International law stories

Sep 28, 2026

UN human rights experts warn Trump's third-country deportation policy violates human rights

More than two dozen UN human rights experts have warned that the Trump administration's policy of deporting migrants to third countries—nations other than their countries of origin—has triggered a cascade of human rights violations and puts migrants at heightened risk of abuse, torture, and persecution. The warning comes as the Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to revive the program.

Sep 28, 20265 sources

Sep 21, 2026

UN expert says US strikes on alleged drug boats may constitute crimes against humanity

A UN special rapporteur has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe US military strikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean violate international law and could constitute crimes against humanity, characterizing them as serial extrajudicial killings.

Sep 21, 20264 sources

Sep 17, 2026

UN report finds possible US war crimes in Iran strikes on school and sports facility

A United Nations fact-finding mission has found reasonable grounds to believe the United States may have committed war crimes when its strikes allegedly hit an elementary school and sports facility in Iran, including the Shajareh Tayebeh primary school in Minab. Washington has rejected the report's findings.

Sep 17, 20265 sources

Sep 11, 2026

UN Security Council extends partial Sudan arms embargo for one month amid US push for total ban

The UN Security Council unanimously voted to extend the current arms embargo on Sudan's Darfur region for one month while negotiations continue on a contentious US proposal to expand the embargo nationwide. Sudan's UN ambassador argued that a total arms embargo would violate the UN Charter's guarantee of countries' right to self-defense.

Sep 11, 20265 sources

Jul 29, 2026

UN human rights office warns of escalating Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank

The United Nations human rights office issued a warning about worsening violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, calling for international action as settlement construction reaches record levels.

Jul 29, 20261 source

Jul 24, 2026

ICC member states remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan in first-ever dismissal

ICC member states voted Friday to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan from office following findings of serious misconduct and breach of duty, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations first emerged. The court's oversight body concluded in June that Khan had committed serious violations.

Jul 24, 20268 sources

Jun 17, 2026

Italian aristocrat under investigation for alleged 'Human Safari' killings during Bosnian War

Milan prosecutors are investigating an Italian aristocrat and three others for murder after allegations emerged that wealthy tourists paid $100,000 to hunt civilians for sport during the 1990s Bosnian war. Italian police have seized significant evidence during searches of suspects' homes.

Jun 17, 20263 sources

Top claims

▪Judge Stephanie Gallagher ordered the Trump administration in September 2026 to return the Salvadoran asylum seeker, referred to as E.L.A., to the United States and fully adjudicate his asylum application before attempting to remove him again
▪The Supreme Court should revive the Trump administration's third-country deportation program
▪Human rights advocates highlighted severe abuses under the US third-country deportation policy, including two men deported to Equatorial Guinea who were bound, hooded, beaten, and pushed down stairs, and police pulling firearms on deportees

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