Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Armed Conflict

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

Palestine/Israel/A Rope and a Double Standard

Israel’s new death-penalty law is designed to kill Palestinians faster, and with less scrutiny.

31 March, 2026

Blue Helmets in the Crossfire

Secretary-General Guterres condemned the killing as a potential war crime and called for accountability, while the WHO reported that 51 Lebanese health workers had been…

30 March, 2026

Hunger & The Strait

Farmers globally face what Torero called “a double shock,” with rising costs for both fuel and fertilizer threatening the coming planting season. If the disruption…

29 March, 2026

War Without Shelter 

In Lebanon, Israeli strikes on targets linked to Hezbollah have intensified, often with less than an hour’s warning. Bridges destroyed in southern Lebanon have cut…

29 March, 2026

Holy Cities, Unholy Times

Jerusalem’s sacred spaces fall silent as an unfamiliar war reaches its ancient streets.

29 March, 2026

Dismantling the Rules That Protect Human Life in the Middle East Conflict

HRW calls on world leaders to invoke their obligations under Common Article 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions to actively pressure all parties to respect…

26 March, 2026

A War Spiralling Out of Humanitarian Law Control

Strikes on Iran by the US and Israel have left more than 82,000 civilian structures damaged or destroyed, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

26 March, 2026

Left Behind: The Global Education Crisis

Progress since 2015 has slowed across nearly every region, with sub-Saharan Africa especially hard hit. In conflict zones, official figures almost certainly undercount the true…

26 March, 2026

 Hostages to Conflict: UN Staff in Detention

The sharpest concentration is in Yemen, where 73 UN staff remain in the custody of de facto Houthi authorities, some for as long as five…

26 March, 2026

The Middle East and the Laws of War

Human Rights Watch called on all states, including allies of the warring parties, to invoke their obligations under Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions…

26 March, 2026