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International humanitarian law is at risk – but it still carries weight

A study says IHL is at ‘critical breaking point’ amid horrendous violations in Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere. But to declare its demise would be premature

The Guardian - US

US skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next year

The United States on Friday snubbed a U.N. body charged with keeping tabs on the human rights records of all its member countries, on orders of the Trump administration — which has turned its back on the Human Rights Council

The Independent UK

Venezuelan lawmakers declare UN human rights chief persona non grata

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, “persona non grata,” criticizing the U.N. official for failing to protect the rights of Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador

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UN rights chief worried by ‘fundamental shift’ in US direction under Trump

Volker Turk tells UN Human Rights Council policies meant to protect the marginalised are being called ‘discriminatory’.

Al Jazeera

US Withdraws From UN Human Rights Body And UNRWA

President Trump announces U.S. withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council and halts funding for Palestinian refugee agency over bias concerns.

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Saudi Arabia executes Philippines national for murder as kingdom sets grim record

Country has executed 199 people till September, say rights groups

The Independent UK

‘A slap in the face to victims of abuse’: UN urged to reject Saudi Arabia’s bid to join Human Rights Council

Riyadh accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, jailing women’s rights advocates and murdering critics

The Guardian - UK

UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel

While non-binding, the resolution passed Friday is bound to raise international pressure on Israel as a sign of widespread concern about its military campaign in Gaza.

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Gaza Fate Under Scruinty At UN Rights Council

The "collective punishment" of civilians in Gaza was not justifiable, the UN chief told the Human Rights Council on Monday, amid mounting fears of an Israeli invasion of Rafah.

International Business Times

Russia loses vote to rejoin UN’s top human rights body despite Putin’s charm offensive with stolen grain

Experts say fact Russia managed to secure more than 80 votes shows it still has some friends in international arena

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Blow for Putin as Kyiv repels frontline attacks on key village Avdiivka

Kyiv confirms escalation of Moscow’s military offensive actions on same front

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Russia fails in bid to return to UN’s Human Rights Council

Bulgaria and Albania win backing in secret vote for two Eastern European seats available on UN body.

The Independent UK

UN set to decide on Russia’s Human Rights Council membership as Putin ‘uses Ukrainian grain to buy votes’

Bringing Russia back onto the UN’s top human rights body will ‘signify a dangerous global drift into untrammelled violence against most vulnerable and innocent’, experts warn

The Independent UK

Russia faces a tough fight to regain its seat in the UN's top human rights body

Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the U.N.’s premiere human rights body in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine

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Campaigners aim to lower support for China on UN human rights council

Parliamentarians from 15 countries urge reduction in vote to signal disapproval of country’s crackdown on Uyghur population

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Putin’s shameless UN charm offensive - with stolen grain from Ukraine

Russia is on a mission to grab a seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council - and to add insult to injury it’s using crops plundered from its illegal war to curry favour with potential backers, writes Arpan Rai

The Independent UK

First UN investigator at US detention center at Guantanamo says detainees face cruel treatment

The first U.N. independent investigator to visit the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay says the 30 men held there are subject “to ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law

The Guardian - US

US must tackle police brutality against Black people head-on, UN experts say

Historic two-week tour of US ends with call for nationwide commitment to address racial discrimination in dealings with law

Al Jazeera

UN commission ends hearings on rights abuses in Israel, Palestine

The commission of inquiry spoke to witnesses, including relatives and colleagues of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Violations May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity, Says UN Expert

Iran's authorities have committed violations in recent months that may amount to crimes against humanity, a UN-appointed expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday, citing cases of murder, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture, rape, sexual violence and persecution. Iran has been swept by protests since the death of a young…

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar is a failing state, led by a junta fuelled by Russian arms, says UN rights envoy

Civilians are being killed by Russian weapons just like in Ukraine, says special rapporteur Tom Andrews in call for global action

The Guardian - AU

Sarah Copland: the Australian mother’s ‘relentless’ fight for justice after her son’s death in the Beirut port explosion

Campaigners say it’s taken years of ‘persistent and relentless lobbying’ to secure call from UN for credible investigation

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