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US Faces UN Backlash Over Legal Aid Cuts for Migrant Children
United Nations human rights experts have strongly criticised the Trump administration’s decision to cut legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children facing immigration proceedings in...
UN Human Rights Council to Hold Emergency Session on Iran Amid Deadly Protests
The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will convene an emergency session in the coming days to address reports of widespread violence against protesters in...
Eurovision 2026: Identity, Norms, and Digital Activism in Europe’s Cultural Diplomacy
The Eurovision likes to sell itself as a glittering exercise in European unity, colorful, loud, proudly diverse, and (officially) above politics. Yet anyone who...
Funding Crisis Forces UN Human Rights Office into Survival Mode
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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk warned that his office is operating in “survival mode” due to severe funding cuts, forcing 300 job...
Amnesty Slams India’s Plan to Expand Location Surveillance as ‘Deeply Concerning’
Amnesty International has expressed serious concerns about India's plan to require constant satellite location tracking on phones for surveillance purposes. This proposal aligns with...
Purple Profile Picture Campaign Insufficient to Tackle Patriarchy and Femicide
There is truly no safe place for women when patriarchy is normalized as a culture and violence is silenced as a family matter in...
Trump vows permanent pause on migration from “Third World countries”
Immigration has been a central focus of Donald Trump’s political agenda since his first term, during which he introduced travel bans, reduced refugee admissions,...
Trump Admin Orders Diplomats to Press Allies Against “Mass Migration”
A State Department cable sent to U.S. embassies in Europe, Canada, and Australia instructs diplomats to lobby foreign governments to curb pro-migration policies and...
Cosmopolitanism in Action: Global Governance in the fight to Counter Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a crime that knows no borders or boundaries. Despite a global perception that human trafficking and slavery is an issue that...
Abolishing Female Genital Mutilation: A Global Imperative
How deeply wounded are the morals of women out there, fighting for their lives time after time to maintain their dignity as women, and...