November 15, 2025 This is House Resolution 876, Introduced on November 13, 2025 Whereas the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 9, 1948; Whereas the United States played a key role in drafting the Genocide Convention, ratified the convention on November 5, 1988, and remains a party to the convention today; Whereas, under the Genocide Convention, the crime of g

November 13, 2025 Oliver Milman  and Damian Carrington Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, two major reports have found. Only 100 countries have submitted plans to slash fossil fuel emissions at this ye

November 12, 2025 Hanifa Girowal There is growing international recognition that impunity for grave human rights violations in Afghanistan cannot be tolerated. In September, I briefed the United Nations Security Council , carrying with me the voices of thousands of Afghan women whose hopes and futures have been extinguished in silence. What I told the Council remains true today: Afghanistan faces one of the most profound human rights, humanitarian, environmental, and politica

November 11, 2025 Philippe Lazzarini After two years of brutal warfare in Gaza, a fragile ceasefire – the first phase of US president Donald Trump’s 20-point plan – offers some respite to an exhausted population. For my Unrwa colleagues on the ground in Gaza, the constant fear of being killed by bombs and guns may have abated, but there is still much to worry about – access to shelter, food and clean water remains challenging, and winter is approaching fast. Palestinians rid

November 11, 2025 Patrick Wintour   A coalition of states is needed to stop the international legal order falling apart, a distinguished international academic has warned. Oona Hathaway, the president-elect of the American Society of International Law and a former Pentagon legal adviser, said the core of the postwar global order – the prohibition on taking land by force – was under unprecedented challenge in a “scary moment” for the world. Oona Hathaway, a Yale professor, sai

November 10, 2025 Benjamin Neimark , Queen Mary University of London  and Kate Mackintosh , University of California, Los Angeles  People across the Gaza Strip have been returning to towns and cities badly damaged by the war after a fragile ceasefire took effect in October. Eventually, their lives will be restored and their homes will be built back. But the climate consequences of the war will remain for years to come. https://www.juancole.com/2025/11/ravage-environment-respo

November 10, 2025 Olivier de Frouville  and Julian Fernandez Published on November 7, 2025 Over the course of the war in Gaza, the press often portrayed international lawyers as “divided” when it came to what was going on inside the Palestinian territory. In response to this misleading depiction, a group of academics specializing in international law and international criminal law decided to organize a letter this summer that would outline the legal analysis upon which the i

November 9, 2025 Nikita Mazurov , Jonah Valdez                YouTube, which is owned by Google, confirmed to The Intercept that it deleted the groups’ accounts as a direct result of State Department sanctions against the group after a review. The Trump administration leveled the sanctions against the organizations in September over their work with the International Criminal Court in cases charging Israeli officials of war crimes.

November 8, 2025 Isabelle Jones The United States joined with the likes of Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and Israel in voting against the resolution on autonomous weapons.

November 6, 2025 Rachael Mellor Dr. Norbert Stute Building on the legacy of the first summit held in Copenhagen in 1995, the primary goal of the second World Summit for Social Development is to advance global social development and bolster much-needed momentum for the Sustainable Development Goals  set out in the 2030 Agenda. This high-stakes event will be held November 4-6, 2025 in Doha, Qatar , and Better World Info  has carried out thorough research on the event. With just

November 5, 2025 OHCHR GENEVA  – Repeated and systematic lethal attacks by the United States military on boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific raise grave concerns about the commission of potential international crimes, UN experts* warned today. “These attacks appear to be unlawful killings carried out by order of a Government, without judicial or legal process allowing due process of law,” the experts said.

November 5, 2025 Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares The flimsy moral pretext today is the fight against narcotics, yet the real objective is to overthrow a sovereign government, and the collateral damage is the suffering of the Venezuelan people. If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The USS Sampson (DDG 102), a US Navy missile destroyer, docks at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City, Panama, on September 2, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Gonzalez/Anadolu via

November 4, 2025 Brian Finucane On Monday, the Trump administration’s use of military force against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean and Pacific will run afoul of the War Powers Resolution’s 60-day clock, which requires termination of such operations if the president has been unable to obtain affirmative congressional authorization. The administration, however, has reportedly come up with a legal argument for why the War Powers Resolution does not apply. As I explain

October 31, 2025 UN News Service Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council , the UN’s top relief official Tom Fletcher said “women and girls are being raped, people being mutilated and killed – with utter impunity,” adding: “ We cannot hear the screams, but – as we sit here today – the horror is continuing. ” © Avaaz/Giles Clarke Tens of thousands of civilians – including many women and children – have been killed in Sudan since conflict erupted in April 2023. (file photo)

October 28, 2025 Brett Wilkins The Gaza Tribunal’s final statement calls for legal accountability, suspension of Israel from global groups, and activation of a veto-proof UN mechanism for international intervention to stop the genocide. The Gaza Tribunal Jury of Conscience delivers its final statement on October 26, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Gaza Tribunal)

September 29, 2025 UN News Service The past three months have seen an increase in Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank...

September 24, 2025 International Middle East Media Center On Monday, September 22nd, the 717 th  day of Israel’s ongoing campaign of...

September 12, 2025 Joseph Gedeon  in Washington Two Democratic senators claim they have reached the “inescapable conclusion” that Israel ...

September 10, 2025 Jon Duffy The United States has crossed a dangerous line. Last week, an American military platform destroyed a small...

September 9, 2025 Kathy Kelly n his last minutes of freedom before Israel Defense Forces arrested him, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, clad in a...