEA board members in Vienna, many countries in the region that have come under military attack operate…

5 April, 2026

Civilian Rights Under Military Pressure

The protection of civilians during armed conflict rests on a century-old body of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), anchored by the Geneva Conventions and the principle…

2 April, 2026

America’s Cluster Munition Problem

When a US admiral condemned Iran’s weapons conduct, reports pointed out the obvious difficulty: Washington has a cluster munition policy of its own that it…

1 April, 2026

Lebanon at a Breaking Point

The UN’s most senior humanitarian official has warned the Security Council that Lebanon is staring into an abyss. The country’s crises have a way of…

1 April, 2026

Words That Kill …

Officials from the United States, Iran, and Israel are using rhetoric that signals dangerous contempt for the laws of war. The civilians caught in between…

31 March, 2026

Iran War/Twelve Years Old and Fit for Duty!

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are recruiting children as young as 12. Under international law, enlisting those under 15 is a war crime.

31 March, 2026