Human rights violations
Sexual abuse in Iranian prisons sharply rises as population repression increases during ceasefire
One young woman told The Media Line that she was sexually assaulted during interrogation, and that heavily-built officers used batons to carry out the abuse.
Iranian security agents allegedly raped, tortured nurses detained for treating protesters - report
Human Rights researchers resign over ‘pulled’ report accusing Israel of 'crimes against humanity'
Child among protesters sexually assaulted in Iran, rights group says
Report: Iraqi woman kills ISIS commander that forced her into sex slavery
A report of the incident emerged just days after a number of "non-Iraqi" sex slaves were transported to Mosul under the direct orders of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The Lost Intellectual Maturity of Human Rights
Analysis: Iran nuclear agreement won’t improve human rights
Rather than improving the human rights situation, more “hangings, arrests, and repression,” can instead be expected.
The urgent case for humanitarian intervention in Syria
Rights group: Israel abuses arrested Palestinian minors; IDF: Denies claim
Human Rights Watch interviewed five Palestinian minors whom the authorities arrested or detained in separate incidents for allegedly throwing rocks.
In light of the Iran deal, giving up on Europe would be a very bad move for Israel
Schabas: There is a distortion in the attention given against Israel in the UNHRC
Former UNHRC committee chair William Schabas admits that Israel has disproportionately received more human rights condemnations than all other nations combined.
Analysis: Looking at the cup half-full in UN human rights council vote
Israel was faced with a choice: either a watered-down resolution without any real operative significance that the EU countries would support, or a much tougher resolution.
The United Nations and its powers
Any attempt to impose the creation of a Palestinian state might well constitute an ultra vires act in violation of the UN Charter and international law.
Africa must leave the ICC
The ICC claims to be “economical” and to bring “swift justice,” yet it has consumed more than a billion euros in its 13-year existence and has only secured two questionable convictions.
